Patron saints—isn’t it time to deputize some new ones, fresh inspirational figures to help us face our uniquely modern problems? At the very least, isn’t it time someone published a funny book based on that idea? Yes: Ron Kanfi’s Saint Misbehavin’ (Running Press, $10) offers dozens of prayer-ready, new-school, scandalously comic icons for every facet of contemporary life.
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UNLV reading series Neon Lit brings writers to the mic, adds a bit of jazz
The April 3 event at 11th Street Records will be themed around the beat poetry movement of the 1950s.
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Sharing great reads on the road with Las Vegas’ first mobile bookstore
Vegas native and former English teacher Jen Castagno launched the Book Shelf in 2024, transforming a trailer into a cozy reading nook on wheels.
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Vera Blossom’s debut book captures the messy intersections of gender, pleasure and personal evolution
The Chicago-based Filipina transfemme writer stops in at the Writer’s Block on January 10.
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