John Belk is an associate professor of English at Southern Utah University. His poetry collection, The Gardens of Our Childhoods, was featured in Poets & Writers Magazine and was selected as one of the best new poetry books of 2023 by the New York Public Library. His chapbook, The Weathering of Igneous Rockforms in High-Altitude Riparian Environments, is available from Cathexis Northwest.

Saturday, September 20th

12:00-12:45 PM West Room in Cedar City Library

Is Poetry the Fifth Element?