Books
Freedom fighter
In writing a historical novel about Dutch World War II resistance fighter Hannie Schaft, author Buzzy Jackson didn’t feel like she needed to embellish...
Fifty shades of grey
Alot of books get sent to the BW newsroom. So many that we play the pre-Christmas game of feeling the manila envelopes and trying to guess their contents, the most popular answers being supernatural young adult romance, TV talking head’s unified theory of something ...
Jaipur Literature Festival brings a diverse world of ideas to Boulder
When local psychotherapist Jessie Friedman and her husband were traveling in India a few years ago, they came across a free literary festival in...
Homero Aridjis on environmentalism in Mexico
A statement from poet Homero Aridjis on the dangers of environmentalism in Mexico...
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...
Charles Bukowski uncovered
Absence of the Hero, Vol. 2, the latest book of uncollected Charles Bukowski writings, begins with “The Reason Behind Reason,” a poignant tale of a professional baseball player who has somewhat of a psychotic break while playing the outfield. In the middle of a game...
