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Kent Haruf

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    April 25, 2012

    Kent Haruf picks up his Stegner Award tonight at CU-Boulder

    Following in the footsteps of Wallace Stegner, the "Dean of Western Writers," takes a big pair of shoes. Though we don't know what size award-winning Colorado author Kent Haruf wears, we do know that his literary prowess is deserving of the Wallace Stegner Award, given annually by CU-Boulder's Cente ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 20, 2011

    Jenny Shank leads a literary tour of Denver

    Nina Goffi, Poets & Writers​Read it and reap! We've long lamented the lack of a strong literary history of Denver -- and now Jenny Shank, author of The Ringer, has provided one, just published on the Poets and Writers web site. "Colorado has often been a boom and bust state," she writes, "at ... More >>

  • Culture

    December 8, 2011

    Playwright Laura Eason does a terrific job with Tom Sawyer at the Denver Center

    Nina Goffi, Poets & Writers​Read it and reap! We've long lamented the lack of a strong literary history of Denver -- and now Jenny Shank, author of The Ringer, has provided one, just published on the Poets and Writers web site. "Colorado has often been a boom and bust state," she writes, "at ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 6, 2011

    One Book, One Denver goes to the dogs -- but why not take a bite of a Colorado book?

    ​When I equated the One Book, One Denver program with a McDonald's Happy Meal -- people-pleasing and easy to digest -- I didn't know that McDonald's had signed on to sponsor this year's celebration of reading, which will focus on The Art of Racing in the Rain. But hey, at least it's better th ... More >>

  • News

    September 1, 2011

    One Book, One Denver serves up the literary equivalent of a Happy Meal

    ​When I equated the One Book, One Denver program with a McDonald's Happy Meal -- people-pleasing and easy to digest -- I didn't know that McDonald's had signed on to sponsor this year's celebration of reading, which will focus on The Art of Racing in the Rain. But hey, at least it's better th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 15, 2011

    Closing the book on the next One Book, One Denver

    ​Today is the deadline to vote for the next pick in the One Book, One Denver program. Your options: Hotel at the Corner of Bitter and Sweet, The Art of Racing in the Rain, and The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks. Jef Otte wasn't thrilled by the choices, following in a long tradition of Westw ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 8, 2010

    Top five ways to improve One Book, One Denver -- and great Colorado authors to consider

    John Williams​For years this space has been the repository of staff rants about the weird selections made by the city's One Book, One Denver program -- most of which have little or nothing to do with Colorado and seem to be, at best, a nod toward oh-so-PC mediocrity. The worst offender may be ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 7, 2010

    Buffalo Bill: Scout, Showman, Visionary for One Book, One Denver

    ​For a city that embraces reading, Denver has never really embraced the One Book, One Denver program -- not even after last year's votingpalooza for the fifth edition, tied to a secret National Endowment for the Arts grant from the Big Read program, which resulted in the pick of To Kill a Moc ... More >>

  • Culture

    February 18, 2010

    Eventide adds a verse to the story that started with Plainsong

    ​For a city that embraces reading, Denver has never really embraced the One Book, One Denver program -- not even after last year's votingpalooza for the fifth edition, tied to a secret National Endowment for the Arts grant from the Big Read program, which resulted in the pick of To Kill a Moc ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 9, 2009

    Wake-Up Call: Paint the town read

    ​"Until I feared I would lose it, I never loved to read," Scout, the young tomboy narrator, confides in To Kill a Mockingbird. "One does not love breathing." Now, To Kill a Mockingbird has been called on to breathe new life into One Book, One Denver, the program that promotes reading by havin ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 24, 2009

    Barack Obama digs Denver author Kent Haruf

    Book 'em, Barack.​Hard to imagine the press minions who worked for the previous administration releasing a list of books George W. Bush planned to read on vacation -- probably because those liberal smartypants types would bring their overt prejudice to bear against titles such as The Pet Goat. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 24, 2009

    The Westword.com blog shortcut, August 24 edition

    Photo by Doug BeamBat For Lashes' Natasha Khan.​Lash-ing out. Today in Backbeat Online: • Over the Weekend: Bat for Lashes at the Bluebird Theater. • Over the Weekend: The Avett Brothers at the Ogden Theatre. • Over the Weekend: The Flaming Lips at Red Rocks. • Over the Weekend: Mos D ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 26, 2009

    Wake-Up Call: Boo!

    Read between the lines: The rationale behind the city's vote for the next One Book, One Denver selection became clear yesterday, when the Department of Cultural Affairs revealed that the city had received a $20,000 Big Read grant from the National Endowment for the Arts. That NEA program is desig ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 2, 2009

    Wake-Up Call: Throwing the book

    Here's the great thing about a book. Once you have it in your hands, it never goes offline. The Denver Office of Cultural Affairs hasn't been so lucky with the web site where the city's residents are invited to help choose the next One Book, One Denver selection. Voting allegedly started on June 1 ... More >>

  • News

    February 26, 2009

    Words of wisdom from Jack A. Weil

    Here's the great thing about a book. Once you have it in your hands, it never goes offline. The Denver Office of Cultural Affairs hasn't been so lucky with the web site where the city's residents are invited to help choose the next One Book, One Denver selection. Voting allegedly started on June 1 ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 9, 2008

    Read all about it: Hickenlooper to unveil 2008 One Book, One Denver

    Here's the great thing about a book. Once you have it in your hands, it never goes offline. The Denver Office of Cultural Affairs hasn't been so lucky with the web site where the city's residents are invited to help choose the next One Book, One Denver selection. Voting allegedly started on June 1 ... More >>

  • News

    February 21, 2008

    The View From Here

    Denver creatives sound off on what they'd like to see happen in Denver's arts scene in the next year.

  • Culture

    February 21, 2008

    Now Playing

    Capsule reviews of current shows.

  • Culture

    February 14, 2008

    Now Playing

    Capsule reviews of current shows

  • Culture

    February 7, 2008

    Plainsong

    The stage adaptation of Plainsong is almost as good as Kent Haruf’s book.

  • Calendar

    November 15, 2007

    The Plains Truth

    Kent Haruf's novel takes to the stage.

  • Calendar

    May 24, 2007

    From the Ranch

    Salida hosts an art party like no other.

  • Calendar

    February 8, 2007

    The Write Stuff

    The New Play Summit brings in fresh theater.

  • News

    January 4, 2007

    Paint the Town Read

    Jack Kerouac's back, and Denver's literary scene is on a scroll.

  • Calendar

    March 31, 2005

    Read Alert!

    Join Sandra Cisneros and the other Evil Companions.

  • News

    March 3, 2005

    Off Limits

    That's a Wrap

  • Calendar

    November 4, 2004

    Read On!

    Colorado Authors Day seeks to rev up reading in the state.

  • News

    June 24, 2004

    An Open Book

    Will everyone in Boulder please get on the same page?

  • Calendar

    May 20, 2004

    Tome, Tome on the Range

    Kent Haruf stakes out the literary turf of Colorado.

  • Calendar

    March 18, 2004

    Read On

    One Book, One Denver gets stoked

  • Calendar

    April 4, 2002

    Best Literary Homage

    Evil Companions Literary Award

  • Calendar

    September 28, 2000

    Sea of Grass

    Kent Haruf sets Plainsong on an island in the eastern Colorado's prairie ocean.

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