Tag Archives: Matt O’Brien

What it’s like to live in a sewer beneath the bright lights of Las Vegas

Posted on March 2, 2013 by admin

Canada’s Globe and Mail talks to author Matt O’Brien, author of Huntington Press’ internationally acclaimed bestseller, Beneath the Neon: Life and Death in the Tunnels of Las Vegas. Jan. 18, 2013 “Vegas has built up a reputation as one of … Continue reading →

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Top Bizarre Statues or Public Art in Las Vegas

Posted on October 12, 2012 by admin

Huntington Press title My Week at the Blue Angel is cited in a local CBS News story about strange statues and bizarre public art in Las Vegas. Oct. 1, 2012 Travelers to the eastern part of Las Vegas cannot help but notice … Continue reading →

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An Interview with Las Vegas Author Matthew O’Brien – Part 1

Posted on September 16, 2012 by admin

Noir Nation talks to best-selling Huntington Press author Matt O’Brien in a two-part interview. Aug. 29, 2012 Matthew O’Brien’s debut book Beneath the Neon (Huntington Press, 2007) has taken the world by “storm.” Matt spent years exploring the mysteries of the … Continue reading →

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Las Vegas: Bright Lights, Big City, Small Town

Posted on May 30, 2012 by admin

NPR’s State of the Reunion visits Las Vegas, and hears from Huntington Press author Matt O’Brien about the homless people whose lives he’s explored in Beneath the Neon and My Week at the Blue Angel. Residents narrate the city’s rise during … Continue reading →

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Literary Las Vegas

Posted on March 26, 2012 by admin

Anna Stothard, who has just made the Orange Prize longlist, goes in search of the places famous writers found decadence and excess in Sin City. Her guide to the underworld is Huntington Press author Matt O’Brien. March 24, 2012 “Hunter … Continue reading →

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FiveBooks Interviews

Posted on January 19, 2012 by admin

Best-selling Huntington Press author Matt O’Brien is invited to share some of his Las Vegas reading picks with The Browser. Jan. 18, 2012 Vegas tugs on the imagination like few other places. A sin city journalist tells us about innocent … Continue reading →

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My Week at the Blue Angel

Posted on August 30, 2011 by admin

Excerpts from Rain Taxi’s review of Huntington Press author Matt O’Brien’s latest creative non-fiction title Vol. 16 No. 2, Summer 2011 (#62) by Jens Tamang “O’Brien has an incredible eye for detail, made potently clear by his exploration of the … Continue reading →

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My Week at the Blue Angel

Posted on October 27, 2010 by admin

October 27, 2010 ThrillistVegas gives some love to Huntington Press’ new title My Week at the Blue Angel. Author Matthew O’Brien of Beneath The Neon journeys back to the depths of Vegas to deliver unclean tales of prostitutes, ex-cons, homeless … Continue reading →

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Bumper Crop: Autumn brings a bounty of fresh Las Vegas literary efforts

Posted on September 25, 2010 by admin

  September 9, 2010 “O’Brien’s new book is a collection of short creative nonfiction, mainly about some wonderfully sordid places in Las Vegas and the people who inhabit them.”

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