# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Kelsey L. Smoot: SOULMATE AS A VERB
- **Event Start and End Date**: Sun, 30 Aug, 2026 at 02:00 pm – Sun, 30 Aug, 2026 at 04:00 pm
- **Event Description**: It's a double feature poetry night! Join us for a reading and signing of Kelsey's poetry debut, followed by our Queer Poetry Night Open Mic.About this EventPoet Kelsey L. Smoot will be in conversation with Andrea G. Hardeman, local poet, author, and artist, talking about his debut poetry collection! Kelz will also be reading from the book and signing copies.Stay afterwards for more poetry with our monthly Queer Poetry Night Open Mic!This event is free to attend. The venue is wheelchair accessible, and masks are required and provided. ASL interpretation can be provided with 2 weeks advance notice. Please reach out with any accessibility needs.About SOULMATE AS A VERBPoems of tender knowledge, buoyant survival, and Black, trans embodiment.The simple yet fraught experience of embodiment lies at the thrumming heart of Kelsey L. Smoot’s SOULMATE AS A VERB. Bodies make love possible, they enable tender connection and transmit electric joy, all while leaving one vulnerable to discord and abuse, heartbreak and grief. Like a body, Smoot’s daring poetry metabolizes cruelty, seeking the tender knowledge and kinships that allow for buoyant survival. The subjectivity of a Black, trans self becomes a prism, shining a variegated intellect on everything from suburbia to Palestine, top surgery to police violence. By utilizing forms such as kwansaba, calligram, Craigslist personals, and golden shovels, SOULMATE AS A VERB revels in structures that locate poet and poem in a lineage of innovative and contemporary Black, queer verse. Kelsey L. Smoot dazzles.About the AuthorKelsey L. Smoot (they/he/Kelz) is a gender theorist, an elective Southerner, a writer, and a poet. Their autoethnographic style has become the lens through which they understand and reflect on their experience navigating the US sociopolitical landscape. They are the winner of the 2021 Sad Girls Club Spring Literary Contest, the 2023 The Good Life Review Honeybee Prize, and the Grand Prize Winner of the 2024 Button Poetry Video Contest. He is a Tin House Workshop alum, a Pushcart Prize nominee, a Best of the Net nominee, and a Best New Poets nominee. Proudly, Kelz is the author of two chapbooks: we was bois together and Muse.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/salt-lake-city/kelsey-l-smoot-soulmate-as-a-verb/100001986733903587
- **Event Categories**: art, literary-art, open-mic, contests, workshops
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 0
- **Event Highlights**: 
  - Duration: 2 hours
  - Location: Under the Umbrella Bookstore and Cafe
  - Languages: English

## Ticket Details

- **Ticket Price Range**: min: 0, max: 20.38, currency: USD

## Event venue details

- **city**: Salt Lake City
- **state**: UT
- **country**: United States
- **location**: Under the Umbrella Bookstore and Cafe
- **lat**: 40.7647384
- **long**: -111.9058598
- **full address**: Under the Umbrella Bookstore and Cafe, 511 West 200 South, Salt Lake City, United States

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When and where is Kelsey L. Smoot: SOULMATE AS A VERB being held?
  - **A:** Kelsey L. Smoot: SOULMATE AS A VERB takes place on Sun, 30 Aug, 2026 at 02:00 pm to Sun, 30 Aug, 2026 at 04:00 pm at Under the Umbrella Bookstore and Cafe, 511 West 200 South, Salt Lake City, United States.
- **Q**: Who is organizing Kelsey L. Smoot: SOULMATE AS A VERB?
  - **A:** Kelsey L. Smoot: SOULMATE AS A VERB is organized by Under the Umbrella Bookstore.
- **Q**: Who is this event for? Is it right for me?
  - **A:** Kelsey L. Smoot: SOULMATE AS A VERB is ideal for art lovers, collectors, creatives, and anyone inspired by visual arts, installations, and exhibitions. Whether you're a first-time attendee or a longtime enthusiast in Salt Lake City, this event is thoughtfully curated to deliver a standout experience worth every moment. If Kelsey L. Smoot: SOULMATE AS A VERB sounds like your kind of event, don't wait - spots fill up fast.

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