Sneak Peek into the 2022 Nevada Humanities Literary Crawl
By Staff of Nevada Humanities
KWNK Interviews Conducted by Vanessa Vancour
One day is not enough time to take in all the amazing stories featured at the Nevada Humanities Literary Crawl. In preparation for the event that took place in Reno on September 10, 2022, Nevada Humanities partnered with KWNK Radio to air several conversations with Literary Crawl panelists, artists, and contributors. Vanessa Vancour of Vancourage wrote and produced seven stories so that we could share a slice of the day with those who could not attend in person. Listen in!
Photo courtesy of Bretton Rodiquez.
Thought on Tap: We the People
Bretton Rodriquez, Assistant Director of Core Humanities and a Teaching Associate Professor at the University of Nevada, Reno, was part of the Thought on Tap: We the People conversation that explored the concept of “We the People.” Which groups are included in this definition of “the people”? What does it mean to be included—or excluded—from belonging?
Photo courtesy of MJ Ubando.
A Collision of Two Unlike Things
Building a Book Club in the Time of COVID-19
A conversation about stories of unexpected connections and a panel about the transformative power of reading featured Reno/Sparks educator and avid reader MJ Ubando. She also lent her knowledge on how book clubs created spaces of solidarity during the pandemic.
Photo courtesy of Gailmarie Pahmeier.
Poetry from the Porch: Nevada Voices
Dance Meets Poetry
The current Nevada Poet Laureate and a 2022 Academy of American Poets Laureate Fellow Gailmarie Pahmeier was featured at a couple of events at the Literary Crawl. Gailmarie’s poetry was included in Dance Meets Poetry, and she read her poetry at the Epilogue gathering after the Literary Crawl at Poetry from the Porch: Nevada Voices. She is also Emeritus Faculty at the University of Nevada, Reno, Department of English.
Photo by Laura Pardo.
Get Happy
New readings from Claire Stanford, author of the best-selling novel Happy for You, were featured at this panel event. Claire is an assistant professor of English at the University of Nevada, Reno.
Photo courtesy of Nayelli Rico Lopez.
Home Means Nevada
Community members from around Nevada joined in a conversation about what it means to create a home in Nevada, highlighting experiences, stories, and perspectives of DACA recipients in Nevada. Nayelli Rico Lopez is the Coordinator for the Undocumented Student Program at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. She is a DACA beneficiary and a first-generation college graduate who was part of the Home Means Nevada panel.
Stephanie Gibson is the Assistant Director of Nevada Humanities and the creative director behind the Nevada Humanities Literary Crawl that she curates and co-hosts.
Photos: Courtesy of Naseem Jamnia; Courtesy of Eunkang Koh; By Camille Oh.
Tell Tales Out of School
Writers and artists talked about re-interpreting and re-telling ancient myths and folktales on their own terms and in their own words. This panel featured:
Naseem Jamnia, a former neuroscientist and MFA graduate from the University of Nevada, Reno, who is the author of The Bruising of Qilwa. Eunkang Koh is Associate Professor in printmaking in the Department of Art at the University of Nevada, Reno whose work in printmaking, book arts, and installation address human desires. Axie Oh is the author of the New York Times best-selling book The Girl Who Fell Beneath the Sea. Axie, along with her book, also represented Nevada at the 2022 National Book Festival.
Photo courtesy of Robin McLean.
Writing in Solitude
This Nevada Humanities Literary Crawl panel, which featured author Robin McLean, explored how and why we sometimes retreat to quiet and middle-of-nowhere places when we want to create. Robin is a fiction writer and author of novels including the award-winning Reptile House and the forthcoming Tell’em Nothing.