Alex Caldiero, Utah poet who mingled words and sounds, dies at 76
1949-2026: The self-styled “sonosopher” and LDS convert was the longtime writer-in-residence at Utah Valley University, and channeled Allen Ginsberg’s “Howl” for Utah audiences every five years.
(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Alex Caldiero performs at Ken Sanders Rare Books in 2010. Caldiero died Feb. 9, 2026, in an Orem hospital.