Books

Words | Week of Sept 25, 2014

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Thursday, Sept 25...

The evolution of Dan Savage

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It’s a funny story, how the wiseass gay theater kid at the video store became America’s most trusted and outspoken sex advocate...

Words | Week of Jan. 22, 2015

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Saturday, Jan. 24...

New fairy tale novel aims to be ‘Shrek’ for adults

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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 ...

Poetry

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American Life in Poetry: Column 540...

Poetry

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i stumble out of bed into sweatpants and socks and slippers...

Words | Week of April 2, 2015

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Thursday, April 2...

Poetry

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Instrumental Childrenby Julie Shavin...

Science fiction for the masses

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In a world that plunks authors into brushed-aside categories like science fiction, fantasy and romance, one author is tiring of the “guilty pleasure” label...

Words | Week of Feb. 12, 2015

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Thursday, Feb. 12...

Hello, Bali!

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 Flying to Bali this past September for a semester of for-credit study abroad, 24-year-old Naropa University student Jacqueline Tardie had no idea what to expect. A senior with dual majors in art and religion, Tardie didn’t know the Bahasa Indonesia language or what ...

Unearthing what’s beneath

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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...