Topic: books and literature

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Arts and Culture | August 31, 2015

These Black Mountain Institute-affiliated writers have been garnering national reviews with works that pull readers in and push their boundaries.

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People | October 29, 2013

Alumna Alissa Nutting made headlines this summer with her controversial and acclaimed first novel. She'll read from the book about a beautiful teacher who preys on her young male students at this weekend's book festival.

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People | July 18, 2013

Murdered by a mobster? A surprising suicide? Alumnus says the truth behind Thelma Todd’s death wouldn’t make a dramatic movie ending.

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People | March 5, 2013
Alumna puts 10 years of teaching experience into new advice book for college students.
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People | July 25, 2012

Years spent fulfilling customers' unusual requests provides UNLV alum Mariann Mohos humorous stories for her book.

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Arts and Culture | May 21, 2012

New work examines the aftermath of student protests of educational inequities in Los Angeles schools.

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Research | April 3, 2012

Sonya Douglass Horsford, a scholar of education with The Lincy Institute, looks toward the future after evaluating the flawed aftermath of U.S. school desegregation.

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Arts and Culture | May 2, 2011

Alumnus Andrew Kiraly finds his hometown a ripe literary subject. And he hopes fellow writers will join him.

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Arts and Culture | November 12, 2010

Alumnus Maile Chapman's first novel, "Your Presence Is Requested At Suvanto" has been featured in The New York Times' Sunday Book Review, The New Yorker, and Publishers Weekly.