http://blackmountaininstitute.org/ Black Mountain Institute News Feed | Stay abreast of the BMI's current news and upcoming events © 2011 Black Mountain Institute Wed, 02 May 2012 16:07:00 PDT en quimby@studiohyperset.com (Quimby Melton) quimby@studiohyperset.com (Quimby Melton) 60 http://blackmountaininstitute.org/images/rssnewsimg.gif http://blackmountaininstitute.org/ http://blackmountaininstitute.org/ Tue, 8 May 2012 16:49:00 PDT http://blackmountaininstitute.org/news-and-events/upcoming.php event media, news media, and videos are HTML-compliant and will play on smartphones and tablets. Other event years are forthcoming. ]]> http://blackmountaininstitute.org/news-and-events/video-archive.php Wed, 02 May 2012 16:07:00 PDT http://blackmountaininstitute.org/news-and-events/video-archive.php Kris Saknussemm reading and multimedia performance (03/13/12) and "Is Moderation Possible in American Politics" panel discussion (3/22/12) are now live and ready for viewing in the BMI video archive and on the individual event pages. ]]> "Is Moderation Possible in American Politics?" (audio) Kris Saknussemm Multimedia Performance (audio) http://blackmountaininstitute.org/news-and-events/podcast.php Wed, 2 May 2012 14:45:00 PST http://blackmountaininstitute.org/news-and-events/podcast.php here. One can listen to the event audio via the podcast and on the Saknussemm and "Moderation" event pages. ]]> "Is Moderation Possible in American Politics?" (audio) Kris Saknussemm Multimedia Performance (audio) http://witness.blackmountaininstitute.org/ Thu, 19 Apr 2012 00:57:07 PDT http://witness.blackmountaininstitute.org/ Witness Vol. XXV No. 1 is now live and features work from David H. Wells, Hugh Fox, Marisa Handler, Colleen Kinder, Sarah Blake, Robert Shuster, and others. Interested parties may purchase a complete, print edition of the issue here. ]]> http://blackmountaininstitute.org/news-and-events/video-archive.php Thu, 12 April 2012 12:57:00 PDT http://blackmountaininstitute.org/news-and-events/video-archive.php "Female Noveists in the 21st Century" event (02/22/12) is now live and ready for viewing in the BMI video archive and on the individual event page. ]]> Female Noveists in the 21st Century http://blackmountaininstitute.org/news-and-events/podcast.php Thursday, 12 April 2012 12:13:00 PDT http://blackmountaininstitute.org/news-and-events/podcast.php here. One can listen to the event audio via the podcast and on the event news page. ]]> Kelle Groom's KNPR "State of Nevada" Interview (audio) http://blackmountaininstitute.org/news-and-events/upcoming.php Thu, 22 March 2012 21:22:00 PDT http://blackmountaininstitute.org/news-and-events/upcoming.php Nevada Emerging Writers Series, on Wednesday, April 18th at 7pm in the Greenspun Hall Auditorium at UNLV, writer Lara Glenum will discuss and read from her work. About Glenum » ]]> http://blackmountaininstitute.org/news-and-events/upcoming.php Tue, 13 March 2012 8:52:00 PDT http://blackmountaininstitute.org/news-and-events/upcoming.php Stan Fulton Ballroom, BMI will present a panel discussion featuring Juan Williams, Norm Ornstein, and Kathleen Parker. The panel will be moderated by Las Vegas radio host Patricia Cunningham. (about the participants ») ]]> http://blackmountaininstitute.org/news-and-events/podcast.php Thursday, 8 March 2012 10:30:00 PST http://blackmountaininstitute.org/news-and-events/podcast.php here. One can listen to the event audio via the podcast and on the event news page. ]]> Kris Saknussemm's KNPR "State of Nevada" Interview (audio) http://blackmountaininstitute.org/news-and-events/podcast.php Sun, 26 Feb 2012 04:07:00 PST http://blackmountaininstitute.org/news-and-events/podcast.php here. One can listen to the event audio via the podcast and on the event page and the interviews via the podcast or Strayed's and Bynum's news pages. ]]> "Female Novelists in the 21st Century" (audio) Sarah Shun-lien Bynum's KNPR "State of Nevada" Interview (audio) Cheryl Strayed's KNPR "State of Nevada" Interview (audio) http://blackmountaininstitute.org/news-and-events/upcoming.php Wed, 22 Feb 2012 11:30:00 PDT http://blackmountaininstitute.org/news-and-events/upcoming.php Greenspun Hall Auditorium, BMI will present a mixed media performance featuring Kris Saknussemm, BMI's 2011-12 Gallagher Fellow. (about Saknussemm ») ]]> http://blackmountaininstitute.org/news-and-events/podcast.php Fri, 17 Feb 2012 16:15:00 PST http://blackmountaininstitute.org/news-and-events/podcast.php here. One can listen to the event audio via the podcast and on the event news page. ]]> Mary Gaitskill's KNPR "State of Nevada" Interview (audio) http://blackmountaininstitute.org/news-and-events/podcast.php Wed, 15 Feb 2012 21:10:00 PST http://blackmountaininstitute.org/news-and-events/podcast.php here. One can listen to the event audio via the podcast and on the event news page. ]]> Blake Butler's KNPR "State of Nevada" Interview (audio) http://blackmountaininstitute.org/news-and-events/upcoming.php Wed, 22 Feb 2012 00:00:00 PDT http://blackmountaininstitute.org/news-and-events/upcoming.php UNLV Student Union Ballroom, BMI will present a panel discussion featuring Mary Gaitskill, Sarah Shun-lien Bynum and Cheryl Strayed. The panel will be moderated by UNLV English Professor Maile Chapman. (about the participants ») ]]> http://blackmountaininstitute.org/news-and-events/upcoming.php Wed, 1 February 2012 17:21:00 PDT http://blackmountaininstitute.org/news-and-events/upcoming.php Nevada Emerging Writers Series, on Wednesday, February 8 at 7pm in the Greenspun Hall Auditorium at UNLV, fiction writer Blake Butler will discuss and read from his work. About Butler » ]]> http://blackmountaininstitute.org/news-and-events/video-archive.php Tue, 27 December 2011 16:35:00 PDT http://blackmountaininstitute.org/news-and-events/video-archive.php 5th Anniversary celebration (9/22) is now live and ready for viewing in the BMI video archive and on the individual event page. ]]> BMI 5th Anniversary http://blackmountaininstitute.org/news-and-events/video-archive.php Tue, 27 December 2011 16:34:00 PDT http://blackmountaininstitute.org/news-and-events/video-archive.php Andrew Kiraly's reading (11/29/11) is now live and ready for viewing in the BMI video archive and on the individual event page. ]]> Andrew Kiraly Reading and Discussion http://blackmountaininstitute.org/news-and-events/video-archive.php Tue, 06 Dec 2011 17:27:00 PDT http://blackmountaininstitute.org/news-and-events/video-archive.php Jane Smiley reading (11/05/11) and the awards presentation that preceded it are now live and ready for viewing in the BMI video archive and on the individual event pages. ]]> Jane Smiley VVBF Crystal Bookmark Awards http://blackmountaininstitute.org/news-and-events/podcast.php Tue, 8 Nov 2011 02:13:45 PDT http://blackmountaininstitute.org/news-and-events/podcast.php here. One can listen to the event audio via the podcast and on the event archive page. ]]> Andrew Kiraly Reading and Discussion (audio) http://blackmountaininstitute.org/news-and-events/events-archive/2011-12/andrew-kiraly/ Thu, 17 Nov 2011 00:00:00 PDT http://blackmountaininstitute.org/news-and-events/events-archive/2011-12/andrew-kiraly/ About Kiraly » ]]> http://blackmountaininstitute.org/news-and-events/podcast.php Tue, 8 Nov 2011 02:13:45 PDT http://blackmountaininstitute.org/news-and-events/podcast.php here. One can listen to the event audio via the podcast and on the event archive page and the ceremony audio via the podcast and the 2011-12 news archive page. ]]> Jane Smiley Reading and Discussion (audio) VVBF Crystal Bookmark Awards (audio) http://blackmountaininstitute.org/news-and-events/events-archive/2011-12/nevada-emerging-writers-series/srikanth-reddy.php Sun, 6 Nov 2011 23:11:00 PDT http://blackmountaininstitute.org/news-and-events/events-archive/2011-12/nevada-emerging-writers-series/srikanth-reddy.php Nevada Emerging Writers Series, on Wednesday, November 16 at 7pm in the Greenspun Hall Auditorium at UNLV, poet Srikanth Reddy will discuss and read from his work. About Reddy » ]]> http://blackmountaininstitute.org/news-and-events/podcast.php Fri, 4 Nov 2011 22:20:20 PDT http://blackmountaininstitute.org/news-and-events/podcast.php here. One can listen to the interview via the podcast and on the 2011-12 news archive page. The KNPR audio segments are used with the gracious permission of KNPRs "State of Nevada" which podcasts many segments of its programs. See knpr.org/son/feeds for more information. ]]> Jane Smiley's KNPR "State of Nevada" Interview (audio) http://blackmountaininstitute.org/news-and-events/events-archive/2011-12/jane-smiley/ Fri, 21 Oct 2011 12:00:00 PDT http://blackmountaininstitute.org/news-and-events/events-archive/2011-12/jane-smiley/ Vegas Valley Book Festival, on Saturday, November 5, 2011 at 3:30pm at the Fifth Street School Auditorium Jane Smiley will discus and read from her work. About Jane Smiley » ]]> http://blackmountaininstitute.org/news-and-events/podcast.php Thu, 20 Oct 2011 14:10:00 PDT http://blackmountaininstitute.org/news-and-events/podcast.php here. One can listen to the interview via the podcast and on the 2011-12 news archive page. The KNPR audio segments are used with the gracious permission of KNPRs "State of Nevada" which podcasts many segments of its programs. See knpr.org/son/feeds for more information. ]]> Laura van den Berg's KNPR "State of Nevada" Interview (audio) http://blackmountaininstitute.org/news-and-events/podcast.php Sat, 15 Oct 2011 22:18:00 PDT http://blackmountaininstitute.org/news-and-events/podcast.php here. One can listen to the interviews via the podcast and on the 2011-12 news archive page. The event audio can be listened to via the podcast and the "Theism/Atheism" event page. The KNPR audio segments are used with the gracious permission of KNPRs "State of Nevada" which podcasts many segments of its programs. See knpr.org/son/feeds for more information. ]]> Susan Jacoby's KNPR "State of Nevada" Interview (audio) Reza Aslan's KNPR "State of Nevada" Interview (audio) Karen King's KNPR "State of Nevada" Interview (audio) "Theism/Atheism" Panel (audio) http://witness.blackmountaininstitute.org/ Sat, 15 Oct 2011 17:50:30 PDT http://witness.blackmountaininstitute.org/ http://blackmountaininstitute.org/news-and-events/events-archive/2011-12/nevada-emerging-writers-series/laura-van-den-berg.php Fri, 14 Oct 2011 13:31:35 PDT http://blackmountaininstitute.org/news-and-events/events-archive/2011-12/nevada-emerging-writers-series/laura-van-den-berg.php Nevada Emerging Writers Series, on Thursday, October 20 at 7pm in the Greenspun Hall Auditorium at UNLV fiction writer Laura van den Berg will discuss and read from her work. About van den Berg » ]]> http://blackmountaininstitute.org/news-and-events/video-archive.php Wed, 12 October 2011 14:26:55 PDT http://blackmountaininstitute.org/news-and-events/video-archive.php Josh Kryah's 9/15/11 reading is now live and ready for viewing in the BMI video archive and on the individual event page. ]]> Josh Kryah http://blackmountaininstitute.org/news-and-events/upcoming.php Sun, 09 Oct 2011 12:00:00 PDT http://blackmountaininstitute.org/news-and-events/upcoming.php http://blackmountaininstitute.org/news-and-events/upcoming.php Mon, 03 Oct 2011 10:12:58 PDT http://blackmountaininstitute.org/news-and-events/upcoming.php UNLV Student Union Ballroom, BMI will present a panel discussion featuring Sam Harris, Karen King, and Reza Aslan. The panel will be moderated by Carol Harter. (about the participants ») ]]> http://blackmountaininstitute.org/news-and-events/upcoming.php Fri, 30 Sept 2011 02:30:00 PDT http://blackmountaininstitute.org/news-and-events/upcoming.php Barrick Museum Auditorium, BMI and the UNLV Departments of Dance and English will present a lecture entitled "Transforming Artists" featuring Moniro Ravanipour, Margo Mink Colbert, and Roberta Sabbath. ]]> http://blackmountaininstitute.org/news-and-events/podcast.php Sun, 18 Sept 2011 20:22:13 PDT http://blackmountaininstitute.org/news-and-events/podcast.php here. One can listen to the interview via the podcast and on the 2011-12 news archive page. The Kryah event audio can be listened to via the podcast and the event page. The KNPR audio segments are used with the gracious permission of KNPRs "State of Nevada" which podcasts many segments of its programs. See knpr.org/son/feeds for more information. ]]> Josh Kryah's KNPR "State of Nevada" Interview (audio) Josh Kryah's Reading (audio) http://blackmountaininstitute.org/news-and-events/upcoming.php Fri, 16 Sept 2011 01:57:45 PDT http://blackmountaininstitute.org/news-and-events/upcoming.php Clark County Library theatre, BMI, the Vegas Valley Book Festival, ACLU of Nevada, and the Las Vegas-Clark County Library District will present a panel discussion entitled "Uncensored Voices: Celebrating Literary Freedom." ]]> http://blackmountaininstitute.org/news-and-events/events-archive/2011-12/joshua-kryah/ Wed, 14 Sept 2011 12:52:23 PDT http://blackmountaininstitute.org/news-and-events/events-archive/2011-12/joshua-kryah/ Glean, explores the dynamics inherent in a pursuit of faith of something that can never be fully realized nor expressed, earning him the 2005 Nightboat Books Poetry Prize. His newest collection, We Are Starved, details his hardscrabble upbringing in St. Louis, Missouri. His poetry has also been published in several journals including Shenandoah, Denver Quarterly, FIELD, The Iowa Review, and Ploughshares. Joshua is also the poetry editor of Witness, the literary journal of UNLV’s Black Mountain Institute. ]]> http://blackmountaininstitute.org/programs/fellows.php Thu, 01 Sept 2011 00:00:00 PDT http://blackmountaininstitute.org/programs/fellows.php http://witness.blackmountaininstitute.org/submit/ Thu, 01 Sept 2011 00:00:00 PDT http://witness.blackmountaininstitute.org/submit/ Witness submission season, which runs September 1 to December 1 for general work and January 1 to April 1 for thematic work, has begun. Writers interested in submitting work to Witness can learn more about the process here. Also, please note that Witness recently rebuilt its subscription manager database. As such, accounts created during previous submission seasons will need to be recreated. The editors apologize for any inconvenience. ]]> http://blackmountaininstitute.org/programs/nevada-emerging-writers-series.php Tue, 02 Aug 2011 16:47:34 PDT http://blackmountaininstitute.org/programs/nevada-emerging-writers-series.php Laura van den Berg (10/20/11), Srikanth Reddy (11/16/11), Blake Butler (02/08/12), and Lara Glenum (04/16/12). ]]> http://blackmountaininstitute.org/news-and-events/video-archive.php Fri, 08 July 2011 13:53:45 PDT http://blackmountaininstitute.org/news-and-events/video-archive.php Jazz: America's Gift to the World" (3/24/11) event is now live and ready for viewing in the BMI video archive and on the individual event page. ]]> Jazz: America's Gift to the World http://blackmountaininstitute.org/news-and-events/video-archive.php Tue, 05 July 2011 17:05:00 PDT http://blackmountaininstitute.org/news-and-events/video-archive.php 2010-11 Bennett Fellows (4/14/11) and C.D. Wright (4/20/11) events are now live and ready for viewing in the BMI video archive and on the individual event pages. ]]> C.D. Wright 2010-11 Bennett Fellows in Conversation http://blackmountaininstitute.org/news-and-events/upcoming.php Thu, 30 June 2011 17:11:45 PDT http://blackmountaininstitute.org/news-and-events/upcoming.php http://blackmountaininstitute.org/programs/fellows/2011_12.php Wed, 25 May 2011 01:54:20 EDT http://blackmountaininstitute.org/programs/fellows/2011_12.php http://www.loc.gov/today/cyberlc/feature_wdesc.php?rec=5110 Tue, 26 Apr 2011 19:00:00 PDT http://www.loc.gov/today/cyberlc/feature_wdesc.php?rec=5110 2010-11 Black Mountain Institute fellow Daniel Brook examines the architecture of Shanghai and Mumbai, from their imperial origins to their current building booms. ]]> http://blackmountaininstitute.org/news-and-events/podcast.php Thu, 21 April 2011 23:08:25 PDT http://blackmountaininstitute.org/news-and-events/podcast.php here. One can listen to the interviews via the podcast and on the 2010-11 news archive page. The Wright event audio can be listened to via the podcast and the event page. The KNPR audio segments are used with the gracious permission of KNPRs "State of Nevada" which podcasts many segments of its programs. See knpr.org/son/feeds for more information. ]]> C.D. Wright Reading and Discussion (audio) C.D. Wright's KNPR "State of Nevada" Interview (audio) Uwem Apkan's KNPR "State of Nevada" Interview (audio) Daniel Brook's KNPR "State of Nevada" Interview (audio) http://blackmountaininstitute.org/news-and-events/events-archive/2010-11/wright/ Fri, 15 Apr 2011 08:29:55 PDT http://blackmountaininstitute.org/news-and-events/events-archive/2010-11/wright/ UNLV Student Union Theatre, BMI and the Creative Writing program will host a panel reading and discussion with poet and writer C.D. Wright, UNLV's 2011 Ghanem Chair in Creative Writing. ]]> http://blackmountaininstitute.org/news-and-events/video-archive/2010-11/the-future-of-american-liberalism.php Tue, 05 Apr 2011 14:40:40 PDT http://blackmountaininstitute.org/news-and-events/video-archive/2010-11/the-future-of-american-liberalism.php BMI video archive and on the individual event page. ]]> "The Future of American Liberalism" http://blackmountaininstitute.org/news-and-events/video-archive/2010-11/about-bmi-carol-harter.php Sat, 02 Apr 2011 16:57:17 PDT http://blackmountaininstitute.org/news-and-events/video-archive/2010-11/about-bmi-carol-harter.php BMI video archive. ]]> About BMI w/ Executive Director Carol Harter http://blackmountaininstitute.org/news-and-events/nexus.php Fri, 01 April 2011 21:05:10 PDT http://blackmountaininstitute.org/news-and-events/nexus.php blackmountaininstitute.org/nexus ]]> http://blackmountaininstitute.org/news-and-events/podcast.php Sat, 26 March 2011 02:10:33 PDT http://blackmountaininstitute.org/news-and-events/podcast.php here. One can listen to the event audio via the podcast and on the individual event page. ]]> "Jazz: America's Gift to the World" (audio) http://blackmountaininstitute.org/news-and-events/podcast.php Wed, 23 March 2011 12:32:26 PDT http://blackmountaininstitute.org/news-and-events/podcast.php here. One can listen to the interview audio via the podcast and on the 2010-11 news archive page. Audio from the "Liberalism" event can be listened to on that event page. The KNPR audio segments are used with the gracious permission of KNPRs "State of Nevada" which podcasts many segments of its programs. See knpr.org/son/feeds for more information. ]]> Barbara Ehrenreich's KNPR "State of Nevada" Interview (audio) Ellis Marsalis, Jr.'s KNPR "State of Nevada" Interview (audio) Ishmael Reed's KNPR "State of Nevada" Interview (audio) "The Future of American Liberalism" (audio) http://blackmountaininstitute.org/news-and-events/events-archive/2010-11/jazz/ Sun, 20 March 2011 19:29:16 PST http://blackmountaininstitute.org/news-and-events/events-archive/2010-11/jazz/ Beam Music Center Doc Rando Recital Hall, BMI will host a panel discussion titled "Jazz: America's Gift to the World." The panel features Dave Loeb, Ellis Marsalis, Jr., and Ishmael Reed and is moderated by Marlena Shaw. ]]> http://blackmountaininstitute.org/news-and-events/events-archive/2010-11/future-of-american-liberalism/ Sun, 20 February 2011 15:28:04 PST http://blackmountaininstitute.org/news-and-events/events-archive/2010-11/future-of-american-liberalism/ Beam Music Center Doc Rando Recital Hall, BMI will host a panel discussion about "The Future of American Liberalism." The panel features Barbara Ehrenreich, Lewis H. Lapham, and Curtis White and is moderated by Jon Ralston. ]]> http://blackmountaininstitute.org/news-and-events/video-archive.php Wed, 15 Dec 2010 18:20:56 PST http://blackmountaininstitute.org/news-and-events/video-archive.php T.C. Boyle (11/3/10), Brian Turner (11/6/10), and Alissa Nutting (11/30/10) readings is now live and ready for viewing in the BMI video archive and on the individual event pages. ]]> T.C. Boyle Brian Turner Alissa Nutting http://blackmountaininstitute.org/news-and-events/podcast.php Fri, 10 December 2010 23:51:14 PST http://blackmountaininstitute.org/news-and-events/podcast.php here. One can listen to the event audio via the podcast and on the individual event page. ]]> Alissa Nutting Reading (audio) http://blackmountaininstitute.org/news-and-events/podcast.php Fri, 19 November 2010 16:09:43 -0800 http://blackmountaininstitute.org/news-and-events/podcast.php here. One can listen to the event audio via the podcast and on the event page. ]]> Brian Turner Reading (audio) http://blackmountaininstitute.org/news-and-events/events-archive/2010-11/nutting/ Thu, 18 November 2010 13:20:53 -0800 http://blackmountaininstitute.org/news-and-events/events-archive/2010-11/nutting/ Greenspun Hall Auditorium, BMI will host a reading by Alissa Nutting. Nutting received her MFA in fiction from the University of Alabama, where she was editor of The Black Warrior Review literary magazine. She is currently a Schaeffer Fellow in fiction at UNLV and an editor for BMI’s literary magazine, Witness. Alissa's stories have been published in Tin House, Fence, The Southeast Review, Mid-American Review, and other journals. Her collection of stories, Unclean Jobs for Women and Girls, was selected by Ben Marcus as winner of the 6th Starcherone Prize and will appear from the press in October 2010. ]]> http://blackmountaininstitute.org/news-and-events/events-archive/2010-11/burgin/ Sun, 07 November 2010 19:28:03 -0800 http://blackmountaininstitute.org/news-and-events/events-archive/2010-11/burgin/ UNLV Barrick Museum Auditorium, BMI will host a reading by Richard Burgin. Burgin is the author of twelve books, including the novel, Ghost Quartet. He was the founding editor of Boston Review and New York Arts Journal, and is the founding and current editor of Boulevard. Burgin’s criticism and reviews have appeared in The New York Times Book Review, The Washington Post, The Chicago Tribune, The Boston Globe, and The Philadelphia Inquirer, among other publications. He is currently a professor of communication and English at Saint Louis University. ]]> http://blackmountaininstitute.org/news-and-events/podcast.php Thu, 04 November 2010 18:08:21 -0800 http://blackmountaininstitute.org/news-and-events/podcast.php here. One can listen to the interview audio via the podcast or on the 2010-11 news archive page and the Boyle reading audio via the podcast or on the event page. The KNPR audio segments are used with the gracious permission of KNPRs "State of Nevada" which podcasts many segments of its programs. See knpr.org/son/feeds for more information. ]]> Brian Turner's KNPR "State of Nevada" Interview (audio) T.C. Boyle's Reading and Discussion (audio) T.C. Boyle's KNPR "State of Nevada" Interview (audio) http://blackmountaininstitute.org/news-and-events/upcoming.php Thu, 4 November 2010 13:01:05 -0800 http://blackmountaininstitute.org/news-and-events/upcoming.php Greenspun Hall Auditorium, BMI and the Vegas Valley Book Festival will host a reading by Brian Turner. Turner served seven years in the Army, most recently in 2004 as an infantry team leader in Mosul with the Third Stryker Brigade Combat Team, Second Infantry Division. His 2005 book of poems, Here Bullet, won several awards, including the 2007 Poets Prize, and he has received fellowships from the Lannan Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts. He is a contributor to The New York Times and teaches at Sierra Nevada College. (more information ») On Sunday November 7, at 7pm at the Clark County Library BMI and the Vegas Valley Book Festival will host a keynote address by Dennis Lehane. Lehane is the author of eight novels: The Given Day, A Drink Before the War, Darkness, Take My Hand, Sacred, Gone Baby Gone, Prayers for Rain, and the New York Times bestsellers Mystic River and Shutter Island, both of which have been adapted into major motion pictures. Mystic River was also finalist for the PEN/Winship Award, and won both the Anthony Award and the Barry Award for Best Novel, as well as the Massachusetts Book Award in Fiction given by the Massachusetts Center for the Book. He divides his time between Boston and the Gulf Coast of Florida. (more information ») ]]> http://blackmountaininstitute.org/news-and-events/video-archive.php Sun, 31 Oct 2010 16:27:14 -0800 http://blackmountaininstitute.org/news-and-events/video-archive.php "Writing the World" event (10/14/2010) is now live and ready for viewing in the BMI video archive and on the individual event page. ]]> "Writing the World" http://blackmountaininstitute.org/news-and-events/video-archive.php Fri, 22 Oct 2010 14:59:19 -0800 http://blackmountaininstitute.org/news-and-events/video-archive.php "Death of Old News" event (09/22/2010) is now live and ready for viewing in the BMI video archive and on the individual event page. ]]> "Death of Old News" http://blackmountaininstitute.org/news-and-events/podcast.php Sun, 17 October 2010 23:25:07 -0800 http://blackmountaininstitute.org/news-and-events/podcast.php "Writing the World" event (10/14/10) has been added to the BMI podcast. For more information on the BMI podcast, including subscription instructions, click here. One can listen to the interview audio via the podcast or on the event page. ]]> "Writing the World: American Authors Looking Outward" (audio) http://blackmountaininstitute.org/news-and-events/events-archive/2010-11/boyle/ Sun, 17 October 2010 23:25:07 -0800 http://blackmountaininstitute.org/news-and-events/events-archive/2010-11/boyle/ UNLV Student Union Ballroom, BMI will host a reading by T.C. Boyle. Boyle is the author of twenty books, including World's End (winner of the PEN/Faulkner Award), The Road to Wellville (adapted into a major motion picture), Drop City (a New York Times bestseller and finalist for the National Book Award), and The Women, a best-selling fictionalized account of the private life of Frank Lloyd Wright. Boyle's stories regularly appear in The New Yorker, Harper's, Esquire, and The Atlantic Monthly. He teaches at the University of Southern California. ]]> http://blackmountaininstitute.org/news-and-events/podcast.php Fri, 08 October 2010 16:19:04 -0800 http://blackmountaininstitute.org/news-and-events/podcast.php "Writing the World" event on October 14th. For more information on the BMI podcast, including subscription instructions, click here. One can listen to the interview audio via the podcast or on the 2010-11 news archive page here. The KNPR audio segments are used with the gracious permission of KNPRs "State of Nevada" which podcasts many segments of its programs. See knpr.org/son/feeds for more information. ]]> Mary-Ann Tirone Smith's KNPR "State of Nevada" Interview (audio) Paul Theroux KNPR "State of Nevada" interview (audio) http://blackmountaininstitute.org/news-and-events/events-archive/2010-11/writing-the-world/ Thursday, 30 September 2010 20:17:24 -0800 http://blackmountaininstitute.org/news-and-events/events-archive/2010-11/writing-the-world/ UNLV Beam Music Center Doc Rando Recital Hall, BMI will host "Writing the World: American Authors Looking Outward": a panel discussion among four noted former Peace Corps volunteers: Peter Hessler, Paul Theroux, Mary-Ann Tirone Smith, and Marnie Mueller who will moderate. To celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of the Corps, the panelists will discuss how the world has been changed by a half-century of young American volunteers dispersing across the globe, and how the writers' own experiences abroad have shaped their work. ]]> http://blackmountaininstitute.org/programs/fellows.php Thursday, 30 September 2010 12:07:28 -0800 http://blackmountaininstitute.org/news-and-events/events-archive/2010-11/celebrating-literary-freedom/ Click here to download the fillable PDF form. You may also write the BMI at blackmountaininstitute@unlv.edu to request an application via e-mail or post. Applications must be postmarked by February 1, 2011, and fellows will be notified on or before May 3, 2011. ]]> http://blackmountaininstitute.org/news-and-events/podcast.php Mon, 27 September 2010 18:28:40 -0800 http://blackmountaininstitute.org/news-and-events/podcast.php here. One can listen to the interview audio on the 2010-11 news archive page here and the event audio on the "The Death of Old News" event page at the BMI website. Video from the event is forthcoming on the same page. The KNPR audio segments are used with the gracious permission of KNPRs "State of Nevada" which podcasts many segments of its programs. See knpr.org/son/feeds for more information. ]]> "The Death of Old News" (audio) Jim Lehrer KNPR "State of Nevada" Interview (audio) http://blackmountaininstitute.org/news-and-events/events-archive/2010-11/celebrating-literary-freedom/ Monday, 27 September 2010 16:39:42 -0800 http://blackmountaininstitute.org/news-and-events/events-archive/2010-11/celebrating-literary-freedom/ http://blackmountaininstitute.org/news-and-events/events-archive/2010-11/the-death-of-old-news/ Thursday, 16 September 2010 20:15:25 -0800 http://blackmountaininstitute.org/news-and-events/events-archive/2010-11/the-death-of-old-news/ Sun, will moderate. ]]> http://blackmountaininstitute.org/news-and-events/events-archive/2010-11/morling/ Wed, 15 September 2010 20:15:25 -0800 http://blackmountaininstitute.org/news-and-events/events-archive/2010-11/morling/ Ocean Avenue, which won the New Issues Press Poetry Prize in 1998, and Astoria, published by Pittsburgh Press. Her poems have appeared in numerous publications and anthologies including The New York Times Book Review, The New Republic, Washington Post Book World, Double Take/Points of Entry, and Five Points. She is currently an assistant professor in the department of creative writing at the University of North Carolina, Wilmington and core faculty in the low residency MFA program at New England College. ]]> http://www.lvrj.com/news/unlv-gives-writers-way-to-speak-up-99219569.html Wed, 28 July 2010 15:35:47 -0800 http://www.lvrj.com/news/unlv-gives-writers-way-to-speak-up-99219569.html Las Vegas Review-Journal gives an overview of the BMI's development and profiles its various programs and interests. An archived, pdf copy of the article can be found in the 2010-11 BMI news archive. ]]> http://blackmountaininstitute.org/news-and-events/upcoming.php Wed, 23 June 2010 05:19:19 -0800 http://blackmountaininstitute.org/news-and-events/upcoming.php http://blackmountaininstitute.org/news-and-events/upcoming.php ]]> http://www.impacdublinaward.ie/ Fri, 18 June 2010 01:45:58 -0800 http://www.impacdublinaward.ie/ The Twin, a BMI Rainmaker Translations title, has won the 2010 IMPAC Dublin Literary Award. ]]> http://blackmountaininstitute.org/news-and-events/video-archive.php Sun, 23 May 2010 13:14:58 -0800 http://blackmountaininstitute.org/news-and-events/video-archive.php "Blurring Borders" (4/6/10), Vu Tran and Maile Chapman reading (4/15/10), and 2009-10 Fellows (4/29/10) events are now live and ready for viewing in the BMI video archive and on the individual event pages. ]]> 2009-10 BMI Fellows in Conversation Vu Tran and Maile Chapman Reading "Blurring Borders" http://blackmountaininstitute.org/programs/currentFellows.php Wed, 12 May 2010 00:50:03 -0800 http://blackmountaininstitute.org/programs/currentFellows.php http://blackmountaininstitute.org/news-and-events/podcast.php Mon, 03 May 2010 17:00:12 -0800 http://blackmountaininstitute.org/news-and-events/podcast.php here. One can also listen to the audio from the reading on the event page at the BMI website. Video from the event is forthcoming on the same page. ]]> 2009-10 BMI Fellows in Conversation (audio) http://blackmountaininstitute.org/news-and-events/video-archive.php Fri, 30 Apr 2010 17:37:14 -0800 http://blackmountaininstitute.org/news-and-events/video-archive.php "I Could Read the Sky" event (03/17/2010) is now live and ready for viewing in the BMI video archive and on the individual event page. ]]> "I Could Read the Sky" http://blackmountaininstitute.org/news-and-events/podcast.php Fri, 16 April 2010 10:12:44:19 -0800 http://blackmountaininstitute.org/news-and-events/podcast.php here. This audio segment is used with the gracious permission of KNPRs "State of Nevada" which podcasts many segments of its programs. See knpr.org/son/feeds for more information. ]]> Judith Nies on KNPR's "State of Nevada" (audio) http://blackmountaininstitute.org/news-and-events/podcast.php Fri, 16 April 2010 01:17:44 -0800 http://blackmountaininstitute.org/news-and-events/podcast.php here. One can also listen to the audio from the reading on the event page at the BMI website. Video from the event is forthcoming on the same page. ]]> Vu Tran and Maile Chapman Reading (audio) http://blackmountaininstitute.org/news-and-events/upcoming.php Thur, 15 April 2010 10:43:17 -0800 http://blackmountaininstitute.org/news-and-events/upcoming.php http://blackmountaininstitute.org/news-and-events/podcast.php Wed, 14 April 2010 16:01:48 -0800 http://blackmountaininstitute.org/news-and-events/podcast.php here. This audio segment is used with the gracious permission of KNPRs "State of Nevada" which podcasts many segments of its programs. See knpr.org/son/feeds for more information. ]]> Vu Tran on KNPR's "State of Nevada" (audio) http://blackmountaininstitute.org/news-and-events/podcast.php Wed, 07 April 2010 03:11:09 -0800 http://blackmountaininstitute.org/news-and-events/podcast.php here. One can listen to the audio from the "Blurring Borders" event event page at the BMI website. Video from the event is forthcoming on the same page. The KNPR audio segments are used with the gracious permission of KNPRs "State of Nevada" which podcasts many segments of its programs. See knpr.org/son/feeds for more information. ]]> "Blurring Borders"(audio) Pablo Medina on KNPR's "State of Nevada" (audio) Junot Diaz on KNPR's "State of Nevada" (audio) Yiyun Li on KNPR's "State of Nevada" (audio) Alissa Nutting on KNPR's "State of Nevada" (audio) http://blackmountaininstitute.org/news-and-events/upcoming.php Tue, 06 April 2010 11:41:57 -0800 http://blackmountaininstitute.org/news-and-events/upcoming.php Your Presence is Requested at Suvanto, and Vu Tran, winner of a 2009 Whiting Writers' Award and a contributor to the serial novel Restless City, read from their work. Both are Schaeffer Fellows in fiction at UNLV. The event will take place Thursday, April 15, 2010 at 7:00 p.m. in the UNLV Barrick Museum Auditorium. ]]> http://blackmountaininstitute.org/news-and-events/podcast.php Thu, 25 March 2010 16:01:53 -0800 http://blackmountaininstitute.org/news-and-events/podcast.php here. This audio segment is used with the gracious permission of KNPRs "State of Nevada" which podcasts many segments of its programs. See knpr.org/son/feeds for more information. ]]> Lavonne Mueller on KNPR's "State of Nevada" (audio) http://blackmountaininstitute.org/news-and-events/podcast.php Fri, 19 March 2010 12:34:44 -0800 http://blackmountaininstitute.org/news-and-events/podcast.php here. This audio segment is used with the gracious permission of KNPRs "State of Nevada" which podcasts many segments of its programs. See knpr.org/son/feeds for more information. ]]> Martin Hayes, Dennis Cahill, Aine Meenaghan, and Timothy O'Grady on KNPR's "State of Nevada" (audio) http://blackmountaininstitute.org/news-and-events/upcoming.php Thu, 18 March 2010 12:29:38 -0800 http://blackmountaininstitute.org/news-and-events/upcoming.php The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, PEN/Hemingway Award-winning Chinese-American writer Yiyun Li, author of The Vagrants, and Cuban-American poet, novelist, and translator Pablo Medina explore the blurred borders between identity, nationality, and culture in their work. The event will take place Tuesday, April 6, 2010 at 7:00 p.m. in the UNLV Student Union Theatre. ]]> http://blackmountaininstitute.org/news-and-events/podcast.php Thu, 04 March 2010 01:59:56 -0800 http://blackmountaininstitute.org/news-and-events/podcast.php here. This audio segment is used with the gracious permission of KNPRs "State of Nevada" which podcasts many segments of its programs. See knpr.org/son/feeds for more information. ]]> Maile Chapman on KNPR's "State of Nevada" (audio) http://blackmountaininstitute.org/news-and-events/video-archive.php Wed, 24 Feb 2010 01:32:40 -0800 http://blackmountaininstitute.org/news-and-events/video-archive.php "Future of American Conservatism" event (02/10/2010) is now live and ready for viewing in the BMI video archive and on the individual event page. ]]> "The Future of American Conservatism" http://blackmountaininstitute.org/news-and-events/upcoming.php Thu, 11 Feb 2010 02:04:51 -0800 http://blackmountaininstitute.org/news-and-events/upcoming.php http://blackmountaininstitute.org/news-and-events/podcast.php Thu, 11 Feb 2010 02:04:51 -0800 http://blackmountaininstitute.org/news-and-events/podcast.php here. One can also listen to the audio from the "American Conservatism" event event page at the BMI website. Video from the event is forthcoming on the same page. The KNPR audio segments are used with the gracious permission of KNPRs "State of Nevada" which podcasts many segments of its programs. See knpr.org/son/feeds for more information. ]]> "The Future of American Conservatism" (audio) Sam Tanenhaus on KNPR's "State of Nevada" (audio) Timothy O'Grady on KNPR's "State of Nevada" (audio) http://blackmountaininstitute.org/news-and-events/upcoming.php Fri, 22 Jan 2010 16:08:45 -0800 http://blackmountaininstitute.org/news-and-events/upcoming.php National Review, Sam Tanenhaus, editor of the New York Times Book Review, and David Frum, a former speech writer for President George W. Bush and founder of NewMajority.com, discuss what it means to be a conservative in America today and how that will shape the Republican party of tomorrow. ]]> http://blackmountaininstitute.org/news-and-events/networking.php Wed, 13 Jan 2010 15:46:33 -0800 http://blackmountaininstitute.org/news-and-events/networking.php Facebook for some time, and now Twitter (BlackMtnInst) users can find us there as well. Hook up with us using these platforms, and we'll keep you informed about upcoming events and other BMI goings-on. ]]> http://blackmountaininstitute.org/news-and-events/upcoming.php Tue, 12 Jan 2010 21:39:08 -0800 http://blackmountaininstitute.org/news-and-events/upcoming.php Child of Nature. ]]> http://blackmountaininstitute.org/news-and-events/video-archive.php Tue, 29 Dec 2009 03:10:05 -0800 http://blackmountaininstitute.org/news-and-events/video-archive.php Er Tai Gao reading (12/02/2009) is now live and ready for viewing in the BMI video archive and on the individual event page. ]]> Er Tai Gao Reading http://blackmountaininstitute.org/news-and-events/upcoming.php Thu, 03 December 2009 00:34:46 -0800 http://blackmountaininstitute.org/news-and-events/upcoming.php Atomic Testing Museum in Las Vegas, NV. UNLV Distinguished Professor of History J. Andy Fry moderates.Co-sponsored by the Atomic Testing Museum and the UNLV Department of History. Admission charge: $5.00 (at the door). ]]> http://blackmountaininstitute.org/news-and-events/podcast.php Thu, 03 December 2009 00:34:46 -0800 http://blackmountaininstitute.org/news-and-events/podcast.php here. One can also listen to the audio on the event page at the BMI website. Video from the reading is forthcoming on the same page. ]]> Er Tai Gao Reading (audio) http://blackmountaininstitute.org/news-and-events/ Wed, 02 Dec 2009 10:36:09 -0800 http://blackmountaininstitute.org/news-and-events/ here. One can also listen to the audio from Doctorow's reading on the event page at the BMI website. Video from the Doctorow and Kay Ryan (11/05/09) readings have been added to the BMI video archive and the individual events pages. ]]> E.L. Doctorow Reading (audio) E.L. Doctorow Reading Kay Ryan Reading http://blackmountaininstitute.org/news-and-events/upcoming.php Fri, 27 Nov 2009 20:06:57 -0800 http://blackmountaininstitute.org/news-and-events/upcoming.php I Could Read the Sky, a collaborative novel by writer Timothy O’Grady and photographer Steven Pyke, will be brought to life in a unique multimedia performance: O’Grady’s reading from the book is interspersed with music from fiddle-and-guitar duo Martin Hayes and Martin Cahill and accompanied by projections of Pkye’s arresting images. The event will be held at the UNLV Beam Music Center Doc Rando Recital Hall in Las Vegas, NV. ]]> http://blackmountaininstitute.org/news-and-events/upcoming.php Mon, 16 Nov 2009 15:42:50 -0800 http://blackmountaininstitute.org/news-and-events/upcoming.php Atomic Testing Museum in Las Vegas, NV and is co-sponsored by the Atomic Testing Museum and the UNLV Department of History. Admission is $5.00 at the door. ]]> http://blackmountaininstitute.org/news-and-events/upcoming.php Tue, 10 November 2009 22:37:42 -0800 http://blackmountaininstitute.org/news-and-events/upcoming.php City of Asylum Las Vegas writer, reads from his new book, In Search of My Homeland: A Memoir of a Chinese Labor Camp in the UNLV Barrick Museum Auditorium. Presented in partnership with the UNLV Department of English and the College of Liberal Arts. ]]> http://blackmountaininstitute.org/news-and-events/podcast.php Sat, 07 Nov 2009 15:30:45 -0800 http://blackmountaininstitute.org/news-and-events/podcast.php here. One can also listen to the audio from Ryan's reading on the event page at the BMI website. Video from the reading is forthcoming on the same page. The KNPR audio segments are used with the gracious permission of KNPRs "State of Nevada" which podcasts many segments of its programs. See knpr.org/son/feeds for more information. ]]> E.L. Doctorow on KNPR's "State of Nevada" (audio) Kay Ryan Reading (audio) Kay Ryan on KNPR's "State of Nevada" (audio) http://blackmountaininstitute.org/news-and-events/upcoming.php Thur, 05 Nov 2009 23:08:30 -0800 http://blackmountaininstitute.org/news-and-events/upcoming.php Billy Bathgate, Ragtime, and The March and UNLV's 2009 Elias Ghanem Chair in Creative Writing -- gives the closing keynote address at the Vegas Valley Book Festival. Doctorow's address will take place at the Clark County Library Auditorium and is co-sponsored by the Las Vegas-Clark County Library District, the City of Las Vegas Office of Cultural Affairs, and Nevada Humanities. Tuesday, November 10, Doctorow will read from his newest novel, Homer and Langley, at the UNLV Student Union Ballroom. This latter event is presented in partnership with the UNLV Department of English and with a generous gift from Jody Ghanem-Zapcal. ]]> http://blackmountaininstitute.org/news-and-events/video-archive.php Wed, 04 Nov 2009 19:55:42 -0800 http://blackmountaininstitute.org/news-and-events/video-archive.php Food and Hunger: Eating in America" event (10/13/2009) is now live and ready for viewing in the BMI video archive and on the individual event page. ]]> "Food and Hunger: Eating in America" http://blackmountaininstitute.org/news-and-events/video-archive.php Tue, 20 Oct 2009 13:00:29 -0800 http://blackmountaininstitute.org/news-and-events/video-archive.php Christina Garcia reading (10/06/2009) is now live and ready for viewing in the BMI video archive and on the individual event page. ]]> Christina Garcia Reading http://blackmountaininstitute.org/news-and-events/upcoming.php Wed, 14 Oct 2009 01:55:30 -0800 http://blackmountaininstitute.org/news-and-events/upcoming.php Vegas Valley Book Festival November 5, 2009 at 7:00 p.m. at the Fifth Street School Auditorium (map). Co-sponsored by the City of Las Vegas Office of Cultural Affairs and Nevada Humanities. ]]> http://blackmountaininstitute.org/news-and-events/podcast.php Wed, 14 Oct 2009 01:55:30 -0800 http://blackmountaininstitute.org/news-and-events/podcast.php here. One can also listen to the former on the "Food and Hunger" event page at the BMI website. Video from the "Food and Hunger" event is forthcoming on the same page. The latter audio segment is used with the gracious permission of KNPRs "State of Nevada" which podcasts many segments of its programs. See knpr.org/son/feeds for more information. ]]> "Food and Hunger: Eating in America" (audio) Raj Patel on KNPR's "State of Nevada" (audio) http://blackmountaininstitute.org/news-and-events/podcast.php Wed, 07 Oct 2009 13:20:23 -0800 http://blackmountaininstitute.org/news-and-events/podcast.php here. This audio segment is used with the gracious permission of KNPRs "State of Nevada" which podcasts many segments of its programs. See knpr.org/son/feeds for more information. ]]> Christina Garcia KNPR "State of Nevada" Interview (audio) http://blackmountaininstitute.org/news-and-events/upcoming.php Tue, 06 Oct 2009 23:04:45 -0800 http://blackmountaininstitute.org/news-and-events/upcoming.php map). In partnership with Three Square. ]]> http://blackmountaininstitute.org/news-and-events/events-archive/2009-10/garcia/ Tue, 06 Oct 2009 23:04:45 -0800 http://blackmountaininstitute.org/news-and-events/events-archive/2009-10/garcia/ Christina Garcia event (10/06/2009) has been addd to the BMI podcast. For more information on the BMI podcast, including subscription instructions, click here. Video from the event is forthcoming. ]]> Christina Garcia Reading (audio) http://blackmountaininstitute.org/programs/fellows.php Tue, 29 September 2009 11:20:54 -0800 http://blackmountaininstitute.org/programs/fellows.php program website. ]]> http://blackmountaininstitute.org/news-and-events/upcoming.php Thu, 24 September 2009 15:46:23 -0800 http://blackmountaininstitute.org/news-and-events/upcoming.php Dreaming in Cuban and the 2009-10 BMI Teaching Fellow in Creative Writing reads from new and recent work Tuesday, October 6, 2009 at 7:00 p.m. in the UNLV Student Union Theatre (map). In partnership with UNLV Department of English ]]> http://blackmountaininstitute.org/news-and-events/upcoming.php Wed, 29 Jul 2009 17:31:18 -0800 http://blackmountaininstitute.org/news-and-events/upcoming.php http://blackmountaininstitute.org/news-and-events/events-archive/2008-09/craftConversation/ Sat, 11 Jul 2009 18:10:00 -0800 http://blackmountaininstitute.org/news-and-events/events-archive/2008-09/craftConversation/ Craft: A Conversation" event (04/27/2009) is now live and ready for viewing in the BMI video archive and on the individual event page. The audio from the event has been addd to the BMI podcast. For more information on the BMI podcast, including subscription instructions, click here. ]]> "Craft: A Conversation" (audio) "Craft: A Conversation" (video) http://blackmountaininstitute.org/programs/fellows.php Mon, 11 May 2009 16:52:00 -0700 http://blackmountaininstitute.org/programs/fellows.php