Books
Book excerpt: ‘I Got a Monster: The Rise and Fall of...
In 2015, Baltimore had an uprising against police violence much like those occurring around the country this summer. When it happened, we were both...
Stone cold and striking hot
There will always be stories that slip through the cracks. Whether a function of human capacity, or our proclivity for comfort over truth, the...
Words | Week of July 16, 2015
Thursday, July 16 The Astral Imperative Volume 4: Cosmos — Robert Dresner. 7:30 p.m. Boulder Book Store, 1107 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-447-2074. Monday July 20 “So, You’re a Poet” Open Poetry Reading. 8 p.m. The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-440-4628...
Thompson’s last stand
In 2001, convicted murderer Lisl Auman was 13 months into a life sentence when she wrote a letter to the author of a book that had recently brought her some joy in prison...
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Unearthing what’s beneath
When she’s not writing fiction, Kristie Betts Letter teaches her 10th grade students how to fail.
Not how to do it intentionally, of course, but...
Knowing nature
Environmental history conferences have often frustrated University of Colorado history professor Phoebe Young. She grew dissatisfied with “listening to people who had really interesting things to say but examined material nature as if culture didn’t really matter.” ...
