Signings, readings and other literary events in Utah

A Gallery, 1321 S. 2100 East, will host a free poetry reading by seven poets from across the nation, including Utahn Emma Lou Thayne, from American Poet Laureate William Stafford's 1985 group at the Atlantic Center for the Arts, Friday, July 23, 4:30-6 p.m. (Contact Emma Lou Thayne on Facebook.)

The King's English Bookshop, 1511 S. 1500 East, will host author Jerry Delaney, who will read and sign his book, "Where Have You Gone, Billy Mayfair?" July 19, 7 p.m. (801-484-9100).

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