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  <title>Black Mountain Institute (BMI) Podcast #35: 2008-09 BMI Fellows on KNPR's "State of Nevada" - 4/24/09</title> 
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 In this episode, 2008-09 BMI Fellows Robert Rosenberg, Luljeta Lleshanaku, and Mary Palevsky discuss their latest works and the April 27, 2009 BMI event 'Craft: A Conversation.' This interview appeared on the April 24, 2009 edition of KNPR's 'State of Nevada.' Please visit blackmountain.unlv.edu for more information on Rosenberg, Lleshanaku, and Palevsky and on the 'Craft: A Conversation' event. This audio segment is used with the gracious permission of KNPRs 'State of Nevada' which podcasts many segments of its programs. See knpr.org/son/feeds for more information.
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  <pubDate>Wednesday, 29 April 2009 17:04 -0800</pubDate> 
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  <title>Black Mountain Institute (BMI) Podcast #34: "Books into Film: How Novels Become Movies" - 3/11/09</title> 
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In this episode, novelist Russell Banks and writer, producer, and actress Guinevere Turner discuss the mechanisms that turn novels into movies. BMI Associate Director Richard Wiley moderates. Banks' novels include _The Reserve_, _Cloudsplitter_, _The Darling_, _The Relation of My Imprisonment_, _Continental Drift_, _Rule of the Bone_, _Affliction_, and _The Sweet Hereafter_. The latter two works were adapted into feature films that received widespread critical acclaim, and _The Darling_ is currently under development by Focus Features and Martin Scorsese. Banks is presently working on the screenplay for _Rule of the Bone_. Turner co-wrote the screenplay for Bret Easton Ellis' _American Psycho_ and co-wrote and co-produced the groundbreaking film _Go Fish_, in which she also starred. A writer and story editor for the first two seasons of _The L Word_, Turner also made several memorable guest appearances on the show as Alice Pieszecki's screenwriter ex-girlfriend, Gabby. In 2005, Turner wrote the script for _Blood Rayne_, directed by Uwe Boll, and the script for _The Notorious Bettie Page_ with director Mary Harron. Co-sponsored by CineVegas, this event took place March 11, 2009 in the UNLV Student Union Theatre in Las Vegas, NV.
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  <pubDate>Friday, 27 March 2009 14:32 -0800</pubDate> 
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  <title>Black Mountain Institute (BMI) Podcast #33: Russell Banks - A Reading and Conversation - 2/24/09</title> 
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 In this episode, writer Russell Banks discusses his life and works and reads from two recent pieces of short fiction. Banks is the founding president of Cities of Refuge North America and a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. His novels include _The Reserve_, _Cloudsplitter_, _The Darling_, _The Relation of My Imprisonment_, _Continental Drift_, _Rule of the Bone_, _Affliction_, and _The Sweet Hereafter_. The latter two works were adapted into feature films that received widespread critical acclaim, and _The Darling_ is currently under development by Focus Features and Martin Scorsese. His work has been translated into twenty languages and has received numerous international prizes and awards, including the Ingram Merrill Award and the John Dos Passos Award. Banks lives in upstate New York and is the New York State Author. He will serve at the Elias Ghanem Chair in Creative Writing at UNLV from mid-February to mid-March. This event took place February 24, 2009 in the UNLV Student Union Theatre in Las Vegas, NV.
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  <pubDate>Thursday, 12 March 2009 16:33 -0800</pubDate> 
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  <title>Black Mountain Institute (BMI) Podcast #32: BMI Fellow Luljeta Lleshanaku on KNPR's "State of Nevada" - 12/23/08</title> 
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In this episode, Albanian poet and BMI Fellow Luljeta Lleshanaku discusses her life and work on the December 23, 2008 edition of KNPR's 'State of Nevada.' A selection of her work is available in English in a volume entitled _Fresco_; and while a Fellow at the BMI, she's working on a collection of essays on modern American culture. Lleshanaku will appear with Mary Palevsky and Robert Rosenberg -- the other two 2008-09 BMI Fellows -- on Monday, April 27 at the Barrick Museum Auditorium at UNLV. Please visit blackmountain.unlv.edu for more information on Lleshanaku and this event. This audio segment is used with the gracious permission of KNPRs 'State of Nevada' which podcasts many segments of its programs. See knpr.org/son/feeds for more information.
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  <pubDate>Tuesday, 24 February 2009 16:17 -0800</pubDate> 
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  <title>Black Mountain Institute (BMI) Podcast #31: Russell Banks on KNPR's "State of Nevada" - 02/19/09</title> 
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In this episode, writer Russell Banks discusses his new novel _The Reserve_ on the February 19, 2009 edition of KNPR's 'State of Nevada.' Part love story, part murder mystery -- _The Reserve_ is set on the cusp of WWII and raises questions about class, politics, art, love, and madness. Generally regarded as one of the great novelists of the past 40 years, Banks will will serve as UNLV's Elias Ghanem Chair in Creative Writing from mid-February to mid-March and will appear in two upcoming BMI events: on Tuesday, February 24 and Wednesday, March 11. Please visit blackmountain.unlv.edu for more information on Banks and these events. This audio segment is used with the gracious permission of KNPRs 'State of Nevada' which podcasts many segments of its programs. See knpr.org/son/feeds for more information.
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  <pubDate>Sunday, 22 February 2009 20:00 -0800</pubDate> 
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  <title>Black Mountain Institute (BMI) Podcast #30: "Race, Gender, and the Transformation of American Politics" - 12/03/08</title> 
  <link>http://www.unlv.edu/institutes/bmi/audio/racegender03december08.mp3</link> 
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In this episode, Farai Chideya, Susan Faludi, Katha Pollitt, and Dina Titus discuss 'Race, Gender, and the Transformation of American Politics.' Chideya is a multimedia journalist who has worked in print, television, and online. Her latest book is _Trust: Reaching the 100 Million Missing Voters_. She currently hosts NPR's 'News and Notes.' Faludi is the author of _Stiffed: The Betrayal of the American Man_ and _Backlash: The Undeclared War Against American Women_, which won the National Book Critics Circle Award for Nonfiction. Her most recent book, _The Terror Dream: Fear and Fantasy in Post-9/11 America_, examines the post-9/11 outpouring in the media, popular culture, and political life. A regular columnist for _The Nation_, Pollitt's writing has also appeared in _The New Yorker_, _Harper's_, _Ms._, and _The New York Times_, among other venues. Her volume of personal essays, _Learning to Drive and Other Life Stories_, just appeared in paperback. Titus, the event moderator, has taught American and Nevada government in the Department of Political Science at UNLV for 30 years. She was recently elected to the U.S. Congress as the   representative for Nevada's third congressional district. This event took place on December 3, 2008 in the Beam Music Center's Recital Hall at UNLV in Las Vegas, NV. Video from the event can be found in the BMI multimedia archive. See blackmountain.unlv.edu for more information.
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  <pubDate>Tuesday, 20 January 2009 16:17 -0800</pubDate> 
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  <title>Black Mountain Institute (BMI) Podcast #29: Farai Chideya and Katha Pollitt on KNPR's 'State of Nevada' - 12/03/08</title> 
  <link>http://www.unlv.edu/institutes/bmi/audio/chideyaPollitt03december08knpr.mp3</link> 
  <author>BMI and O. Quimby Melton (quimby@studiohyperset.com) for Studio Hyperset (www.studiohyperset.com)</author> 
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Farai Chideya, NPR Commentator and author of the book _The Color of our Future: Race in the 21st century_, and Katha Pollitt, columnist for _The Nation_ and author of the book _Learning to Drive and Other Life Stories_, discuss the impact of race and gender on the 2008 election on the December 3, 2008 edition of KNPR's 'State of Nevada.' Chideya and Pollitt appeared with Susan Faludi and Congresswoman Dina Titus later that day in a BMI forum held at UNLV entitled 'Race, Gender, and the Transformation of American Politics.' This audio segment is used with the gracious permission of KNPR's 'State of Nevada' which podcasts many segments of its programs. See knpr.org/son/feeds for more information.
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  <pubDate>Wednesday, 31 December 2008 19:38 -0800</pubDate> 
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  <itunes:duration>00:26:55</itunes:duration> 
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  <title>Black Mountain Institute (BMI) Podcast #28: Charles Simic in Conversation - 10/21/08</title> 
  <link>http://www.unlv.edu/institutes/bmi/audio/simicconversation21october08.mp3</link> 
  <author>BMI and O. Quimby Melton (quimby@studiohyperset.com) for Studio Hyperset (www.studiohyperset.com)</author> 
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Poet Charles Simic engages students and faculty in conversation. A casual affair, this event took place in the afternoon of October 21, 2008, in advance of Simic's formal reading which took place later that night. The audio from Simic's formal reading can be found reproduced as episode twenty-seven of the BMI podcast, and video from the reading and from this conversation event can be found in the multimedia section of the BMI website. Visit blackmountain.unlv.edu for more information.
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  <pubDate>Saturday, 22 November 2008 19:53 -0800</pubDate> 
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  <itunes:duration>00:49:51</itunes:duration> 
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  <title>Black Mountain Institute (BMI) Podcast #27: Charles Simic Reading - 10/21/08</title> 
  <link>http://www.unlv.edu/institutes/bmi/audio/simicreading21october08.mp3</link> 
  <author>BMI and O. Quimby Melton (quimby@studiohyperset.com) for Studio Hyperset (www.studiohyperset.com)</author> 
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Poet, translator, and editor Charles Simic reads from and discusses new and selected work. Simic, the author of eighteen collections of poetry, served as U.S. Poet Laureate in 2007 and is professor emeritus of creative writing and literature at the University of New Hampshire. He won the Pulitzer Prize in 1990 for his book of prose poems _The World Doesn't  End_, and his 1996 collection, _Walking the Black Cat_, was a finalist for the National Book Award for Poetry. His most recent poetry volume is _That Little Something_ (2008). Simic held a MacArthur Fellowship from 1984-1989 and has also held fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation and the NEA. In 2007, the same day he was appointed Poet Laureate, Simic received the Wallace Stevens Award from the Academy of American Poets for 'outstanding and proven mastery in the art of poetry.' This event was held October 21, 2008 at the UNLV Student Union Theatre and was co-sponsored by the Department of English with support from the National Endowment for the Arts. Video from this event can be found in the multimedia section of the BMI website. Visit blackmountain.unlv.edu for more information.
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  <pubDate>Saturday, 22 November 2008 19:53 -0800</pubDate> 
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  <itunes:duration>01:38:00</itunes:duration> 
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  <title>Black Mountain Institute (BMI) Podcast #26: BMI Fellow Mary Palevsky on KNPR's 'State of Nevada' - 11/19/08</title> 
  <link>http://www.unlv.edu/institutes/bmi/audio/palevsky19november08knpr.mp3</link> 
  <author>BMI and O. Quimby Melton (quimby@studiohyperset.com) for Studio Hyperset (www.studiohyperset.com)</author> 
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Oral historian and BMI Fellow Mary Palevsky discusses her book _Atomic Fragments: A Daughter's Questions_ on the November 19, 2008 edition of KNPR's 'State of Nevada.' This audio segment is used with the gracious permission of KNPRs 'State of Nevada' which podcasts many segments of its programs. See knpr.org/son/feeds for more information.
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  <pubDate>Saturday, 22 November 2008 19:53 -0800</pubDate> 
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  <itunes:duration>00:31:27</itunes:duration> 
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  <title>Black Mountain Institute (BMI) Podcast #25: BMI Executive Director Carol Harter on KUNV's 'Our Metropolis' - 11/04/08</title> 
  <link>http://www.unlv.edu/institutes/bmi/audio/harter04november2008kunv.mp3</link> 
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BMI Executive Director Carol Harter appears on the 11/04/08 edition of KUNV-FM's _Our Metropolis_: a weekly, Las Vegas-focused issues and affairs program hosted by the Greenspun Media Group's John Katsilometes and produced by UNLV's Greenspun College of Urban Affairs journalism and media studies student Sandra Hernandez.
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  <pubDate>Saturday, 22 November 2008 19:53 -0800</pubDate> 
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  <itunes:duration>00:28:02</itunes:duration> 
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  <title>Black Mountain Institute (BMI) Podcast #24: Joyce Carol Oates on KNPR's 'State of Nevada' - 10/16/08</title> 
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Author and Princeton professor Joyce Carol Oates discusses her career and new novel _My Sister, My Love: The Intimate Story of Skyler Rampike_ -- a thinly fictionalized account of the death of JonBenét Ramsey -- on the October 16, 2008 edition of KNPR's 'State of Nevada'. Oates appears Saturday, October 18, 2008 at UNLV as part of the BMI's Fall 2008 lecture season. This audio segment is used with the gracious permission of KNPRs 'State of Nevada' which podcasts many segments of its programs. See www.knpr.org/son/feeds for more information.
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  <pubDate>Friday, 17 October 2008 14:15 -0800</pubDate> 
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  <itunes:duration>00:18:55</itunes:duration> 
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  <title>Black Mountain Institute (BMI) Podcast #23: Novelist and BMI Fellow Robert Rosenberg on KNPR's 'State of Nevada' - 09/29/08</title> 
  <link>http://www.unlv.edu/institutes/bmi/audio/rosenberg29september08.mp3</link> 
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Black Mountain Institute (BMI) Podcast #23: Novelist and BMI fellow Robert Rosenberg discusses his novel, _This Is Not Civilization_, on the September 29th, 2008 edition KNPR's 'State of Nevada.' This audio segment is used with the gracious permission of KNPR's 'State of Nevada' which podcasts many segments of its programs. See http://www.knpr.org/son/feeds for more information.
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  <pubDate>Thursday, 02 October 2008 17:24 -0800</pubDate> 
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  <itunes:duration>00:27:20</itunes:duration> 
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  <title>Black Mountain Institute (BMI) Podcast #22: Warring Perspectives - 04/23/08</title> 
  <link>http://www.unlv.edu/institutes/bmi/audio/warring23april08.mp3</link> 
  <author>BMI and O. Quimby Melton (quimby@studiohyperset.com) for Studio Hyperset (www.studiohyperset.com)</author> 
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Black Mountain Institute (BMI) Podcast #22: Lebanese novelist and critic Elias Khoury, author of _Gate of the Sun_ and _Yalo_, and Israeli novelist and playwright A.B. Yehoshua, author of _A Woman in Jerusalem_ and _The Lover_, discuss the intractable situation that exists among Israel, Palestine, and Lebanon. Although great admirers of one another's work, Khoury and Yehoshua do not necessarily agree politically. Nobel Laureate and BMI Senior Fellow Wole Soyinka moderates. PLEASE NOTE that at certain points during this event, moderator Wole Soyinka's microphone malfunctioned. Any periods of impaired sound during the podcast may be attributed to this technical problem.
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  <pubDate>Thursday, 25 September 2008 17:05 -0800</pubDate> 
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  <itunes:duration>01:02:02</itunes:duration> 
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  <title>Black Mountain Institute (BMI) Podcast #21: The Imagination in Exile - 04/02/08</title> 
  <link>http://www.unlv.edu/institutes/bmi/audio/imagination02april08.mp3</link> 
  <author>BMI and O. Quimby Melton (quimby@studiohyperset.com) for Studio Hyperset (www.studiohyperset.com)</author> 
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Black Mountain Institute (BMI) Podcast #21: Black Mountain Fellows Tom Bissell, Donna Hemans, and Josip Novakovich discuss writing about places an author doesn't reside and the influence of national identity on the creative imagination. Bissell's acclaimed memoir, _The Father of All Things_, contrasts today's Vietnam with that of the 1970s; Hemans' provocative _River Woman_ shows Jamaica and New York in a fresh perspective; and Novakovich's darkly humorous _April Fool's_ Day paints an absurdist picture of the Balkans since 1948. BMI Associate Director Richard Wiley moderates.
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  <pubDate>Tuesday, 23 September 2008 17:22 -0800</pubDate> 
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  <itunes:duration>01:21:13</itunes:duration> 
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  <title>Black Mountain Institute (BMI) Podcast #20: The Failed(?) State of American Politics - 11/14/07</title> 
  <link>http://www.unlv.edu/institutes/bmi/audio/failed14november07.mp3</link> 
  <author>BMI and O. Quimby Melton (quimby@studiohyperset.com) for Studio Hyperset (www.studiohyperset.com)</author> 
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Black Mountain Institute (BMI) Podcast #20: On the eve of the 2007 CNN Democratic presidential debate held in Las Vegas, Nevada State Senate Minority Leader and UNLV Professor of Political Science Dina Titus leads former CNN news anchor Aaron Brown, _New Yorker_ Washington correspondent Ryan Lizza, and _New Yorker_ staff writer and Iraq correspondent George Packer in a lively examination of election-year politics and the quest for leadership.
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  <pubDate>Monday, 22 September 2008 16:27 -0800</pubDate> 
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  <itunes:duration>01:26:04</itunes:duration> 
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  <title>Black Mountain Institute (BMI) Podcast #19: Tom Bissell in Conversation with John Bissell - 03/12/08</title> 
  <link>http://www.unlv.edu/institutes/bmi/audio/bissell12march08.mp3</link> 
  <author>BMI and O. Quimby Melton (quimby@studiohyperset.com) for Studio Hyperset (www.studiohyperset.com)</author> 
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Black Mountain Institute (BMI) Podcast #19: Tom Bissell, Black Mountain Fellow and author of the acclaimed memoir _The Father of All Things: A Marine, His Son, and the Legacy of Vietnam_, is joined by his father, Marine veteran John Bissell, in a conversation about their 2004 trip to Vietnam to retrace John's tour of duty. BMI Executive Director Carol C. Harter moderates.
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  <pubDate>Tuesday, 16 September 2008 18:54 -0800</pubDate> 
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  <itunes:duration>01:10:37</itunes:duration> 
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  <title>Black Mountain Institute (BMI) Podcast #18: BMI Fellows on KNPR's "State of Nevada" - 04/28/08</title> 
  <link>http://www.unlv.edu/institutes/bmi/audio/bmifellows28april08.mp3</link> 
  <author>BMI and O. Quimby Melton (quimby@studiohyperset.com) for Studio Hyperset (www.studiohyperset.com)</author> 
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Black Mountain Institute (BMI) Podcast #18: BMI fellows Donna Hemans, Tom Bissell, and Josip Novakovich discuss their experiences in Las Vegas while advancing their literary careers on the 4/28/08 edition of KNPR's "State of Nevada" program. (This audio segment is used with the gracious permission of "KNPR's State of Nevada" which podcasts many segments of its programs. See http://www.knpr.org/son/feeds for more information.)
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  <pubDate>Wednesday, 30 April 2008 16:27 -0800</pubDate> 
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  <title>Black Mountain Institute (BMI) Podcast #17: Josip Novakovich on KNPR's "State of Nevada" - 04/02/08</title> 
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Black Mountain Institute (BMI) Podcast #17: In advance of the BMI's "Imagination in Exile" (4/2/08) panel event, writer and BMI fellow Josip Novakovich discusses his work and native Croatia on the 4/2/08 edition of KNPR's "State of Nevada" program. (This audio segment is used with the gracious permission of "KNPR's State of Nevada" which podcasts many segments of its programs. See http://www.knpr.org/son/feeds for more information.)
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  <pubDate>Thursday, 3 April 2008 12:37 -0800</pubDate> 
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  <title>Black Mountain Institute (BMI) Podcast #16: Derek Walcott Reading - 04/19/07</title> 
  <link>http://www.unlv.edu/institutes/bmi/audio/walcott19april07.mp3</link> 
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Black Mountain Institute (BMI) Podcast #16: Audio from the Derek Walcott reading held 4/19/07 at UNLV in Las Vegas, NV. For more information on the event, visit: http://www.unlv.edu/institutes/bmi/news_and_events/archive.htm
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  <pubDate>Saturday, 8 March 2008 16:01 -0800</pubDate> 
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  <title>Black Mountain Institute (BMI) Podcast #15: Richard Wiley Reading and Lecture - 03/07/07</title> 
  <link>http://www.unlv.edu/institutes/bmi/audio/wiley07march07.mp3</link> 
  <author>BMI and O. Quimby Melton (quimby@studiohyperset.com) for Studio Hyperset (www.studiohyperset.com)</author> 
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Black Mountain Institute (BMI) Podcast #15: Audio from the Richard Wiley Reading and Lecture held 3/07/07 at UNLV in Las Vegas, NV. For more information on the event, visit: http://www.unlv.edu/institutes/bmi/news_and_events/archive.htm
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  <pubDate>Saturday, 8 March 2008 16:00 -0800</pubDate> 
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  <itunes:duration>01:00:39</itunes:duration> 
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  <title>Black Mountain Institute (BMI) Podcast #14: William Kittridge on KNPR's "State of Nevada" - 3/03/08</title> 
  <link>http://www.unlv.edu/institutes/bmi/audio/kittridge03March08.mp3</link> 
  <author>BMI and O. Quimby Melton (quimby@studiohyperset.com) for Studio Hyperset (www.studiohyperset.com)</author> 
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Black Mountain Institute (BMI) Podcast #14: In advance of the BMI's "Writing in the West" (3/4/08) panel event, writer and filmmaker William Kittridge discusses his life and work on KNPR's "State of Nevada" program. (This audio segment is used with the gracious permission of "KNPR's State of Nevada" which podcasts many segments of its programs. See http://www.knpr.org/son/feeds for more information.)
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  <pubDate>Saturday, 8 March 2008 15:00 -0800</pubDate> 
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  <itunes:duration>00:31:56</itunes:duration> 
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  <title>Black Mountain Institute (BMI) Podcast #13: Tom Bissell on KNPR's "State of Nevada" - 2/11/08</title> 
  <link>http://www.unlv.edu/institutes/bmi/audio/bissell06february08.mp3</link> 
  <author>BMI and O. Quimby Melton (quimby@studiohyperset.com) for Studio Hyperset (www.studiohyperset.com)</author> 
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Black Mountain Institute (BMI) Podcast #13: BMI Fellow Tom Bissell, author of _The Father of All Things: A Marine, His Son, and the Legacy of Vietnam_, discusses how a magazine article turned into a 340 page novel, his travels to Vietnam with his father, and his most recent project on the twelve tombs of the Apostles on the 2/6/08 edition of KNPR's "State of Nevada." (This audio segment is used with the gracious permission of "KNPR's State of Nevada" which podcasts many segments of its programs. See http://www.knpr.org/son/feeds for more information.)
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  <pubDate>Monday, 11 February 2008 13:49 -0800</pubDate> 
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  <itunes:duration>00:34:16</itunes:duration> 
  <itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit> 
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  <title>Black Mountain Institute (BMI) Podcast #12: Donna Hemans on KNPR's "State of Nevada" - 2/11/08</title> 
  <link>http://www.unlv.edu/institutes/bmi/audio/hemans22january08.mp3</link> 
  <author>BMI and O. Quimby Melton (quimby@studiohyperset.com) for Studio Hyperset (www.studiohyperset.com)</author> 
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Black Mountain Institute (BMI) Podcast #12: BMI International Women's Forum Fellow Donna Hemans discusses her first novel _River Woman_ and the challenges of writing in a world consumed by Blackberries, iPods and sound bites on the 1/22/08 edition of KNPR's "State of Nevada." (This audio segment is used with the gracious permission of "KNPR's State of Nevada" which podcasts many segments of its programs. See http://www.knpr.org/son/feeds for more information.)
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  <pubDate>Monday, 11 February 2008 13:48 -0800</pubDate> 
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  <itunes:duration>00:34:44</itunes:duration> 
  <itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit> 
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  <title>Black Mountain Institute (BMI) Podcast #11: "The Vietnam War in Light of Iraq" - 3/21/07</title> 
  <link>http://www.unlv.edu/institutes/bmi/audio/vietnam21march07.mp3</link> 
  <author>BMI and O. Quimby Melton (quimby@studiohyperset.com) for Studio Hyperset (www.studiohyperset.com)</author> 
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Black Mountain Institute (BMI) Podcast #11: Audio from the "Vietnam War in Light of Iraq" event held 3/21/07 at UNLV in Las Vegas, NV. For more information on the event, visit: http://www.unlv.edu/institutes/bmi/news_and_events/archive.htm
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  <pubDate>Monday, 17 December 2007 14:38 -0800</pubDate> 
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  <itunes:duration>01:24:59</itunes:duration> 
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  <title>Black Mountain Institute (BMI) Podcast #10: Henry Louis Gates, Jr. Lecture - 11/20/06</title> 
  <link>http://www.unlv.edu/institutes/bmi/audio/gates20november06.mp3</link> 
  <author>BMI and O. Quimby Melton (quimby@studiohyperset.com) for Studio Hyperset (www.studiohyperset.com)</author> 
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Black Mountain Institute (BMI) Podcast #10: Audio from Henry Louis Gates, Jr.'s lecture held 11/20/06 at UNLV in Las Vegas, NV. For more information on the event, visit: http://www.unlv.edu/institutes/bmi/news_and_events/archive.htm
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  <pubDate>Monday, 17 December 2007 14:37 -0800</pubDate> 
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  <itunes:duration>01:21:07</itunes:duration> 
  <itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit> 
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  <title>Black Mountain Institute (BMI) Podcast #9: John Dean Lecture and Reading - 11/1/06</title> 
  <link>http://www.unlv.edu/institutes/bmi/audio/dean1november06.mp3</link> 
  <author>BMI and O. Quimby Melton (quimby@studiohyperset.com) for Studio Hyperset (www.studiohyperset.com)</author> 
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Black Mountain Institute (BMI) Podcast #9: Audio from John Dean's lecture and reading held 11/1/06 at UNLV in Las Vegas, NV. For more information on the event, visit: http://www.unlv.edu/institutes/bmi/news_and_events/archive.htm
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  <pubDate>Monday, 17 December 2007 14:36 -0800</pubDate> 
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  <itunes:duration>01:32:19</itunes:duration> 
  <itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit> 
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  <title>Black Mountain Institute (BMI) Podcast #8: "From Apartheid to Darfur: Africa’s Struggle Against Disdain" - 9/11/07</title> 
  <link>http://www.unlv.edu/institutes/bmi/audio/africa11september07.mp3</link> 
  <author>BMI and O. Quimby Melton (quimby@studiohyperset.com) for Studio Hyperset (www.studiohyperset.com)</author> 
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Black Mountain Institute (BMI) Podcast #8: Audio from the "From Apartheid to Darfur: Africa’s Struggle Against Disdain" event held 9/11/07 at UNLV in Las Vegas, NV. For more information on the event, visit: http://www.unlv.edu/institutes/bmi/news_and_events/archive.htm
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  <pubDate>Fri, 14 September 2007 12:07 -0800</pubDate> 
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  <itunes:duration>01:54:20</itunes:duration> 
  <itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit> 
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  <title>Black Mountain Institute (BMI) Podcast #7: Glenn Schaeffer on KNPR's "State of Nevada" - 9/12/07</title> 
  <link>http://www.unlv.edu/institutes/bmi/audio/schaeffer12sept07.mp3</link> 
  <author>BMI and O. Quimby Melton (quimby@studiohyperset.com) for Studio Hyperset (www.studiohyperset.com)</author> 
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Black Mountain Institute (BMI) Podcast #7: Glenn Schaeffer, Black Mountain Institute Advisory Board member and CEO of Fontainebleau Resorts, talks about his work with the BMI on the 9/6/07 edition of KNPR's "State of Nevada." (This audio segment is used with the gracious permission of "KNPR's State of Nevada" which podcasts many segments of its programs. See http://www.knpr.org/son/feeds for more information.)
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  <pubDate>Fri, 14 September 2007 01:45 -0800</pubDate> 
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  <itunes:duration>00:34:35</itunes:duration> 
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  <title>Black Mountain Institute (BMI) Podcast #6: Carol C. Harter on KNPR's "State of Nevada" - 9/6/07</title> 
  <link>http://www.unlv.edu/institutes/bmi/audio/harter06sept07knpr.mp3</link> 
  <author>BMI and O. Quimby Melton (quimby@studiohyperset.com) for Studio Hyperset (www.studiohyperset.com)</author> 
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Black Mountain Institute (BMI) Podcast #6: Carol C. Harter, Executive Director of the Black Mountain Institute and UNLV President Emerita, talks about her work with the BMI on the 9/6/07 edition of KNPR's "State of Nevada." (This audio segment is used with the gracious permission of "KNPR's State of Nevada" which podcasts many segments of its programs. See http://www.knpr.org/son/feeds for more information.)
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  <pubDate>Sat, 08 September 2007 12:47 -0800</pubDate> 
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  <itunes:duration>00:36:03</itunes:duration> 
  <itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit> 
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  <title>Black Mountain Institute (BMI) Podcast #5: Richard Wiley on KNPR's "State of Nevada" - 6/13/07</title> 
  <link>http://www.unlv.edu/institutes/bmi/audio/wiley13june07knpr.mp3</link> 
  <author>BMI and O. Quimby Melton (quimby@studiohyperset.com) for Studio Hyperset (www.studiohyperset.com)</author> 
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Black Mountain Institute (BMI) Podcast #5: Richard Wiley, Associate Director of the Black Mountain Institute and Director of the Forum on Contemporary Cultures, talks about his career and reads from his 2007 novel COMMODORE PERRY'S MINSTREL SHOW on the 6/13/07 edition of KNPR's "State of Nevada." (This audio segment is used with the gracious permission of "KNPR's State of Nevada" which podcasts many segments of its programs. See http://www.knpr.org/son/feeds for more information.)
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  <pubDate>Thur, 14 June 2007 21:06 -0800</pubDate> 
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  <itunes:duration>00:39:19</itunes:duration> 
  <itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit> 
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  <title>Black Mountain Institute (BMI) Podcast #4: Wole Soyinka Reading - 9/13/06</title> 
  <link>http://www.unlv.edu/institutes/bmi/audio/soyinka13september06.mp3</link> 
  <author>BMI and O. Quimby Melton (quimby@studiohyperset.com) for Studio Hyperset (www.studiohyperset.com)</author> 
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Black Mountain Institute (BMI) Podcast #4: Wole Soyinka, Nobel Laureate and Member of the BMI Board of Advisors, reads from his 2006 memoir YOU MUST SET FORTH AT DAWN on 9/13/06 at UNLV's Barrick Museum Auditorium. A Q&A session follows the reading.
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  <pubDate>Sat, 16 September 2006 10:03 +0100</pubDate> 
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  <itunes:duration>01:07:51</itunes:duration> 
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  <title>Black Mountain Institute (BMI) Podcast #3: Wole Soyinka on KNPR's "State of Nevada"</title> 
  <link>http://www.unlv.edu/institutes/bmi/audio/soyinka13september06knpr.mp3</link> 
  <author>BMI and O. Quimby Melton (quimby@studiohyperset.com) for Studio Hyperset (www.studiohyperset.com)</author> 
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Black Mountain Institute (BMI) Podcast #3: Wole Soyinka, Nobel Laureate and Member of the BMI Board of Advisors, on KNPR's "State of Nevada." (This audio segment is used with the gracious permission of "KNPR's State of Nevada" which podcasts many segments of its programs. See http://www.knpr.org/son/feeds for more information.)
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  <pubDate>Sat, 16 September 2006 10:03 +0100</pubDate> 
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  <itunes:duration>00:45:57</itunes:duration> 
  <itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit> 
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  <title>Black Mountain Institute (BMI) Podcast #2: BMI Executive Director Carol Harter on KNPR's "State of Nevada"</title> 
  <link>http://www.unlv.edu/institutes/bmi/audio/harter27june06knpr.mp3</link> 
  <author>BMI and O. Quimby Melton (quimby@studiohyperset.com) for Studio Hyperset (www.studiohyperset.com)</author> 
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Black Mountain Institute (BMI) Podcast #2: Carol Harter on KNPR's "State of Nevada." (This audio segment is used with the gracious permission of "KNPR's State of Nevada" which podcasts many segments of its programs. See http://www.knpr.org/son/feeds for more information.)
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  <pubDate>Tue, 27 June 2006 22:30 -0800</pubDate> 
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  <itunes:duration>00:46:42</itunes:duration> 
  <itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit> 
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  <title>Black Mountain Institute (BMI) Podcast #1: Harriet Fulbright - "The Challenges of Leadership"</title> 
  <link>http://www.unlv.edu/institutes/bmi/audio/fulbright31jan06.mp3</link> 
  <author>BMI and O. Quimby Melton (quimby@studiohyperset.com) for Studio Hyperset (www.studiohyperset.com)</author> 
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Black Mountain Institute (BMI) Podcast #1: Harriet Fulbright - "The Challenges of Leadership." (Introduction by Dr. Carol C. Harter, President, UNLV)
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  <pubDate>Wed, 01 February 2006 23:20 -0800</pubDate> 
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  <itunes:duration>00:47:36</itunes:duration> 
  <itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit> 
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