Black Mountain Institute Conversations
Special Broadcasts on select Sunday evenings; 5 total episodes
Desert Companion editor Heidi Kyser talks with current Black Mountain Institute fellows about their passions, inspirations, community initiatives, and… of course, their writing.
Season 2 of Black Mountain Institute Conversations — a collaboration between Nevada Public Radio, Desert Companion and UNLV's Black Mountain Institute — is made possible in part through grant funding from the Nevada Arts Council.
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BMI Conversations, season 2, episode 1: Alejandro Heredia. He's a 2024/25 Shearing Fellow, and author of the book Loca, from Simon and Schuster. -
BMI Conversations, episode 4: Julián Delgado Lopera. They're a 2024 Shearing Fellow, and author of the book Fiebre Tropical, from Feminist Press. -
BMI Conversations, episode 3: Tajja Isen. She’s a 2024 Shearing Fellow, and author of the 2022 book Some of My Best Friends: Essays on Lip Service, from Atria/One Signal Publishers. -
BMI Conversations, episode 2: Morgan Thomas. In this episode, Heidi talks with Morgan about her first collection of short stories, Manywhere. -
BMI Conversations, episode 1: Edgar Gomez. In this episode, Heidi talks with Edgar about his debut novel, High-Risk Homosexual; his discovery in Puerto Rico of a trove of Walter Mercado’s belongings; and common threads between Las Vegas and Edgar’s hometown, Orlando.
