Black Mountain Institute Podcast

In this episode, fiction writer Luis Alberto Urrea discusses his life and career with UNLV associate professor of English Vincent Pérez. The 2013 Vegas Valley Book Festival keynote speaker, Urrea appeared November 2, 2013 at the historic Fifth Street School in Las Vegas, NV.

In this episode, fiction writers George Saunders, Douglas Unger, and Maile Chapman discuss their work and interconnected lives at an event titled "Three Generations of American Writers." The event was held October 15, 2013 in the UNLV Student Union Theatre in Las Vegas, NV.

In this episode, fiction writer George Saunders discusses his life and work on the October 9, 2013 edition of KNPR's "State of Nevada." Saunders appears with Douglas Unger and Maile Chapman at BMI's "Three Generations of American Writers" event on October 15, 2013. This audio segment is used with the gracious permission of KNPR's "State of Nevada" which podcasts many segments of its programs. See knpr.org/son/feeds for more information.

In this episode, Richard Wiley discusses his new novel, The Book of Important Moments, on the September 24, 2013 edition of KNPR's "State of Nevada." Wiley is the associate director of the Black Mountain Institute and professor and director of creative writing at UNLV, and he read from and discussed his new novel at a BMI event later that night.

In this episode, Richard Wiley reads from and discusses his new novel The Book of Important Moments. Wiley is the associate director of the Black Mountain Institute and professor and director of creative writing at UNLV.

In this episode, writer and Nobel laureate Wole Soyinka discusses his life and career and delivers a lecture titled "Writing in an Untenable World." The event took place February 12, 2013 at the UNLV Student Union Theatre in Las Vegas, NV.

In this episode, writers and professors John Entelis, Hamadi Redissi, Sophie Bessis, and Mustapha Marrouchi discuss the popular uprisings that swept across North Africa and the Middle East in 2011 and the prospects for the future of the Arab Spring. The event was held March 6, 2013 in the UNLV Student Union Ballroom in Las Vegas, NV.

In this episode, Professors John Entelis and Hamdan Radissi discuss the future of the Arab Spring on the March 5, 2013 edition of KNPR's "State of Nevada." The next night, Entelis and Radissi appeared, along with Mustapha Marrouchi and Sophie Bessis, as part of BMI's panel discussion "The Arab Spring: Between Hopes and Impediments."

In this episode, writer and Nobel laureate Wole Soyinka discusses his life and career on the February 11, 2013 edition of KNPR's "State of Nevada." An emeritus BMI board member and former Elias Ghanem Chair in Creative Writing at UNLV, Soyinka appeared the next night at a BMI event titled "Writing in an Untenable World."

In this episode, poet Peter Covino discusses his life and work on the November 27, 2012 edition of KNPR's "State of Nevada." Later that night, Covino appeared as part of BMI's Emerging Writers Series, which is made possible by a Nevada Humanities Grant.

In this episode, novelist Jennifer Egan reads from her work and discusses her life and career with BMI Executive Director, and UNLV President Emerita, Carol Harter. The author keynote at the 2012 Vegas Valley Book Festival, Egan appeared November 3, 2012 at the Fifth Street School Auditorium in Las Vegas, NV.

In this episode, novelist Jennifer Egan discusses her life and career on the November 2, 2012 edition of KNPR's "State of Nevada." This audio segment is used with the gracious permission of KNPR's "State of Nevada" which podcasts many segments of its programs. See knpr.org/son/feeds for more information.

In this episode, poet and critic James Longenbach reads from his work. Part of the fourteenth Modernist Studies Association conference, the event was held October 18, 2012 at the Flamingo Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, NV. Longenbach is introduced by poet and UNLV English Professor Donald Revell.

In this episode, writers and medical ethicists Harriet Washington, David Ewing Duncan, and Jacob Appel discuss the ethics, politics, and morality of contemporary medical practice, research, and pharmacology. The event was held September 19, 2010 in the UNLV Student Union Ballroom in Las Vegas, NV.

In this episode, fiction writer Melinda Moustakis discusses her life and work on the September 11, 2012 edition of KNPR's "State of Nevada." Later that night, Moustakis appeared as part of BMI's Emerging Writers Series, which is made possible by a Nevada Humanities Grant.

In this episode, writer and 2012-13 Bennett Fellow Oksana Marafioti discusses her life and work on the July 2, 2012 edition of KNPR's "State of Nevada." This audio segment is used with the gracious permission of KNPR's "State of Nevada" which podcasts many segments of its programs. See knpr.org/son/feeds for more information.

In this episode, Juan Williams, Norman J. Ornstein, and Kathleen Parker discuss the question "Is Moderation Possible in American Politics?" Moderated by radio host Patricia Cunningham, the event was held March 22, 2012 in the UNLV Stan Fulton Ballroom in Las Vegas, NV.

In this episode, fiction writer and multimedia artist Kris Saknussemm reads, and presents corresponding video excerpts, from his novel Reverend America. Tenor saxophonist Eric Wyatt joins Saknussemm during the event, which was held March 13, 2012 in the UNLV Greenspun Hall Auditorium in Las Vegas, NV.

In this episode, fiction writers Mary Gaitskill, Sarah Shun-lien Bynum, and Cheryl Strayed discuss "Female Novelists in the 21st Century." Moderated by novelist and UNLV Assistant Professor of English Maile Chapman, the event was held February 22nd, 2012 in the UNLV Student Union Ballroom in Las Vegas, NV.

In this episode, fiction writer Sarah Shun-lien Bynum discusses her life and work on the February 22, 2012 edition of KNPR's "State of Nevada." Later that night, Bynum appeared as part of BMI's panel "Female Novelists in the 21st Century." This audio segment is used with the gracious permission of KNPR's "State of Nevada" which podcasts many segments of its programs. See knpr.org/son/feeds for more information.