Books

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...

Finding the common struggle

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Death has this way of opening doors, of showing the living paths they didn’t realize they could take.  “Mostly it is loss,” mused the German...

Hot reads

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As seasons go, winter is tailor-made for reading. All you need is a blanket, a book and maybe a hot toddy, and you’re set.  The...

Punk rock and poetry

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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 ...

Words | Week of July 16, 2015

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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...

Learning to love science fiction with Octavia E. Butler

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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...

Andrew Sean Greer offers more on ‘Less is Lost’

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Andrew Sean Greer catapulted onto the literary scene with his 2017 breakout novel Less, an equal-parts poignant and hilarious book that took home the...

Words | Week of Sept. 4, 2014

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Thursday, Sept. 4...

Words | Week of July 03, 2014

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Thursday, July 3...

101-word fiction contest

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Boulder Weekly is launching its first annual fiction contest this spring...

Authors

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Local Authors at Boulder Book Store, 2:30 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 7, Boulder Book Store, 1107 Pearl Street. 303-447-2074...

No chasm to cross

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If we’re to trust Thurston Moore, “Rock stars can’t be poets, which sucks.” The line is from a poem by Moore titled “By The Lightswitch.”...