Skinner is considered by many to be an important new voice in Hispanic-American fiction.
His work has appeared in such magazines and journals as Western Humanities Review, Boulevard, and Colorado Review. Ott will discuss Zion National Park's history and explain how efforts, such as the new shuttle transportation system, are being made to return the park to the way it looked during its early history. All University Forum lectures are free and open to the public. The University Forum lecture series is sponsored by the College of Liberal Arts and is underwritten by the UNLV Foundation. For more information on the series, call ext.