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COVER ART

Jarett Sitter ESSAYS Steve Silberman on the mercurial and notoriously complex Miles Davis song "Nardis"
Joe Galvan on Selena's legacy and what she means to the Tejano community of South Texas
Zandria Robinson on Frank Ocean, Mavis Staples, and the music of mourning BONUS FEATURES Casey Jarman's annotated playlist of progressive and avant-garde music from indie video games, 2010-2018
A large sticker of a dog with a gramophone for a head INTERVIEWS Pamela Z in conversation with Reggie Watts
Jane Birkin by Melissa Locker
Rostam Batmanglij on his art process
Jason Moran by Ross Simonini
Kate Soper by Andrew Leland
Microinterviews with Barry Jenkins, Thi Bui, Zinzi Clemmons, Nick Hornby, Lawrence Weschler, Morgan Jerkins, and Javon Johnson DEPARTMENTS FROM Jenny Hval
Bijan Stephens SYMPOSIUM Amani Bin Shikhan
Alison Kinney
Brandon Bussolini
Christopher Bowes COMICS Leila Abdelrazaq
Amy Kurzweil
Lincoln Michel and John Dermot Woods POEMS "The Way We Treat Them" by Dorothea Lasky
"Lines from the 91st Floor" by Malachi Black
"Except in Parts" by Peter Twal SPONSORS Bloomsbury
Oscilloscope Films
Nevada Museum of Art
American Bystander

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The Beverly Rogers, Carol C. Harter Black Mountain Institute is an international literary center on the campus of UNLV. BMI brings writers and the literary imagination into the heart of public life through publications, live events, fellowships, student engagement, and much more.