{"id":614081,"date":"2020-09-22T09:51:54","date_gmt":"2020-09-22T16:51:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/shop\/?post_type=product&p=614081"},"modified":"2026-04-09T10:04:50","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T17:04:50","slug":"a-valley-of-light-and-shadow","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/shop\/products\/a-valley-of-light-and-shadow\/","title":{"rendered":"A Valley of Light and Shadow"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n
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In Sin City, what does it mean to be \u201csinful\u201d? And how much do we concede in order to see ourselves as \u201cgood\u201d?<\/span><\/p>\n

A Valley of Light and Shadow <\/i>walks the thin neon line between salvation and damnation. <\/span><\/p>\n

Surrounded by cannabis dispensaries and slot machines, these Las Vegas writers find their sense of right and wrong unmoored.\u00a0Some reach a realization that their earlier moral lines were naively drawn. Others come to terms with the notion that Las Vegas is where good people go to submit to vice or where bad people land, hoping for a second chance. And some celebrate the best parts of Las Vegas, where good people can achieve great things. <\/span><\/p>\n

In this 11<\/span>th<\/sup><\/span> volume of the annual Vegas Writes anthology, 14 local writers share their deepest and most tantalizing stories about surviving in shadow and thriving in light, crafting an enduring message for the future.<\/span><\/p>\n

Contributing Writers include:\u00a0Jarret Keene, Keith A. Brantley, Brittany Bronson, Krista Diamond, Dana Jerman, Don Hall, Eric Duran-Valle, Fawn Douglas, Samantha Goodman, Tim Chizmar, Glenn Puit, Beth C. Rosenberg, Elizabeth Qui\u00f1ones-Zalda\u00f1a, Laura Decker<\/span><\/p>\n

Click to see the Table of Contents, read an excerpt, and about the writers of A Valley of Light and Shadow<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

Las Vegas Writes is a program of Nevada Humanities, published by Huntington Press, with support from the Las Vegas-Clark County Library District,\u00a0and part of the Las Vegas Book Festival. Las Vegas Writes anthology\u00a0is an annual collection of writings by local authors focused on a theme connected to Las Vegas.\u00a0 For more information visit:\u00a0https:\/\/www.nevadahumanities.org\/las-vegas-writes<\/a>
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JARRET KEENE<\/b> is an Assistant Professor in the English Department at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, where he teaches American literature and the graphic novel. He has written books\u2014travel guide, rock-band biography, poetry collections\u2014and edited short-fiction anthologies such as Las Vegas Noir<\/i> and Dead Neon: Tales of Near-Future Las Vegas<\/i>.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This 11th<\/span><\/span>\u00a0volume of the annual Vegas Writes anthology,\u00a0<\/span>A Valley of Light and Shadow,\u00a0<\/i>walks the thin neon line between salvation and damnation.<\/span><\/p>\n

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