Articles by Joshua Cohen
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Summoning Haints: Author Tananarive Due on the Ghosts of Jim Crow
Pioneer of Black horror and author of The Reformatory visits Las Vegas on April 5 as part of the Black Legal Futurism conference.
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Punk, Poet, Performer, Cyborg: Andrea Abi-Karam Brings Radical Trans Poetics to UNLV
March 21 reading is part of Black Mountain Institute's Breakout Writers Series.
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UNLV’s Black Mountain Institute Announces Community Partnership Support
Las Vegas’ long-standing literary organization provides funding for local arts and culture initiatives.
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Black Mountain Institute Announces Spring Literary Events
UNLV’s literary center welcomes the public to in-person and virtual readings and conversations with acclaimed writers.
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Telling Ghost Stories with Tyriek White
The acclaimed author of 2023’s 'We Are a Haunting' reads at UNLV on Oct. 19.
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Talking Policing, Compassion, and Anime with Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah
The 'New York Times'-bestselling author reads at UNLV on Sept. 14.
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UNLV’s Black Mountain Institute Announces Fall Public Events
The Las Vegas literary center invites the community to readings and conversations with acclaimed authors.
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Black Mountain Institute & Nuwu Art Present ‘Lakota Nation vs. United States’ Film Screening
The free event will open on Sept. 28 with a reading by the film's writer and narrator — activist and Oglala Lakota poet Layli Long Soldier.
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UNLV’s Black Mountain Institute Announces 2023–24 Shearing Fellows
Writers-in-residence program brings diverse literary perspectives to the Las Vegas Valley.