Utah Humanities Council Book Festival Events at Utah Cultural Celebration Center
Oct 6
SHOLEH WOLPE reads from and discusses her work in conjunction with “99 Names,” an exhibit on the culture of Islam, currently at the Celebration Center. Q&A, book sale and signing follow. Sholeh Wolpé is an award-winning poet, literary translator and writer. Born in Iran, she has lived in England, Trinidad and the United States. She is the author of Rooftops of Tehran, The Scar Saloon, and Sin: Selected Poems of Forugh Rarrokhzad.
Sholeh reads on Oct 6 at 7 PM
Oct 8
GETRUDE MATSHE is an inspirational speaker who has been described as a vibrant bundle of African energy whose zest and passion for life inspires everyone she meets. She is passionate about helping people achieve their full potential and find their individual life purpose. This makes her an energetic, inspirational and enlightening speaker. Guided by an invisible force and born with an intuitive nature, her life has been a spiritual journey. In Born on the Continent: Ubuntu, we hear “herstory”.
Getrude reads on Oct 8 at 7:30 PM
Oct 8
SUSANNA BARLOW is the 23rd child of 46 children, the quintessential middle child. Growing up in a Mormon fundamentalist religious home shaped her life values and her views on literally everything. Ms. Barlow is the author of What Peace There May which placed as a Finalist in the 2010 Indie Excellence Awards in the Memoir Category. This memoir is about growing up while suffering abuse in a polygamous family living in Utah. She says, “In writing the book, I let the rotting parts of myself die and I asked the book to carry the emotional truth that my body could no longer hold.”
Susanna reads on Oct 8 at 8:30 PM
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