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    After Campaign Fraud, Barlow Returns To Council Chambers

    May 15, 2019

    Former Las Vegas City Councilman Ricki Barlow has returned to the city just one year after he resigned from the council amid being charged with campaign finance fraud.

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    "I Am Drawn to the Idea of Dispatch"

    Apr 08, 2019

    His first book of short fiction in hand, novelist and Black Mountain Institute co-founder Richard Wiley returns to the desert with tales of the Pacific Northwest

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    'The Moth' Comes To Las Vegas

    Nov 09, 2018

    Storytelling is essential to the human experience.

    We all tell stories every day. We just don’t usually do it on stage in front of hundreds of people.

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    The Believer Festival In The Heart Of The Desert

    Apr 12, 2018

    The Believer Festival returns to Las Vegas Friday and Saturday for its second year.

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    Claiming my spot among the original Believers

    Apr 27, 2017

    Some time, when we look back from a future, shark-jumped Believer Festival, these will have been the days

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    'American Dreams' In Las Vegas Will Answer One Big Question

    Mar 30, 2017

    Two days later this month might just answer this question: Is Las Vegas ready?

    Not for professional football. Or the NHL.

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    In Upcoming Lecture, Walter Kirn Tackles "Fake News"

    Feb 22, 2017

    The columnist for Harper's magazine explores what is -- and isn't -- fake news in an upcoming event.

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    Profile: Kellen Braddock, Deputy Director, Black Mountain Institute

    Feb 01, 2017

    Wait. There’s such a thing as an MFA in arts leadership? Yes. Braddock describes it as “essentially an artsy business management degree.”

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    The Past, Present And Future Of The Black Mountain Institute

    Dec 09, 2016
    The Black Mountain Institute at UNLV just turned 10.
     
    The international literary center grants fellowships and degrees, holds readings and panels, and provides asylum to
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    The guide: Even more culture for September

    Aug 29, 2016

    Your arts + entertainment calendar for September.

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    Author Walter Kirn On Obscure, Late Night Las Vegas

    Dec 19, 2016

    The essayist and author of "Up In The Air" has called Las Vegas home for roughly a year. What does he make of it?

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    BMI To Welcome New Crop Of Fellows

    Jun 27, 2016

    UNLV's Black Mountain Institute is a home for both new and established writers to hone their craft.

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    International Women's Day, Vegas-style

    Mar 08, 2016

    So there weren't any specific celebrations here for International Women's Day. There are still plenty of ways to recognize the women's accomplishments and issues

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    Five Of The Best Books Of 2015

    Dec 23, 2015

    So many worthy books, but for most of us there is so little time to read them all. Those words are usually spoken each year when the list-making season arrives.

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    Creativity And The Mind-Body Connection

    Nov 12, 2015

    We’ve all heard stories about someone coming out of a brain injury with creative skills they had never had before.

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    Lit up

    Sep 24, 2015

    New Black Mountain Institute Executive Director Joshua Wolf Shenk plots the future of the literary center.

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    Who Owns The Nation's Public Lands?

    Sep 24, 2015

    Who owns the land?

    That question has dominated the long and complicated history of the America West.

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    Author Vu Tran Talks Living And Writing In Las Vegas

    Jul 21, 2016

    Before taking a positing teaching creative writing at the University of Chicago, Vu Tran called Las Vegas home.

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    UNLV Black Mountain Institute Names Joshua Wolf Shenk New Director

    Jun 22, 2015

    Joshua Wolf Shenk is a best-selling author living in Southern California.

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    Novelist Walter Mosley On Race And Writing

    Jan 18, 2016

    Some writers have the good fortune of being born at a time when the world needs them.

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    Checking In With The Black Mountain Institute

    Mar 25, 2015

    The cultural center at UNLV just received a $20 million grant from the Rogers Foundation.

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    The Many Faces Of Tyranny

    Mar 11, 2015
    Across the world, we witness both the struggle for democracy and the strength of tyrannical regimes. Whether it is in Syria, Russia’s aggression in...
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    Writer David Armstrong Follows Black Mountain Institute With Short Story Collection

    Jul 21, 2015

    Describing the past year in David Armstrong’s life as successful would be an understatement. Armstrong graduated last year with a Ph.D. in creative...

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    Black Mountain Institute Hosts Poet Sasha Steensen

    Oct 01, 2014
    It’s not a widely known program at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. But the Creative Writing Program has produced a number of well-known and...
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    Lebanese Writer Elias Khoury

    Apr 23, 2012
    Elias Khoury is a Lebanese novelist, playwright, and journalist.  He edited the Al-Mulhaq, which became known as the "tribune of opposition" paper in Beirut, and he's often outspoken about Middle East political issues, like helping to establish the Democratic Left Movement.
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