'Red Rock Stories' to launch with Utah readings

Torrey House Press is launching "Red Rock Stories: Three Generations of Writers Speak on Behalf of Utah's Public Lands" at readings Friday in Salt Lake City and Moab.

The nonfiction collection, edited by Stephen Trimble, is an "art-as-advocacy" book, collecting stories from a variety of noted writers at a time when Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke, at the direction of President Donald Trump, is reconsidering the size and scale of national monuments, including Utah's Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument and Bears Ears National Monument.

An earlier edition of the book was delivered to federal legislators last year. —

'Red Rock Stories'

Torrey House Press is launching its art-as-advocacy collection, edited by Stephen Trimble, with readings in Salt Lake City and Moab.

When • Friday, May 19, 7 p.m.

Where • Weller Book Works, 607 Trolley Square, Salt Lake City

Where • Back of Beyond, 83 N. Main St., Moab