An International Center for Creative Writers and Scholars at the university of nevada, las vegas
Reading We are Starved Joshua Kryah, Nightboat Books Poetry prize-winning author of Glean, will read from his newest collection, We Are Starved. Josh holds an MFA degree from the Iowa Writer’s Workshop as well as a Ph.D. from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, where he was the Poetry Schaeffer Fellow. His poetry has also been published in several journals including Shenandoah, Denver Quarterly, FIELD, The Iowa Review, and Ploughshares.
Thursday, Sept 15, 7 p.m. Greenspun Auditorium Panel Atheism / Theism
Reza Aslan, author of No god But God: The Origins, Evolution, and Future of Islam, moderates a discussion between Sam Harris, America’s preeminent atheist and author of The Moral Landscape, and Karen King, the Hollis Chair in Divinity at Harvard University and author of The Secret Revelation of John. Join us as we explore the boundary between atheism and theism in the twenty-first century.
Reading Nevada Emerging Writers Series: Laura van den Berg Laura van den Berg will read from her work. Her first collection of stories, What the World Will Look Like When All the Water Leaves Us, was a Barne & Noble “Discover Great New Writers” selection, longlisted for The Story Prize, and shortlisted for the Frank O’Connor Award.
Thursday, Oct 20, 7 p.m. Greenspun Auditorium Reading Nevada Emerging Writers Series: Srikanth Reddy
Srikanth Reddy, whose Facts for Visitors received fellowships from the Whiting Foundation, Wisconsin Institute for Creative Writing, and Mellon Foundation, reads from his work. His poems have appeared in anthologies such as Asian American Poetry: The Next Generation and Isn’t it Romantic: 100 Love Poems by Younger American Poets.
Thursday, Nov 16, 7 p.m. Greenspun Auditorium
Thursday, Oct 13, 7 p.m. UNLV Student Union Ballroom
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