GIFT

OPEN MIC STORYTELLING EVENT AT

Lorraine Boccardo Theater, Center for the Arts @ Kayenta

May 10, 2024

JASON LEWIS – “REJECTED TWICE”

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PETER RADOSTA – “OPPORTUNITY”

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LISA BICKMORE – “SOMETHNIG BORROWED”

Lisa Bickmore is the author of three books of poems. The second, flicker (2016), won the 2014 Antivenom Prize (Elixir Press). She won the 2015 Ballymaloe International Poetry Prize for the poem ‘Eidolon,’ which appears in her third collection, Ephemerist (Red Mountain Press). She is the founder/publisher of the new independent nonprofit Lightscatter Press (lightscatterpress.org). In July 2022, she was named the Poet Laureate for the state of Utah, and in 2023 was awarded a fellowship from the Academy of American Poets for poets laureate

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MATT DROMBROWSKI – “CHASING MY THIRD DEGREE”

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LANELLE MCCOLLUM – “MY GRANDMOTHER’S GIFT”

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ASHLIE CHASTON – “SUNSHINE CHILD”

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VIRGIL JOHNSON – “FORGIVING”

Virgil Johnson is an educator and Native American activist who graduated from Southern Utah University. His work focuses on bringing Native American voices to the forefront of discussions about governance in the State of Utah. This is exemplified by his work to seek representation on the Utah Governor’s Cabinet. Virgil is also a marine veteran, and has served his community as a teacher, principal and coach. He served as the Chairman of the Confederated Tribes of the Goshute Reservation and as the Chairman for the Tribes of Utah.

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BILL WRIGHT – “STAY WITH YOUR HORSE”

Bill Wright was born and raised working on the 1,240 acres of Smith Mesa. The ranch has been in the Wright Family for Seven generations. He is the patriarch of Utah’s first family of rodeo. To find out more zionwrightfamilyranch.com

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Special thanks to Fletcher Shives, Paula and Joe Ferrario, and Alan Holben Photography


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