Vegas Voices
Schedule
Thu Sep 23 2021 at 07:00 pm
Location
The Writer's Block | Las Vegas, NV
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A NIGHT OF POETRY WITH THE CLARK COUNTY POET LAUREATE, SIN Á TES SOUHAITS, & FRIENDSSin á Tes Souhaits is a Black poet, cultural critic, and multi-media artist from East Las Vegas. He received his MFA in 2019 from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, where his manuscript, LITERAL DOPE, won the university prize for Outstanding Master’s Thesis. His work explores concepts of Blackness and masculinity at the intersection of hip-hop and gang culture. He was a 2020 Art for Justice Fellow at UA Poetry Center, and the 2019 Donald Barlow Fellow at the Black Mountain Institute. His writing has been featured in the Sun, Believer, Gen Magazine, the Rumpus, Desert Companion, and others.
In addition to his own writing, Sin is the director of ACI Creative, a media consulting firm currently representing McSweeney’s Of the Diaspora series and Yale Press’ Black Lives series, both in collaboration with Kima Jones and Jack Jones Literary Arts. He also currently serves as Poet Laureate of Clark County, teaching and facilitating reading, writing, and publishing workshops, as well as poetry readings throughout the Las Vegas Valley and surrounding towns.
This event is free and open to the public.
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Where is it happening?
The Writer's Block, 519 S. 6th Street, Las Vegas, United StatesEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
