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Riley Cowing

Riley Cowing has been writing with Westword since July 2016. She is originally from Kansas City and graduated from the journalism school at the University of Missouri-Columbia. She enjoys connecting with local artists, drinking all types of espresso and loves any excuse to watch The Devil Wears Prada.

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Andrea Gibson's New Poetry Collection Keeps Mortality in Mind

By Riley Cowing
Nov 9, 2021

Lightning struck the poet.
Mixing the Mic: Dyketopia Brings Queer Comedy to Denver

By Riley Cowing
Aug 25, 2021

Lee Robinson and Kate McLachlan are creating a queer comedy world of their own.
Denver Poet Franklin Cruz Writes at the Nexus of Art and Science

By Riley Cowing
Sep 11, 2018

Franklin Cruz refuses to choose between art and science.
Poet Megan Falley Is Speaking Every Truth

By Riley Cowing
Aug 29, 2018

Poet Megan Falley's forthcoming book of poetry, "Drive Here and Devastate Me," is full of love poems, something she doesn’t usually find herself writing about.
Slam Poet Toluwanimi Obiwole on Art and Public Health

By Riley Cowing
Jul 6, 2018

Toluwanimi Oluwafunmilayo Obiwole has learned to slow down after being nominated Denver Youth Poet Laureate and burning herself out.

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