Topic: books and literature

woman at display of children's books
Campus News | September 25, 2017

With requests to ban books from libraries on the rise, it's as important as ever to protect intellectual freedom, says UNLV librarian Amanda Melilli.

woman in front of chalkboard
Research | September 20, 2017

Professor Lynn Comella on the adult store industry, a highly profitable segment of popular culture that scholars and policymakers know surprisingly little about.

Cover of The Aztecs at Indepencence
Research | August 31, 2017

New book on 19th century Mexican community proves a written tradition, previously assumed to have ended around the battle for independence, continued beyond.

Group of indigenous women
Research | August 7, 2017

Drawing on community partnerships developed with Yup’ik Eskimo villagers, a new book combines research with indigenous perspectives to create a comprehensive understanding of colonialism in Alaska.

several books
Arts and Culture | April 5, 2017

Librarian Priscilla Finley recommends some of her favorite Las Vegas-set reads for the beach or your backyard.

Several covers of Believer magazine
Arts and Culture | March 30, 2017

The Believer, one of the world's leading journals of arts and culture, is a five-time finalist for the National Magazine Award; publication part of BMI mission to connect writers, and literary imagination, to public life.

Priscilla Finley
Arts and Culture | February 8, 2017

Humanities Librarian Priscilla Finley on the depictions of our city in the new "Writers Imagine Las Vegas" exhibit at Lied Library.

Tim Gauthier
Research | February 2, 2017

Liberal arts professor Tim Gauthier explores post-9/11 fiction to determine what these stories say about how the tragedy changed us.

Georgiann Davis speaks at TEDxUNLV
Research | December 15, 2016

Georgiann Davis, intersex educator and advocate, seeks to inform the current sociopolitical discourse on the subject through her new book.

David J. Morris
Campus News | October 14, 2016

David J. Morris' 'Evil Hours,' a gripping personal account of PTSD and its treatments, is worthy of conversation for all of us.

Katherine Keller with book
Arts and Culture | September 23, 2016

Library technician Katherine Keller is fighting censorship of comic books and graphic novels through her work with the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund.