We warmly welcome poet and University of Utah English professor Paisley Rekdal back to her hometown, and back to Elliott Bay this evening to read from her new collection of poetry, Animal Eye (University of Pittsburgh Press) and a new book that contains poetry and prose, Intimate: An American Family Photo Album (Tupelo Press). "A book built on pleasure, a convincingly, if subtly, joyous engagement with a world where 'there is so little distinction ... / between beauty, violence, utility' ... she has created poetry that lives alongside the misery we sometimes witness—and sometimes cause." – Slate Magazine. "Poet and essayist Rekdal sets out to explore the slipperiness of identity ... and examine the very nature of self and perception—in this ambitious ... synthesis of biography, memoir, poetry, and photography ..." – Publishers Weekly. Paisley Rekdal is a winner of the Amy Lowell Poetry Traveling Scholarship, the author of three previous poetry collections, and the essay volume, The Night My Mother Met Bruce Lee.