Books
SUBVERSIVE
Bill Ayers, 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 18, Boulder Book Store, 1107 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-447-2074...
‘Because I like them’
In grade school letters at the top of a piece of printer paper, 6-year-old Ronan carefully spells out the words “Boys” and “Girls.” Using the couch’s ottoman as his desk, he kneels on the floor near his mother, Eileen Kiernan-Johnson, who discusses her self-...
Native noir
Indigenous art is finally having its long-overdue moment in American culture. From TV shows Reservation Dogs and Dark Winds with predominantly Native American casts,...
Writing the unwritten
All of us are haunted — by vestiges of the past, and, as Hannah Nordhaus poignantly observes in American Ghost, by the ghosts of who we thought we were or thought we would become. Her story is a different kind of personal haunting, though, as she writes of the ghost ...
Juliet Wittman on the intimate power of food
Before I knew Juliet Wittman as a writer — as acclaimed theater critic, investigative journalist, food writing professor and author — I knew her...
How do you survive alone?
Imagine waking up to find yourself completely alone. Your town is abandoned. No family, no friends, no baristas making coffee or postal service workers...
Reviving the Emerald Mile
Ten years ago, right before Kevin Fedarko’s first encounter with the watery force that barrels through the Grand Canyon, he found himself enraptured by the humble riverboat known as the dory...
Jaipur Literature Festival brings a diverse world of ideas to Boulder
When local psychotherapist Jessie Friedman and her husband were traveling in India a few years ago, they came across a free literary festival in...
Book report
As usual, the state’s readers are blessed with an abundance of literary riches. This fall, the writing community in Colorado brings the following offerings:...
