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"The Future of American Conservatism"
with Richard Brookhiser, Sam Tanenhaus & David Frum
Moderated by CityLife editor Steve Sebelius
Wednesday, February 10, 2010 at 7:00 p.m.
UNLV Student Union Theatre

Brookhiser, senior editor at National Review, Tanenhaus, editor of the New York Times Book Review and author of The Death of Conservatism, and Frum, a former speech writer for President George W. Bush and founder of FrumForum.com, discuss the deepening complexities of modern conservatism and the paths it might take.
"I Could Read the Sky"
with Timothy O'Grady, Martin Hayes, Dennis Cahill, and Aine Meenaghan
Wednesday, March 17, 2010 at 7:00 p.m.
UNLV Beam Music Center Doc Rando Recital Hall

I Could Read the Sky, a collaborative novel by O’Grady and photographer Steven Pyke, is brought to life in a unique St. Patrick's Day performance: O’Grady’s reading from the book is interspersed with music from world-renowned fiddle-and-guitar duo Hayes and Cahill and the singing of  Meenaghan, with Pkye’s arresting images projected throughout the show.
"Blurring Borders"
with Junot Diaz, Yiyun Li & Pablo Medina
Tuesday, April 6, 2010 at 7:00 p.m.
UNLV Student Union Theatre

Pulitzer Prize-winning Dominican-American writer Diaz, author of The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, PEN/Hemingway Award-winning Chinese-American writer Li, author of The Vagrants, and Cuban-American poet, novelist, and translator Medina explore the blurred borders between identity, nationality, and culture in their work.

Maile Chapman & Vu Tran
Thursday, April 15, 2010 at 7:00 p.m.
UNLV Barrick Museum Auditorium
In partnership with the UNLV Department of English

UNLV Schaeffer Fellows Chapman, author of Your Presence is Requested at Suvanto, and Tran, winner of a 2009 Whiting Writers' Award, read from their work.
BMI Fellows in Conversation
Lavonne Mueller, Judith Nies & Timothy O'Grady
Thursday, April 29, 2010 at 7:00 p.m.
UNLV Barrick Museum Auditorium

BMI's 2009-10 Fellows discuss the literary projects they've undertaken while in residence at UNLV.