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Young, Natalie Padilla

Natalie Padilla Young

Editor, Poet

Natalie Padilla Young co-founded and manages the poetry magazine Sugar House Review. By day, she works as an art director for a Salt Lake City ad agency. Her first book, All of This Was Once Under Water, is out from Quarter Press (2023). Natalie’s poetry has appeared in Green Mountains Review, Tampa Review, Rattle, South Dakota Review, Los Angeles Times, Tar River Poetry, Terrain.org, and elsewhere. She serves on the Utah Arts Advisory and Lightscatter Press boards and lives in southern Utah with the poet Nano Taggart and two dogs. Find more on her website or follow her on Instagram for many pup pics.

Schedule


Friday

6-9 p.m. Poetry Reading at SUMA, Opening of Salt Lines Exhibit


Saturday

11-11:45 a.m. Book Signing at Main Street Books

1-1:45 p.m. "Shining a Light on Lit Mags" at Artisans Art Gallery

2-2:45 p.m. "Is Poetry the Fifth Element?" at Artisans Art Gallery

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