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POETRY-FRIENDLY BOOKSTORES |
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Kennedy's Books
1221 S. Carson St.
Carson City, NV
(702) 882-9253
Bestseller Books
2171 W. Williams Ave
Fallon, NV
(775) 423-3002
A.S.U.N. Bookstore
University of Nevada/JTU Building
Reno, NV
(775) 784-6597
Sundance Bookstore
1155 W. 4th St. #106
Reno, NV
(775) 786-1188 |
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LITERARY MAP |
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Contact the English Language Arts Network: Sandra Forsythe, 1935 Davina, Henderson, NV 89014. Also available: an accompanying book, A Literary Map of Nevada, by Marcia Story ($15.00) and Teaching Nevada: An Interdisciplinary Approach, by Mary Dunton, Stephanie Spencer, Gina Taylor, and Sheila Meibergen ($8.50). |
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Las Vegas is a place where people come to be unreal. And it's very interesting to be a person conducting a life where people come to forget their lives. And in a certain sense there's a sorrow in the life of a city that is used in such a way.
– Claudia Keelan |
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Poets |
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Literary organizations & centers |
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Nevada Arts Council (NAC)
The NAC supports the arts by awarding grants to nonprofit arts organizations, public institutions, and individuals throughout the state. The NAC's Artist in Residence Program places professional artists in schools, institutions and communities in Nevada for one week to four months at a time. The Artists' Services Program focuses its attention and resources on individual artists' needs and concerns and allows NAC to provide better technical assistance to, and communication with, Nevada's artists. The Community Arts Development Program helps local arts organizations stabilize, grow and develop programming through workshops, consultations, networking, research and referral.
The Northern Nevada Writing Project
The Northern Nevada Writing Project is committed to improving student writing by promoting the teaching of writing, recognizing teacher expertise and leadership, building a foundation of research, and encouraging teachers as writers.
The Southern Nevada Writing Project
The Southern Nevada Writing Project's Invitational Institute provides the opportunity for excellent teachers from all levels and areas of the curriculum to come together as a writing community (for five weeks in the summer or over eight weekends in the fall). Within this community teachers share and extend their best classroom practices and talk about aspects of teaching that they find challenging; write and respond to each other's writing; and have opportunities to read, discuss, and inquire into the latest classroom-based professional books and research on writing. The SNWP is an affiliate of the National Writing Project which sponsors over 100 sites across the U.S.
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Readings series, conferences, & literary festivals |
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Vegas Valley Book Festival
An annual festival that features poets, children's/young adult authors, fiction and TV/screenwriters during three days of readings, lectures, panel discussions, workshops for aspiring writers of all ages, and an outdoor book fair with family-oriented activities.
Wilder Wild West Summer Institute
A summer institute for readers, writers, and teachers. During the Institute, participants explore historical figures and contemporary writers, while regional writers conduct readings and workshops. The final days of the Institute center on developing, revising, and publishing the participants' own writing in a volume tentatively titled, The Wilder West Handbook. The Institute is sponsored by the University of Nevada, Reno, the Nevada Humanities Committee, and the Northern Nevada Writing Project.
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Visitors from Nevada Enjoy ... |
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Most Popular Poems
1. The Negro Speaks of Rivers
by Langston Hughes
I've known rivers...
2. Do not go gentle into that good night
by Dylan Thomas
Do not go gentle into that good night...
3. We Real Cool
by Gwendolyn Brooks
We real cool. We...
4. Sick
by Shel Silverstein
"I cannot go to school today"...
5. One Art
by Elizabeth Bishop
The art of losing isn't hard to master...
6. The Unknown Citizen
by W. H. Auden
He was found by the Bureau of Statistics to be...
7. The Weary Blues
by Langston Hughes
Droning a drowsy syncopated tune...
8. Dreams
by Langston Hughes
Hold fast to dreams...
9. The Writer
by Richard Wilbur
In her room at the prow of the house...
10. In Memory of W. B. Yeats
by W. H. Auden
He disappeared in the dead of winter...
(Popularity based on Poets.org traffic data.) |
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Poems about Nevada |
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driving to Vegas
by Kirk Robertson
Tonopah's / the only place / contour lines / appear / to rise... |
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Literary journals & small presses |
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Interim
A biannual journal of new poetry and fiction published by the M.F.A. program at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.
Red Rock Review
A biannual literary journal published by the Community College Southern Nevada. The journal features stories, essays, poems, and reviews.
University of Nevada Press
The University of Nevada Press publishes high-quality, deserving works that advance scholarly research, contribute to the understanding and appreciation of regional history and culture, and reach a wide range of academic and general readers.
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Writing programs & colonies |
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University of Las Vegas Graduate Program
The English Department offers an M.F.A. in fiction or poetry. Graduate students choose from a full range of classes taught by energetic and productive faculty. Students work on Interim, a biannual literary journal.
University of Nevada, Reno
The M.A. Writing emphasis is designed for students who wish to strengthen their skills as writers while deepening their understanding of literature and language. It is intended for people who are preparing for careers in writing and editing or planning to teach writing in schools or colleges. The program is centered on the craft of writing as experienced by professionals and by the students themselves, and offers elective courses in both imaginative and expository writing. All students in the program are active in professional activities of various kinds: publishing, participating in conferences, and serving as writing interns in businesses, community agencies, or educational institutions. The University of Nevada, Reno, hosts the annual Wilder Wild West Summer Institute. |
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