Upcoming events:
(All events free and open to the public)

Gabeba Baderoon will give a poetry reading and facilitate a discussion about contemporary Muslim life on Nov. 11, 2008, 7pm at Sky View High School (520 S 250 E, Smithfield).

Baderoon received a doctorate in English from the University of Cape Town , where she researched images of Islam in South African media, literature and art. She has published widely on the topic of representations of Islam, and has lectured in universities in South Africa, Europe and the US. With Louise Green, she is the co-editor of a forthcoming book on citizenship, religion and identity. She is the author of three collections of poetry.

Juan Felipe Herrera will give a poetry reading and facilitate a discussion about contemporary Mexican-American life on February 18, 2009, 7pm at Mountain Crest High School (255 S 800 E, Hyrum).

Herrera holds the Tomas Rivera Endowed Professorship in Creative Writing at the University of California, Riverside. During the last three decades Professor Herrera has received numerous awards and fellowships including National Endowment for the Arts Writers' Fellowships and the Hungry Mind Award of Distinction. With twenty-four books in total, Professor Herrera's publications include poetry, prose, short stories, young adult novels and picture books for children. Herrera is also a community arts leadership builder with youth-at-risk and migrant communities.