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Monday, January 18,2010

A tweet look at the literary classics

By Ryan Casey
"Twitterature," a 208-page work of two University of Chicago freshmen, looks at more than 80 classics of literature through the eye of the Twitter. And it rocks.
Thursday, January 14,2010

A peek into the latest novel from author Mark Behr

By Adam Perry
In Santa Fe, I had a chance to hear 46-year-old College of Santa Fe (CSF) Professor Mark Behr, a Tanzanian-born novelist and essayist, read from his new book Kings of the Water at the O’Shaughnessy Performance Space on the CSF campus.
Thursday, December 24,2009

One couple's exploration of the best brewpubs in Colorado

By Margaret Grondorf
When Kathy and Lee Hayward took their final bows and said goodbye to the teaching profession almost two years ago, instead of staying at home and driving each other nuts, they decided to embark on a one-year road trip in their RV, visiting different towns throughout Colorado.
Monday, December 7,2009

Aussie author Anna Campbell defies the boundaries of historical romance

By Pamela White
It’s every writer’s dream. You write the best book you can, sell it to the publishing company of your dreams and quit the day job to pen fiction all day. For Australian writer Anna Campbell, this dream is her reality.
Wednesday, November 25,2009

New children's book deals with domestic violence

By Jefferson Dodge
In her day job as a detective in the Longmont Police’s domestic violence unit, Sara Pierce became familiar with children’s reactions to seeing one parent hit another. But she and other members of the Longmont Ending Violence Initiative (LEVI) realized that there wasn’t much available in the way of children’s books that deal with domestic violence. So Pierce wrote her own.
Thursday, November 12,2009

Local writer Ben Corbett discusses Hunter S. Thompson's legacy

By Dale Bridges
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 periods in our country’s history, and he left behind an enormous collection of written material that will be studied and debated for generations to come.
Friday, October 30,2009

Interview with Christine Feehan

By David Accomazzo
Not all of David Accomazzo’s interview with New York Times bestselling author Christine Feehan, author of the Dark Series novels, could fit into this week’s feature on vampires. Selected portions of the interview follows in Q&A form.
Thursday, October 8,2009

A Fairview science teacher's guide for the anti-creationist

Evolution Revolution

By Arsen Kashkashian
When Fairview High's Paul Strode was a new science teacher in the early 1990s, he wasn't ready for the challenge that a student brought to him when he taught evolution.
Thursday, October 1,2009

Sherman Alexie, the performer

By David Accomazzo
He doesn't quite match the hermetic, reserved image many poets and novelists are so quick to embrace. Aside from being an accomplished and prolific writer of poems, short stories and novels (he has published more than 20 collections of his work), Sherman Alexie is a performer.
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