Can the spoken word community lead us in improving social justice efforts? A new book by acclaimed poet Javon Johnson considers the possibility.

The Black Mountain Institute fellow talks storytelling, social issues, and that fateful call for Oprah's Book Club.

Writers will contribute to the cultural landscape at UNLV and the community.

The Believer, one of the world's leading journals of arts and culture, is a five-time finalist for the National Magazine Award; publication part of BMI mission to connect writers, and literary imagination, to public life.

BMI's Jim Rogers Contrarian Lecture returns for 2017 with novelist Walter Kirn.

Humanities Librarian Priscilla Finley on the depictions of our city in the new "Writers Imagine Las Vegas" exhibit at Lied Library.

From a med school on the rise to the world tuning into the Thomas & Mack — 10 moments that marked our year.

Black Mountain Institute's next event explores open conversation and divergent views. Join the conversation Nov. 21.

David J. Morris' 'Evil Hours,' a gripping personal account of PTSD and its treatments, is worthy of conversation for all of us.

Eight writers will promote discourse on today's most pressing issues through residencies at UNLV.

Ardent collector and UNLV alumna Beverly Rogers on the value of books as historic artifacts.

An oral history of the Black Mountain Institute by founder Carol C. Harter, president emerita.