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...
Searching is the salve
There’s a sense of foreboding that hovers over the pages of Khadijah Queen’s new collection of poetry — a heavy nimbostratus cloud of dread.
“In...
Confessions of an ex-evangelical
Erika Rae’s evangelist upbringing imprinted some unusual beliefs upon her. As a teenager, she believed demons were behind every accidental misstep, from rock ’n’ roll to forgetting your keys. In her memoir about how she ended up leaving behind her radical religion, ...
#InstaNovels
You may think of Instagram as a platform for images, but it may be the next place you turn to read a novel.
Don’t scoff,...
Book report
As usual, the state’s readers are blessed with an abundance of literary riches. This fall, the writing community in Colorado brings the following offerings:...
Local writer Ben Corbett discusses Hunter S. Thompson’s legacy
It has been more than four years since the literary powder keg known as Hunter S. Thompson exploded off this mortal coil with a defiant shotgun blast. He was a figure of great controversy who served as America’s national conscience during one of the most tumultuous ...
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...
No chasm to cross
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.”...
