Vegas as a Literary Hub? You Bet | Lifestyle News, The Indian Express

Vegas as a Literary Hub? You Bet | Lifestyle News, The Indian Express

By New York Times |Las Vegas |Published: May 13, 2019 1:27:56 pm

Vegas as a Literary Hub? You Bet

The third annual Believer Festival was just the latest sign of life for a burgeoning books scene in the desert.

Egyptian journalist and novelist Ahmed Naji, right, and Hanif Abdurraqib read onstage during the Believer Festival at Red Rock Canyon in Las Vegas, April 26, 2019. (Photo: Roger Kisby/The New York Times)

On a recent very warm Saturday afternoon, just a few blocks northeast of a string of ramshackle chapels offering Elvis-themed weddings on Las Vegas Boulevard, novelist Tommy Orange was discussing the critical reception given to “There There,” his polyphonic novel about contemporary Native Americans.