Books
The (nearly) lost art of sportswriting a proud tradition soldiers on
On vacation in Oakland the other night, I had the unique (and arguably profound) experience of 10,000 Athletics fans vocally battling 10,000 transplanted New York Yankees fans throughout a close game, and my thoughts somehow turned to academia, and writing. Over my ...
Erotic Whitman
I’ll never forget meeting the poet Aimee Herman on my first day of classes at Naropa University in the winter of 2008, in a workshop led by Maureen Owen, who famously co-directed the St. Mark’s Poetry Project in late-’70s Manhattan. Herman had wild hot-pink hair, ...
listen up!
Mark Anthony: the Psychic Lawyer 7 p.m. Friday, July 17, The Caritas Spiritist Center, 5723 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-449-3066...
Scientifically funny
For their book, The Humor Code, journalist Joel Warner and University of Colorado Boulder Professor Peter McGraw spent a year travelling the world in search of funny. They searched Africa for its infamous laughing disease, strolled through the South American jungle ...
Learning to walk in India
Standing in a bus station in Mumbai, Molly Brown lit a fresh cigarette off the smoldering stub of another — it’s not that the American nurse didn’t know better, it’s just that she didn’t give a damn anymore. Extreme pain will do that...
Local Jewboy Makes Good
It’s always noteworthy when a local author makes Boulder proud by releasing a book that gains national attention. When that book sheds light on...
