EXPO is a regular reading series of original fiction, poetry, and creative nonfiction from Las Vegas and visiting writers, established or emerging. Five readers get five minutes each. Participants this time include Angela Brommel, Isobel Harbison, and more. A mixer and reception to follow. The List relies on you to cover our expenses and pay […]
Bock, an associate professor in UNLV's department of Interdisciplinary, Gender, and Ethnic Studies, will read from her recent book about customized graduation caps, "Claiming Space: Performing the Personal through Decorated Mortarboards." The List relies on you to cover our expenses and pay our hard-working curators. Become a supporter today!
Thirty incredible writers have each created a 1-minute poem inspired by a random number. The List relies on you to cover our expenses and pay our hard-working curators. Become a supporter today!
A reading by the author, a writer from Trinidad and Tobago and the United States, from his exuberant, fantastical odyssey, "Pay As You Go." The List relies on you to cover our expenses and pay our hard-working curators. Become a supporter today!
EXPO is a regular reading series of original fiction, poetry, and creative nonfiction from Las Vegas and visiting writers, established or emerging. Five readers get five minutes each. Participants this time include Nicholas Russell, Jared Jackson, and Meg Bernhard. A mixer and reception to follow. The List relies on you to cover our expenses and […]
This is a special book-with-ticket event featuring Holly Black, the New York Times bestselling author. The event includes a ticket for entry, which comes with a hardcover copy of "The Prisoner's Throne." Additional copies of Black's books can be purchased at the event or below while supplies last. Discover the conclusion to the Stolen Heir […]
Neon Lit is a reading series featuring talents from UNLV's Creative Writing Program reading fiction, nonfiction, and poetry.
This is a reading and signing with Sarah Lohman, author of Endangered Eating. In Endangered Eating, culinary historian Sarah Lohman draws inspiration from the Ark of Taste, a list compiled by Slow Food International that catalogues important regional foods. Lohman travels the country learning about the distinct ingredients at risk of being lost. Readers follow […]
In Safe and Sound, Mercury Stardust shows readers how to tackle the projects that need improvement in their home—from how to properly fix a clog in your bathroom sink and safely hang things on your walls to patching small and medium drywall holes. Mercury Stardust, the Trans Handy Ma'am, is a professional home maintenance technician, […]
Heather Lang-Cassera served as the 2019-2021 Clark County, Nevada Poet Laureate and was named Las Vegas’ 2017 “Best Local Writer or Poet” by the readers of Nevada Public Radio’s Desert Companion. She is a 2022 Nevada Arts Council Literary Arts Fellow. Heather holds a Master of Fine Arts in Poetry with a Certificate in Literary […]
Charlene Stegman Moskal and Bruce Isaacson are Las Vegas-based poets who will read from their work. Charlene Stegman Moskal is a Teaching Artist for the Poetry Promise organization in Las Vegas. She is also a visual artist, a performer, a voice for NPR’s Theme and Variations, as well as a writer. Woman Who Dyes Her […]
This is a a reading and conversation With M.S. Coe, author of the Formation of Calcium, and Michael Jeff Rey Lee, author of My Worst Ideas. Born in Las Vegas, M. S. Coe is an American writer living in Guadalajara, Mexico. Coe’s stories have appeared in The Antioch Review, Cosmonauts Avenue, Electric Literature, Nashville Review, […]
Since his release from prison after serving an eighteen-month sentence for growing cannabis, Ben Hecht’s life has settled into a familiar routine. On his farm in the foothills of California, he stays busy cultivating a dozen acres of grapes and tending to a flock of mistrustful sheep. Meanwhile, from her desk in their old redwood […]
This is a reading and signing with Ahmed Naji, Black Mountain Institute Fellow and Author Of Using Life and Rotten Evidence. In February 2016, Ahmed Naji was sentenced to two years in prison for “violating public modesty,” after an excerpt of his novel Using Life reportedly caused a reader to experience heart palpitations. Naji ultimately […]
This is a reading conversation with Kim Foster, author of The Meth Lunches, and Writer's Block co-owner Drew Cohen. The Meth Lunches reveals stories of dysfunction intertwined with hope, of the insurmountable obstacles and fierce determination all playing out on the plates of ordinary Americans. It’s a bold invitation to pull up a chair and […]
An oral history, based on interviews with everyone who has played in the band, and those who have worked with them over the course of their career, The Gospel of the Hold Steady addresses all the triumphs and setbacks of The Hold Steady’s career in the band’s own words—from high times to near deaths, from […]
Morgan Jerkins is the author of the New York Times bestseller This Will Be My Undoing, as well as Wandering in Strange Lands and Caul Baby. She holds a Bachelor's in Comparative Literature from Princeton University and an MFA from the Bennington Writing Seminars. Her short-form work has been published in The New Yorker, The […]
EXPO is a regular reading series of original fiction, poetry, and creative nonfiction from Las Vegas and visiting writers. A venue for both established and emerging authors, each installment features five readers for five minutes each. A mixer and reception to follow. This installment of EXPO will feature readings from Krista Diamond, Sterling Holywhitemountain, Andrew […]
Author Myriam Gurba will read from and sign copies of Creep. Creep is Myriam Gurba’s informal sociology of creeps, a deep dive into the dark recesses of the toxic traditions that plague the United States and create the abusers who haunt our books, schools, and homes. Through cultural criticism disguised as personal essay, Gurba studies […]
Set in the wasteland of post-apocalyptic Las Vegas, Hammer of the Dogs is a literary dystopian adventure filled with high-octane fun starring twenty-one-year-old Lash. With her high-tech skill set and warrior mentality, Lash is a master of her own fate as she helps to shield the Las Vegas valley’s survivors and protect her younger classmates […]
In 1998, at the age of 24, Tony Hsieh sold his first company to Microsoft for $265 million. In 2009, at the age of 35, he sold his e-commerce company, Zappos, to Amazon for $1.2 billion. In 2020, at the age of 46, he died.Tony Hsieh revolutionized both the tech world and corporate culture. He […]
Justin Favela: Fantasía/Fantasy, A Decade of Practice 2011-2021 documents ten formative years of Favela's vibrant and varied art practice, which includes painting, sculpture, installation, curation, and the groundbreaking art and culture podcast Latinos Who Lunch. The book features over 300 pages of content, including never before published images and materials from Justin's archive, new essays […]
In Beth Raymer’s tumultuous coming-of-age debut novel Fireworks Every Night,we meet twelve-year-old CC, an unforgettable protagonist who narrates her life story with dark comedy and compassion for her family, even as her parents “opt out of parenthood” as well as society. Largely inspired by Raymer’s unconventional childhood in the seedy wilds of South Florida, the […]
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