Books
A career in keeping you scared of the dark
In the personal history section of writer Stephen Graham Jones’ website where he delves into what he’s learned, there’s this little gem: “Art’s a contest, after all: do it better or go home...
Book excerpt: ‘I Got a Monster: The Rise and Fall of...
In 2015, Baltimore had an uprising against police violence much like those occurring around the country this summer. When it happened, we were both...
The 31-year itch
Boulder novelist Robert Dresner is openly self-derisive when he talks about his work...
Finding the common struggle
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...
Aussie author Anna Campbell defies the boundaries of historical romance
It’s every writer’s dream. You write the best book you can...
Of adverbs and experimentation
Of course I liked Secrets & Lies, a collection of short fiction written by Josh Gross. I like Josh Gross. We dated in college, hated each other until I was in graduate school, and then became friends. And there’s enough of him in those pages for it to feel, after ...
New children’s book deals with domestic violence
In her day job as a detective in the Longmont Police’s...
This is going to hurt
Local poet Jade Lascelles doesn’t shrink from what she describes as “the collapsed moment, the moment of a brutality.” She approaches it, tries to...