Join us at The Writer's Block to hear selected readings from the 11th volume of Las Vegas Writes, A Valley of Light and Shadow: Las Vegas Writers on Good and Evil. Editor Jarret Keene will moderate the reading featuring authors Tim Chizmar, Laura Decker, Krista Diamond, Eric Duran-Valle, Don Hall, Dana Jerman, and Elizabeth Quiñones-Zaldaña.

Las Vegas Writes is an annual collection of writings by local authors focused on a theme connected to Las Vegas. This theme is stark: In Sin City, what does it mean to be sinful? And how much do we concede in order to see ourselves as “good”? A Valley of Light and Shadow walks the thin neon line between salvation and damnation. Surrounded by cannabis dispensaries and slot machines, these Las Vegas writers find their sense of right and wrong unmoored. Some reach a realization that their earlier moral lines were naively drawn. Others come to terms with the notion that Las Vegas is where good people go to submit to vice or where bad people land, hoping for a second chance. And some celebrate the best parts of Las Vegas, where good people can achieve great things. In this 11th volume of the annual Las Vegas Writes anthology, 14 local writers share their deepest and most tantalizing stories about surviving in shadow and thriving in light, crafting an enduring message for the future.

Copies of Las Vegas Writes are available for purchase at The Writer’s Block, from Las Vegas Advisor, and at the Nevada Humanities Program Gallery in Las Vegas. Contact program manager Bobbie Ann Howell at (702) 800-4670 or bahowell@nevadahumanities.org with questions.