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Wild Christmas Pinyon

While you might imagine that artificial Christmas trees may be traced back only as far as the glory days of plastic in the 1950s, people actually began making fake holiday trees in the mid-nineteenth century.

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The Washoe Zephyr

A signature wind that Mark Twain called a “soaring dust-drift about the size of the United States set up edgewise”.

Scaling Lone Tree

Stalking a one-tree forest in the Great Basin Desert.

Forging Through Oregon’s Forever Forests

A Pacific Crest Trail Journey, Part 3.

A Visit from the Mary Kay Lady

She held in her hand a highball glass, from which she had apparently managed to spill not one drop of her cocktail.

National Poetry Month Reading Series Returns to Reno this week

National Poetry Month Reading series makes a comeback in Reno, Nevada, breathing additional life into the city's literary landscape. Poets have power. Local contemporary poets prove it again, beginning this week.

A mural outside the Western Folklife Center in Elko, Nevada
Cowboy, change your ways

Despite economic challenges, National Cowboy Poetry Gathering celebrates 40 years of rural Western culture

A Prospect from Singing Mountain
Nevada Humanities Literary Crawl 2024

Tomorrow, Saturday, October 12, 2024 the streets of Reno will be filled with workshops, conversations, book signings, panels and performances. From family friendly activities to late night sessions at venues like The Loving Cup and 1864 Tavern, there is something for everyone. 

On Representation and Resilience

José A. Fajardo reflects on career longevity and the evolution of public media