The English Department is thrilled to announce that work will begin soon at the site of award-winning poet May Swenson’s childhood home at 669 East 500 North in Logan. Swenson Park has been a collaborative effort between USU, the College of Humanities and Social Sciences, and the Swenson family. Although there is no official opening date yet, the university hopes for the park to open next fall. Much of the work and planting will begin this coming spring. With its 12,400 square feet, Swenson Park will pay homage to the place where May Swenson lived with her parents and siblings and where she took her initial steps to become a poet and wrote her first poems.
It will be a place for new ideas and experiences, firmly rooted in the tradition of USU and Cache Valley. Designed as a place for public readings and events as well as casual gatherings and a gateway to the USU campus, Swenson park is meant as a place of inspiration to a new generation of writers, thinkers, and artists.
Further information and updates can be found here on the English Department’s website.
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