| February 2, 2017
9/11 Fiction, Empathy, and Otherness
Liberal arts professor Tim Gauthier explores post-9/11 fiction to determine what these stories say about how the tragedy changed us.
Topic: books and literature
| December 15, 2016
Contesting Intersex: The Dubious Diagnosis
Georgiann Davis, intersex educator and advocate, seeks to inform the current sociopolitical discourse on the subject through her new book.
| October 14, 2016
When Treatment Is Trauma
David J. Morris' 'Evil Hours,' a gripping personal account of PTSD and its treatments, is worthy of conversation for all of us.
| September 23, 2016
Quick Take: Censorship and Comics
Library technician Katherine Keller is fighting censorship of comic books and graphic novels through her work with the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund.
| August 31, 2016
Get Your Shakespeare On This September
University Libraries packs the month with 14 events to celebrate the playwright's First Folio! exhibit. Plans include lectures, performances, and kids activities.
| April 8, 2016
The Comedy and Drama of Fifth Grade
When Marquin Parks challenged his class to read more, he found his own voice as a writer. Now the College of Education alumnus has two book series under his belt.
| November 10, 2015
Collecting Books in the Modern World
Ardent collector and UNLV alumna Beverly Rogers on the value of books as historic artifacts.
| November 10, 2015
'There Was a Kind of Wonderful Destiny to It'
An oral history of the Black Mountain Institute by founder Carol C. Harter, president emerita.
| November 10, 2015
'We Wanted to Push Our Students Into the Larger World'
Black Mountain Institute co-founder and globetrotting author Richard Wiley reflects on life after BMI and the gift of international perspective in an international city.
| November 10, 2015
The Meaning of the Mountain
UNLV’s Black Mountain Institute heads into its second decade: A roundtable discussion on mission, money, and dreams in the Republic of Letters.
| November 6, 2015
The Black Mountain Institute's 2nd Decade
A place of support for graduate students? A space for writers to solidify their ideas? A venue for provocative conversations? The Black Mountain Institute is that and more. This series examines its impact on UNLV and its plans for the future.
| September 10, 2015
A Conversation with Joshua Shenk
The acclaimed writer and new executive director of the Black Mountain Institute on the personal nature of art, the importance of creative partnership, and his long and winding road to Las Vegas.