Books

David Foster Wallace: An American literary great revealed

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“It sounded like the voice that I thought in,” says David Lipsky about the captivating literary style of novelist and essayist David Foster Wallace. “Which of course is what you’re trying to do as a writer. And he’d done it! It was amazing! I was so thrilled. I faxed...

A tale of two predators

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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 ...

Reviving the Emerald Mile

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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...

Words | Week of Dec. 10, 2015

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Thursday, Dec. 10...

listen up!

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Mark Anthony: the Psychic Lawyer 7 p.m. Friday, July 17, The Caritas Spiritist Center, 5723 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-449-3066...

Poetry

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“Dumpster Land” was submitted by Steven Janssen, and it was written by his late son, Noah Preston Janssen, Boulder High graduate, class of 2008, who drowned in late July of the same year...

The dark underbelly of Denver

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The postcard version of Denver might look like a brilliant orange and blue sunset gleaming over the Rockies, beautiful young people in parks walking...

New York Times bestselling author comes to Boulder

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(Editor's note: Justin Cronin speaks at the Boulder Book Store on Monday, June 6. Doors...

Your neighborhood book club

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It’s hard to keep up with modern technology, especially when the Internet constantly pops out a new platform to be obsessed with, each one shortening our attention span with every click...

Words | Week of September 3, 2015

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Thursday, Sept. 3...

How women write the west

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There’s no one American West for everyone, but stereotypes abound depending on where you look. Here in Colorado, we get a lot of cracks...

Books bound in yellow

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Through works of fantasy and what she calls “alt-history,” Longmont-based author Molly Tanzer pushes forgotten narratives to the forefront. With her novels Vermilion, The...