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Black Mountain Institute—Alumni Reading Series: Jean Chen Ho

  • UNLV's Beverly Rogers Literature & Law Building (RLL 101) 4505 South Maryland Parkway Las Vegas, NV, 89154 United States (map)

Please join Black Mountain Institute for a reading with author and UNLV MFA alumna Jean Chen Ho. She will be introduced by novelist and UNLV Professor Douglas Unger.

Jean Chen Ho is the author of Fiona and Jane (Viking), named one of the Best Books of 2022 by NPR, TIME Magazine, Vulture, and Vogue. Her writing appears in New York Times Magazine, The Cut, Electric Literature, Los Angeles Times, Georgia Review, and elsewhere. She is the 2023 Mary Routt Endowed Chair of Creative Writing at Scripps College.

Parking/getting there: Parking on UNLV’s campus is free and open to all after 7pm; “reserved” parking spots are enforced 24 hours a day, but you may park in any “staff,” “student,” or paid spots. To find the Rogers Literature & Law Building, please turn onto East Harmon Ave and take it as far as you can into campus. We encourage you to park in Lot I or Lot J as they’re closest to our building.

This program is supported in part by Nevada Humanities.