Books
Imperfect characters
Animal behavior specialist Temple Grandin has often said that autism helps her connect with animals.
“I think in pictures,” she told Stanford’s School of Medicine...
A tale of two predators
In 1989, a jury found Brent Brents, then 18, guilty of raping two children. He spent the next 15 years in jail, and when he got out in July 2004, he went on a terrifying rampage, raping and assaulting dozens of men, women and children until his capture in February ...
Colin Meloy’s dark, wild fantasy
When you think the name Colin Meloy, you think The Decemberists, the Grammy-nominated indie-rock band he has fronted for a decade. You think catchy, theatrically crafted songs and folk-rock that actually has an edge...
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:...
Coyote masks
You can tell a lot about a person from the way they say the word “coyote.”
The conventional wisdom is that people west of the...
Sea change
The new nonfiction book Over the Seawall is about what writer Stephen Robert Miller terms “disastrous adaptation.” In a nutshell, that means the delusional...
