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Nevada Humanities Salon: An Evening with Poet Brian Turner - 10-27-2010
Nevada Humanities and the Vegas Valley Book Festival present Nevada Humanities Salon: An Evening with Poet Brian Turner, Saturday, November 6, 2010, at UNLV’s Greenspun Hall Auditorium, 4505 S. Maryland Parkway, at 7:00 pm. Iraq War veteran and acclaimed poet Brian Turner will read from his work and discuss his experiences. The program will be preceded by a reception at 6:00 pm. The reception is open to the public and will feature a performance by cellist Mert Sermet from the Nevada School of the Arts. Free public parking is available on the UNLV campus on Saturdays. For more information contact Nevada Humanities at 702-895-1878 or visit nevadahumanities.org.
Brian Turner is a soldier-poet whose debut book of poems, Here, Bullet, won the 2005 Beatrice Hawley Award, the New York Times “Editor's Choice” selection, the 2006 Pen Center USA Best in the West award, and the 2007 Poets Prize, among others. His second poetry book, Phantom Noise, was released to acclaim in 2010. Turner served seven years in the US Army, including one year as an infantry team leader in Iraq with the 3rd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division. Prior to that, he was deployed to Bosnia-Herzegovina in 1999-2000 with the 10th Mountain Division. Turner's poetry has been widely published in poetry journals and in the Voices in Wartime Anthology published in conjunction with the feature-length documentary film of the same name. Turner was also featured in Operation Homecoming, a unique documentary that explores the firsthand accounts of American servicemen and women through their own words. Turner will be available to sign copies of his books, which will be for sale, after the November 6 evening program.
Turner will also present a writing workshop for military veterans on Sunday, November 7, 2010, at the U.S. Vets Center, 525 East Bonanza Road, from 10:00 am to 12:00 pm. The workshop is free and open to all veterans interested in participating.
This program is made possible with support from National Endowment for the Humanities, UNLV’s Black Mountain Institute, City of Las Vegas Office of Cultural Affairs, Las Vegas Chapter of AIGA, Nevada Arts Council, National Endowment for the Arts, and U.S. Veterans Initiative, with support from community partners.
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