LAS VEGAS - April 27, 2009 - Each academic year, the Black Mountain Institute (BMI) at UNLV presents distinguished speakers and writers from across the nation and globe who specialize in literature, politics, social issues and international affairs to participate in a thought-provoking lecture series. The BMI's Forum on Contemporary Cultures will host its last event for the spring semester tonight.
Literary Perspectives with Black Mountain Institute Fellows
Date/Time: Monday, April 27, 7 p.m.
Location: Marjorie Barrick Museum Auditorium at UNLV, 4505 S. Maryland Pkwy.
Description: BMI writers-in-residence Luljeta Lleshanaku, Mary Palvesky and Robert Rosenberg
will present an overview of their literary work. Each writer is completing a prestigious nine-month fellowship designed to give them ample time to develop a literary piece in an environment free from distractions.
Lleshanaku, an acclaimed Albanian poet, has two collections in English: "Fresco" and the forthcoming "Child of Nature."
Palevsky, former director of the Nevada Test Site Oral History Project, wrote the noted personal history "Atomic Fragments: A Daughter's Questions."
Rosenberg's novel, "This is Not Civilization," was a Borders Original Voices pick and won the 2005 Maria Thomas Fiction Award.
The fellows will discuss new work undertaken at UNLV and the challenges of their craft. BMI associate director and novelist Richard Wiley will moderate.
This event is free and open to the public.
For more information, please contact the Black Mountain Institute at (702) 895-5542 or via e-mail at: blackmountaininstitute@unlv.edu.
