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January Arts Desk Favorites

  Palak Jayswal The new year equates to trying new things, right? For me, the first new thing happens to be one of my favorites from this past month. "The Miniature Wife and Other Stories" by Manuel...

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Bildungsroman: The Trauma of Happy Endings

By Alison Myers, Arts Writer December 28, 2019

  Once — and I say "once" in the liberalist, most distancing, self-deceptive sense, like we don’t still live "once" and that "once" won’t come to bite us in the ass — there was an idealist....

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Jayswal’s Favorite Reads of 2019

By Palak Jayswal, Arts Editor December 14, 2019

  Every year I tell myself I’ll go back to reading — that I’ll rediscover the thrill of cruising through a book so good I'll start at dawn and close the cover at dusk. In 2019, I actually...

Recipe for Chaos Cover Art (Courtesy of Zack Matheson)

Chaos in Park City: Zack Matheson Writes From What He Knows

By Hannah Keating, Arts Editor December 1, 2019

Among the many artists that proudly call Utah their home, there is an incredibly common theme of how their work is drawn from their environment — and not just physically. Though Utah’s landscape inspires...

Wendy Terriens Rampart Guard series (Courtesy of Wendy Terrien)

Artist of the Week: Wendy Terrien

By Oakley Burt, Arts Editor November 27, 2019

  Wendy Terrien didn’t always know she was going to be a writer or an author. Growing up, she enjoyed writing stories, but never thought to pursue it as a career. The stigma surrounding a less...

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October Arts Desk Favorites

Palak Jayswal While summer is my seasonal time to read without the nagging feeling that I could be doing 30 other important tasks, fall and winter are my binge-watching seasons. It's far too easy to...

Meet Salt Lily Magazine

Meet Salt Lily Magazine

By Alison Myers, Arts Writer November 5, 2019

  Tucked away inside the cozy, rain-streaked Coffee Noir grows a bud that doesn’t wait for spring to blossom. Salt Lily Magazine, a pastel pop of floral pictures and prose, just went live online...

A zine from the Mariott Library special collection.  (Photo by Palak Jayswal | The Daily Utah Chronicle)

Discovering Zines at the Salt Lake City Library’s 11th Annual Alt Press Fest

By Abigail Bowé, Arts Writer October 21, 2019

Even if you've never read a zine before, chances are you've at least heard the term. Informally, "zine" is something of an umbrella medium for poets, webcomic or underground comic writers, illustrators...

Bowés Favorite Halloween Reads

Bowé’s Favorite Halloween Reads

By Abigail Bowé, Arts Writer October 17, 2019

  Excited for Halloween? I sure am. Unfortunately, most people would probably find it unacceptably weird of me to don a costume, jump out from behind corners to surprise strangers and dance around...

A stack of formerly banned books available at the Marriott Library. 

(Photo by: Justin Prather | The Utah Chronicle).

Banned Books Week — Let’s Keep Our Shelves Controversial

By Christopher Payne, Assistant Arts Editor September 23, 2019

  Welcome to Banned Books Week across the country — a celebration and observation of literary censorship.  From Sept. 22 through Sept. 28, people all over our nation are speaking out against...