UNLV’s Beverly Rogers Literature and Law Building (RLL): Room 101

Please join us for a reading with Sally Denton, author of The Colony. She will be introduced by UNLV PhD candidate and BMI PhD Fellow Dorothy Allred Solomon. Sally Denton is an acclaimed investigative reporter and historian. She is the author of nine books, including the true crime best-seller, The Bluegrass Conspiracy, and is co-author of the Las […]

Please join us for a reading with poets and UNLV Alumni Marianne Chan and Clancy McGilligan. Claudia Keelan and Doug Unger, writers and UNLV Professors of Creative Writing, will introduce the program. Marianne Chan grew up in Stuttgart, Germany, and Lansing, Michigan. She is the author of All Heathens (Sarabande Books, 2020), which was the winner of the 2021 GLCA […]

Please join us for a reading with Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai, author of Dust Child and The Mountains Sing. She will be introduced by UNLV MFA Candidate Annie Livingston. This reading will also feature performances by the Vietnamese American actress and audiobook narrator Quyên Ngô. Dr Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai is an award-winning Vietnamese writer and journalist. She […]

Please join us for a reading with UNLV alumna Olivia Care Friedman. She will be introduced by poet and UNLV Professor and Director of Creative Writing Claudia Keelan. Olivia Clare Friedman is the author of three books: a novel titled Here Lies (Grove Atlantic), a short story collection titled Disasters in the First World (Black Cat/Grove Atlantic), and a book […]

Please join us for a reading with author and UNLV MFA alumna Jean Chen Ho. She will be introduced by the novelist and UNLV Professor Douglas Unger. Jean Chen Ho is the author of Fiona and Jane (Viking), named one of the Best Books of 2022 by NPR, TIME Magazine, Vulture, and Vogue. Her writing appears in New York Times Magazine, The Cut, Electric Literature, Los Angeles […]

Please join us for a reading from Beverly Rogers Fellow Amanda Fortini, author of the forthcoming Flamingo Road, a literary exploration of Las Vegas. She will be introduced by the writer and UNLV MFA candidate Krista Diamond. Amanda Fortini has written for The New York Times, The New Yorker, T: The New York Times Style Magazine, The Believer, California Sunday, Vanity Fair, New York […]

Please join us for a reading from Jaquira Díaz, Spring 2023 Shearing Fellow and author of Ordinary Girls: A Memoir. She will be introduced by UNLV MFA candidate Harrison Nuzzo. Jaquira Díaz is the author of Ordinary Girls: A Memoir, a Summer/Fall 2019 Indies Introduce Selection, a Fall 2019 Barnes & Noble Discover Great New Writers Selection, […]

Please join us for a reading from Anna Qu, spring 2023 Shearing Fellow and author of Made in China: A Memoir of Love and Labor. She will be introduced by nonfiction writer and BMI PhD Fellow Jumi Bello. Anna Qu is a Chinese American writer. She writes personal essays on identity and growing up in New York […]

Please join us for a presentation from Fakhria Rasikh, a current City of Asylum Fellow at the Black Mountain Institute. She will be introduced by Ahmed Naji, writer, journalist, and fellow resident in the City of Asylum program. In this presentation, Fakhria Rasikh will share both the original text of the Akbarnama and her own translation–the first ever […]