Books
Natural-born talent? Author sheds new light on nature-nurture debate
Like most Americans, I was given an IQ test in the first grade and was told I fell just short of what my...
The 31-year itch
Boulder novelist Robert Dresner is openly self-derisive when he talks about his work...
Learning to love science fiction with Octavia E. Butler
Almost two decades ago, my sister gifted me Octavia E. Butler’s Kindred for Christmas and I admit I was skeptical. My preference for nonfiction...
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...
Punk rock and poetry
Today, Patti Smith — widely considered the godmother of punk — is a Rock ’n’ Roll Hall of Fame inductee, a Commander of the Ordre des Arts et Des Lettres in France, and an acclaimed author whose fascinating new book, Just Kids, is a recent National Book Award winner ...
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.” ...
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...
