It’s searingly hot on the day Frances Melhop takes me into a tiny prison cell. We’re at the decommissioned Nevada State Prison in Carson City, and the concrete walls and floors have made the heat…
Shaun Griffin is the new Nevada State Poet Laureate. In 2014, he was inducted into the Nevada Writers Hall of Fame. He hosts the radio show “A Writer’s World” on KWNK 97.7 FM on the first and…
Monumental Lies: Early Nevada Folklore of the Wild West opens the door to understanding how legends and traditions emerged during the first decades following the “Rush to Washoe,” which transformed the region beginning in 1859. During…