Books
Juliet Wittman on the intimate power of food
Before I knew Juliet Wittman as a writer — as acclaimed theater critic, investigative journalist, food writing professor and author — I knew her...
How do you survive alone?
Imagine waking up to find yourself completely alone. Your town is abandoned. No family, no friends, no baristas making coffee or postal service workers...
Andrew Sean Greer offers more on ‘Less is Lost’
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...
Knowing nature
Environmental history conferences have often frustrated University of Colorado history professor Phoebe Young. She grew dissatisfied with “listening to people who had really interesting things to say but examined material nature as if culture didn’t really matter.” ...
Raising the dead
The librarian let Julie Carr look at the box, but she couldn’t look in it.
Carr, a professor in CU’s English department, knew her great-grandfather’s...