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May 1, 2012
Novelist Paolo Bacigalupi brings The Drowned Cities to Tattered Cover and Boulder Bookstore
After racking up awards for his debut novel The Windup Girl in 2009 -- Nebula and Hugo honors for Best Novel -- Paulo Bacigalupi followed up with Ship Breaker, set in an equally dismal, dystopian future, and won another round of awards, including a National Book Award nomination and a Printz Award f ... More >>
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April 2, 2012
Q&A: William "Gatz" Hjortsberg speaks volumes about Richard Brautigan in Jubilee Hitchhiker
Richard Brautigan spent a few years basking in the celebrity sun as the author of such counterculture classics as Trout Fishing in America and In Watermelon Sugar. But it was a short honeymoon, and the writer, who came up from poverty, fell into a trough of depression and alcoholism later in life. H ... More >>
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March 7, 2012
Comic artist Stan Yan explains why Garfield got him drawing
Stan Yan always had a fascination with comics. Even before he understood what they really were, he would draw stick figures in frames. And since then, he's been a bit obsessed. "All of the stories I think up in my head are in comic form," he says. Yan recently took a break from dreaming up graphic ... More >>
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November 9, 2011
Barry Fey signing his new book at Rockbar and Twist & Shout
During his three decades as a promoter, Barry Fey brought in legendary acts like the Rolling Stones, the Who, the Doors, Jimi Hendrix, Led Zeppelin and U2. In his new book, Backstage Past, released yesterday on Lone Wolfe Press, Fey chronicles behind-the-scenes stories, some of which have nev ... More >>
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November 3, 2011
The End Of Oz
During his three decades as a promoter, Barry Fey brought in legendary acts like the Rolling Stones, the Who, the Doors, Jimi Hendrix, Led Zeppelin and U2. In his new book, Backstage Past, released yesterday on Lone Wolfe Press, Fey chronicles behind-the-scenes stories, some of which have nev ... More >>
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October 27, 2011
Mountain Highs
During his three decades as a promoter, Barry Fey brought in legendary acts like the Rolling Stones, the Who, the Doors, Jimi Hendrix, Led Zeppelin and U2. In his new book, Backstage Past, released yesterday on Lone Wolfe Press, Fey chronicles behind-the-scenes stories, some of which have nev ... More >>
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October 18, 2011
Princess Diana survives the crash and starts a new chapter in The Lost Queen of England
Boulder author H. Elizabeth Owen just published a book about Princess Diana surviving her paparazzi-induced car wreck and escaping to Egypt, where she became intertwined with another long-lost queen. So let's get this out of the way right now: Does Owen actually believe Princess Diana is aliv ... More >>
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September 14, 2011
Adam Bradley, co-writer of Common's memoir, says book addresses White House controversy
Common's memoir, One Day It'll All Make Sense, begins rather dramatically. The prologue reads: "When I was eighteen months old, my mother and I were kidnapped at gunpoint. My father held the gun. At least that's one side of the story." Common, with help from co-author Adam Bradley, a Univers ... More >>
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September 1, 2011
One Book, One Denver serves up the literary equivalent of a Happy Meal
Common's memoir, One Day It'll All Make Sense, begins rather dramatically. The prologue reads: "When I was eighteen months old, my mother and I were kidnapped at gunpoint. My father held the gun. At least that's one side of the story." Common, with help from co-author Adam Bradley, a Univers ... More >>
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July 14, 2011
Tayari Jones talks about Silver Sparrow
In Silver Sparrow, the latest book by novelist Tayari Jones, the story follows two girls growing up in Atlanta -- but there's a twist: Dana, who narrates the first half of the book, is the secret half-sister of Chaurisse, who narrates the second half of the book. The two girls share a father, ... More >>
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June 23, 2011
A Leap of Faith
In Silver Sparrow, the latest book by novelist Tayari Jones, the story follows two girls growing up in Atlanta -- but there's a twist: Dana, who narrates the first half of the book, is the secret half-sister of Chaurisse, who narrates the second half of the book. The two girls share a father, ... More >>
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June 14, 2011
Four coming-of-age comic books that would make great films
Films based on comic books can really suck. But every once in a while, the stars align and the movies manage to translate a graphic novel into a film that actually works on its own. Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World is one of those successes, an adaptation of Bryan Lee O'Malley's graphic novel seri ... More >>
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June 9, 2011
Comment of the day: "The three books are well written"
In case the Oprah Book Club and Barnes & Noble's reading recommendations weren't enough to get you to read generic best-sellers, the One Book, One Denver program is here to help: Once again, Arts and Venues Denver's nominations for the contest that determines what all Denver shall read ignore ... More >>
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May 29, 2011
Janelle Monae on Big Boi and what it takes to become an agent of change in the community
Janelle Monáe (due Sunday, May 29 at 1STBANK Center with Bruno Mars and Mayer Hawthorne), like Dorothy from The Wizard of Oz, grew up in Kansas, and like that character, Monáe left home to go on something of a fantastic journey. But instead of Oz, Monáe landed in Atlanta, Georgia, where she met u ... More >>
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May 26, 2011
John Sayles on his new novel, wars, history and research
John Sayles is best known as a cult-director and script doctor, but apparently all that time spent writing and directing his own movies isn't enough for him, as he's also an accomplished novelist. Sayles will be hanging out at the Tattered Cover on Colfax this weekend to answer all your quest ... More >>
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May 25, 2011
OMG, Guys: Lauren Conrad has a book club
It is true. Thanks to Lauren Conrad's tweet about her new fave dessert recipe "Blueberry Boy Bait," we were intrigued enough to take a jaunt over to Laurenconrad.com, where we discovered that she's starting a book club. And what's even better about this whole books n' LC thing? She's taking o ... More >>
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April 21, 2011
Behind the controversial Anthology of Rap, co-edited by CU hip-hop professor Adam Bradley
It is true. Thanks to Lauren Conrad's tweet about her new fave dessert recipe "Blueberry Boy Bait," we were intrigued enough to take a jaunt over to Laurenconrad.com, where we discovered that she's starting a book club. And what's even better about this whole books n' LC thing? She's taking o ... More >>
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April 12, 2011
David Foster Wallace's unfinished novel tops our new-release picks for April 12, 2011
If most authors leave an unfinished novel lying around, it doesn't really mean anything. It's usually unfinished because at best it's crap and at worst, unreadable. There have been exceptions: Kafka left behind The Castle, Chaucer left The Canterbury Tales unfinished, and Mark Twain's Mysteri ... More >>
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March 3, 2011
Author Benjamin Percy talks about genre, big box stores and more
Author Benjamin Percy has his feet in pretty much every pair of shoes on the writing track: he's a novelist, a short story writer and an essayist, he's worked on graphic novels and short films and he teaches on top of all that. Since he's in town tonight at St. Cajetan's Center, we took the o ... More >>
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February 24, 2011
Author Benjamin Hale on Braveheart, chimp sex and Kafka
We generally don't think much about who is narrating our stories, but in the case of Benjamin Hale's new novel, The Evolution of Bruno Littlemore, we have to. Mostly because the narrator is an ape. Hale, who grew up in and around Boulder but who currently lives in New York, will be in town to ... More >>
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February 10, 2011
Local author Brenna Yovanoff goths it up for Young Adult readers
Penguin Books, eager to eclipse Twilight with a new moon of its own, sharpened its stakes and rounded up five authors of hot new fantasy titles for Young Adult readers from its various imprints, unleashing them on the world for the Breathless Reads National Book Tour, which haunts the Tattere ... More >>
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December 27, 2010
Graphic.ly: Boulder-based start-up aims to become the iTunes of comic books
So present-unwrapping is over and you're freshly stocked up on new socks, kitchen utensils and copies of the soundtrack to Glee, but is there a tiny, immature part of you that's still hungering for something that's just pure fun? If so, Graphic.ly is your answer. The Boulder-based start-up is ... More >>
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November 23, 2010
Roosevelt and DC Comics top our new release picks for November 23, 2010
It seems like each holiday season is accented by a new, heavily researched American history novel. We'd venture a guess that it's because they sell well as Christmas presents, usually given to the mom or dad that simply "likes history." What else are you going to buy these folks, a time trave ... More >>
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November 11, 2010
Anarchy Revolution
It seems like each holiday season is accented by a new, heavily researched American history novel. We'd venture a guess that it's because they sell well as Christmas presents, usually given to the mom or dad that simply "likes history." What else are you going to buy these folks, a time trave ... More >>
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November 11, 2010
Time Bandit
It seems like each holiday season is accented by a new, heavily researched American history novel. We'd venture a guess that it's because they sell well as Christmas presents, usually given to the mom or dad that simply "likes history." What else are you going to buy these folks, a time trave ... More >>
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November 11, 2010
Steve Katz on mythology, memory and mining
Recently, there have been a slew of ill-advised memoirs from people far too young and inexperienced to share their stories with the world. Steve Katz doesn't have that problem. The 75-year-old Denver author started writing his memoir five years ago, and it has since become a collection of ove ... More >>
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November 4, 2010
Sixteen years after his death, not-so-famous novelist John Williams is finding his audience
Recently, there have been a slew of ill-advised memoirs from people far too young and inexperienced to share their stories with the world. Steve Katz doesn't have that problem. The 75-year-old Denver author started writing his memoir five years ago, and it has since become a collection of ove ... More >>
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October 28, 2010
Morning of Mourning
Recently, there have been a slew of ill-advised memoirs from people far too young and inexperienced to share their stories with the world. Steve Katz doesn't have that problem. The 75-year-old Denver author started writing his memoir five years ago, and it has since become a collection of ove ... More >>
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August 5, 2010
PICTURING THE HERMAPHRODITE
Recently, there have been a slew of ill-advised memoirs from people far too young and inexperienced to share their stories with the world. Steve Katz doesn't have that problem. The 75-year-old Denver author started writing his memoir five years ago, and it has since become a collection of ove ... More >>
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May 6, 2010
Sci-fi phenom Paolo Bacigalupi has seen the future -- and it's scary as hell
Recently, there have been a slew of ill-advised memoirs from people far too young and inexperienced to share their stories with the world. Steve Katz doesn't have that problem. The 75-year-old Denver author started writing his memoir five years ago, and it has since become a collection of ove ... More >>
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March 11, 2010
Writing the West
Recently, there have been a slew of ill-advised memoirs from people far too young and inexperienced to share their stories with the world. Steve Katz doesn't have that problem. The 75-year-old Denver author started writing his memoir five years ago, and it has since become a collection of ove ... More >>
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March 11, 2010
He Loves Rock and Roll
Recently, there have been a slew of ill-advised memoirs from people far too young and inexperienced to share their stories with the world. Steve Katz doesn't have that problem. The 75-year-old Denver author started writing his memoir five years ago, and it has since become a collection of ove ... More >>
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February 11, 2010
We Love You, Conrad
Recently, there have been a slew of ill-advised memoirs from people far too young and inexperienced to share their stories with the world. Steve Katz doesn't have that problem. The 75-year-old Denver author started writing his memoir five years ago, and it has since become a collection of ove ... More >>
Blogs
November 24, 2009
Ask The Critic: What's on your bookshelf?
I tore through Jonathan Safran Foer's book, Eating Animals, and then sat back and watched the weak-willed and easily influenced suddenly declare their vegetarian sovereignty with a blood-streaked smile on my face and a bloody rare cheeseburger in my hand. Novella Carpenter's Farm City was ... More >>
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August 13, 2009
Fantasy Camp
Lev Grossman conjures up a spellbinding book in The Magicians.
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January 29, 2009
Not-So-Secret Lives of Animals
Lev Grossman conjures up a spellbinding book in The Magicians.
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January 8, 2009
Guilty Pleasures
Lev Grossman conjures up a spellbinding book in The Magicians.
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December 18, 2008
Comics for a Cause
Marc Hughes has the heart of a super hero.
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September 4, 2008
Mozart and Evolution
Marc Hughes has the heart of a super hero.
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November 29, 2007
Shtetl on the Range
Marc Hughes has the heart of a super hero.
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August 2, 2007
Ghoul Trouble
Bound feet, ghosts and opera meet in a new novel.
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March 25, 2004
Best Place to Put It on Paper
Lighthouse Writers Workshop
People & Places
March 25, 2004
Best Thing to Come Out of the JOA
Denver Post Sunday comics
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March 27, 2003
Best Children's Tea
Harry Potter Meet & Greet
Oak & Berries Tearoom
Goods & Services
March 27, 2003
Best Used Books All the Time
Koelbel Public Library
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April 4, 2002
Best Amenity in a Hospice
Hospice of St. John
Calendar
March 29, 2001
Best Collection Dedicated to a Best-Selling Author
James A. Michener Special Collection
News
December 21, 2000
Off Limits
His word is born.
Best of Denver
June 29, 2000
Best community-theater production
Of Mice and Men
Best of Denver
June 29, 2000
Best PR campaign
John and Patsy Ramsey
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