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African Americans on the Comstock

African Americans came to the western Great Basin in the 1850s. Read more about this history.

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Reno

Reno has always been a town of contrasts. Find out more about its natural beauty, darkness and cosmopolitan edge.

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    • Palliative
      for Hayden Carruth Are there wordsfor what you cannot,lying in this wilderness, express—with her hands to love you to...
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    • Now I Sit the Saddle to Freedom
      12:00 noon Strangely wonderful it isto bike this paththrough eastern Arizonawithout a belongingto say my name. 5:30 p.m. Crow...
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    • My Sons Who Have No Opera to Console Them
      Pavarotti lies in a hospital bed,and my sons who have no opera to console them, pulled from the driveway. I held them in the...
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    • Los Vendedores
      Out of the sand they comecrowing like cocks in the morning sun chanting their strange, melodious hymns to food:Tortillero,...
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    • Hunting for Rain
      Walking your dog, Cookie,through the low curbs of Carson,wondering who will cash your check for misery, for rain, so that...
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    • Anthem for a Burnished Land
      [Anthem for a Burnished Land is the poem that poet Shaun Griffin wrote for Governor Sandoval's inauguration. He read the...
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