“A Song for Ken Brewer,” produced September 2005 through February 2006, documents Ken Brewer’s very public fight with cancer. He reads two of his last poems and fellow writers, friends, and family honor Brewer’s contributions through their anecdotes about him.

After a nine-month battle with pancreatic cancer, Brewer passed away on March 15, 2006 at the age of 64. He was named Utah’s second poet laureate in 2003. He taught poetry, writing, and literature at Utah State University for nearly 32 years.

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Dennis Hinkamp, who lives in Logan, Utah, where he works as a communications specialist for Utah State University Extension. Hinkamp is a frequent contributor to Salt Lake Catalyst Magazine, High Country News and Cache Magazine.

Marina Hall, coordinator of public education and outreach for the department of English at Utah State University in Logan. Hall also produces /Synecdoche/, a literary arts program for Utah Public Radio.

A portion of this video was shown at Brewer’s memorial service in Logan, Utah last March.

Marina Hall and Dennis Hinkamp will present a special screening of “A Song for Ken Brewer” an intimate 20-minute video documenting Utah Poet Laureate Ken Brewer’s very public fight with cancer, Saturday, Oct. 28, at 11 am, 1 pm, 3 pm, and 5 pm, in the Salt Lake City Main Library, 2nd Floor Study Room.