Writer and editor Michael McLane is scheduled to present "The Once And Future Lake: Stories for the Great Salt Lake" on Thursday, Oct. 8, 2026. The event is being held in partnership with the Utah Humanities Book Festival.
The lecture is scheduled for 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. MDT at the R. Haze Hunter Alumni Center (CC), Great Hall. The venue is located at the R. Haze Hunter Conference Center, 301-557 W University Blvd, Cedar City, UT 84720, USA. The event is hosted by Eccles APEX and is open to current students, alumni, faculty, staff, and the community.
McLane is a writer and editor who currently resides in Wellington, New Zealand. He is a PhD candidate in Creative Writing at the International Institute of Modern Letters at Victoria University in Wellington. His academic background includes BAs in English and Anthropology from the University of Utah, an MFA in Creative Writing from Colorado State University, and an MS in Environmental Humanities from the University of Utah.
The author's work focuses on spaces of environmental conflict or degradation, specifically the nuclear history of the western United States. McLane is the founding editor of saltfront: studies in human habit(at) and a contributing editor with Sugar House Review. He is also the author of the chapbook Trace Elements, published by Elik Press.
McLane previously served as the director of the Utah Center for the Book at Utah Humanities and the Utah Humanities Book Festival from 2012 to 2019. During his tenure, the Utah Humanities Book Festival was the recipient of a Mayor’s Artist Award in 2014. He has also served on the boards of several Utah literary non-profits, including the City Art Reading Series, Zion Canyon Mesa, and Writers@Work.
For more information regarding Eccles APEX events, the organization's website is https://www.suu.edu/apex/.
