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The Ephemeral And Living Nature Of Folklore With Dr. Kay Turner On Wednesday's Access Utah

American Folklore Society

In the age of the Nano-second, folklore studies claim a perspective on the critical importance of the short-lived, as observed in numerous traditional forms such as memorial altars, henna-painted Yemen brides, and evaporative moments, such as the traces left by marginalized queer encounters or the reformulation in art of Mormon legend by local Provo artist Bryan Hutchison.

Dr. Kay Turner is a folklorist and artist working across disciplines including writing, music, performance, and folklore. She is adjunct professor in Performance Studies at NYU. Her books include Beautiful Necessity: The Art and Meaning of Women’s Altars and Transgressive Tales: Queering the Grimms.

She will speak Wednesday, October 3rd at 1:30 p.m. in the USU David B. Haight Alumni Center on "The Plentitude of the Ephemeral, or Fast, Cheap, and Out of Control."

Tom Williams worked as a part-time UPR announcer for a few years and joined Utah Public Radio full-time in 1996. He is a proud graduate of Uintah High School in Vernal and Utah State University (B. A. in Liberal Arts and Master of Business Administration.) He grew up in a family that regularly discussed everything from opera to religion to politics. He is interested in just about everything and loves to engage people in conversation, so you could say he has found the perfect job as host “Access Utah.” He and his wife Becky, live in Logan.