Novelist, essayist, and photographer Teju Cole will give a presentation, followed by conversation with Black Mountain Institute executive director Colette LaBouff. The event is free and open to the public. The reading will be followed by a book-signing. 

About Teju Cole: Teju Cole was born in the United States in 1975 to Nigerian parents and grew up in Lagos. His books include the novel Open City, the essay collections Known and Strange Things and Black Paper, and the experimental photo book Blind Spot. He has been honored with the PEN/Hemingway Award, the Internationaler Literaturpreis, the Windham-Campbell Prize, and a Guggenheim Fellowship, among other accolades. He is an elected member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.  Cole is currently a professor of the practice of creative writing at Harvard University and a contributing writer to The New York Times Magazine.

Parking/getting there:  The Beverly Theater is located next to The Writer’s Block at 515 S 6th St, Las Vegas, NV 89101. Street parking is available off Bonneville between 6th and 10th. For additional information about parking/getting to The Beverly Theater, please visit www.thebeverlytheater.com.

Questions? Please email blackmountaininstitute@unlv.edu or call (702) 895-5542. 

Author photo by Maggie Janik.