Books
New fairy tale novel aims to be ‘Shrek’ for adults
Usually fairy tales start with a beautiful princess waiting for Prince Charming to whisk them away. But in the new book CURSES! A F***ed Up Fairy Tale, Julie Kazimer takes a different approach — Cinderella gets hit by a bus on page two.Left with the mission of ...
Local writer Ben Corbett discusses Hunter S. Thompson’s legacy
It has been more than four years since the literary powder keg known as Hunter S. Thompson exploded off this mortal coil with a defiant shotgun blast. He was a figure of great controversy who served as America’s national conscience during one of the most tumultuous ...
The Ballad of Boulder
Boulder when will you keep your children healthy Build up your wealthy They can’t see high enough...
Finding the common struggle
Death has this way of opening doors, of showing the living paths they didn’t realize they could take.
“Mostly it is loss,” mused the German...
Local Jewboy Makes Good
It’s always noteworthy when a local author makes Boulder proud by releasing a book that gains national attention. When that book sheds light on...
Of adverbs and experimentation
Of course I liked Secrets & Lies, a collection of short fiction written by Josh Gross. I like Josh Gross. We dated in college, hated each other until I was in graduate school, and then became friends. And there’s enough of him in those pages for it to feel, after ...
Meet the Deadhead Cyclist
In 2017, Stewart Sallo was riding his bike through the calico sandstone Nevada wilderness when his alter ego was born. His feet pedaled to...
Scientifically funny
For their book, The Humor Code, journalist Joel Warner and University of Colorado Boulder Professor Peter McGraw spent a year travelling the world in search of funny. They searched Africa for its infamous laughing disease, strolled through the South American jungle ...
Learning to walk in India
Standing in a bus station in Mumbai, Molly Brown lit a fresh cigarette off the smoldering stub of another — it’s not that the American nurse didn’t know better, it’s just that she didn’t give a damn anymore. Extreme pain will do that...
