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How Not to Build a (Colorado) Commune: Denver Author Writes From Experience

By Teague BohlenJune 16, 2025

Denver writer Jeff Richards’ new memoir recounts Colorado in the Summer of Love and the years that followed.

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Twentieth Lit Fest Brings Literary Light to Denver

By Teague BohlenJune 4, 2025

The Lighthouse Writers Workshop shines on with its twentieth event for writers and literary enthusiasts.

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Laura Leffler’s Tell Them You Lied Paints the Art Scene in 9/11 Era New York

By Teague BohlenMay 27, 2025

the Denver author explores the dark sides of friendship and the world of fine art.

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Tay-Tay Treatise: DU Professor Co-Writes Taylor Swift By the Book

By Teague BohlenMay 21, 2025

A DU Professor’s book sheds a liberal arts light on the Princess of Pop.

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The Smallest Book in Space: How One Denver Artist Is Making His Celestial Mark

By Lillian FugleiMay 13, 2025

“I keep finding myself out at night, just looking up at the moon and realizing I have this totally new relationship with it.”

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Travel to Trinidad for the West’s Largest Display of Louis L’Amour Book Cover Paintings

By Kyle WagnerMay 8, 2025

“They’re like episodes of Bonanza. When you read his books, you can kind of revisit this time period that so many people hold so dear.”

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Fort Collins Professor’s New Book Explores Sex and Hunger

By Teague BohlenMay 5, 2025

Fort Collins professor/poet Devon Fulford’s new collection looks at all the “beautiful and terrible ways” the two connect.

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Denver Students’ Poetry Anthology Revived for DPS STEAM Expo

By Teague BohlenApril 30, 2025

The collection debuts at the DPS STEAM Expo on May 3.

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Local Author Hillary Leftwich Launches Her New Collection, Saint Dymphna’s Playbook

By Teague BohlenApril 24, 2025

Saint Dymphna isn’t just the patron saint of mental illness. To Hillary Leftwich, she’s also the saint of protecting women.

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Kwame Spearman Opening a New Chapter With Denver Book Society

By Teague BohlenApril 3, 2025

“How do you get people out in the community again? How do you offer regular programming that people know will be available?”

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Robin Walter Debuts New Poetry Collection

By Teague BohlenApril 1, 2025

The CSU professor’s Little Mercy hit shelves April 1.

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Denver History Plays a Role in Erika T. Wurth’s New Book

By Teague BohlenMarch 20, 2025

The Brown Palace is the ghostly setting for the local author’s latest.

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Dream Books Thrift Bookstore Reopens After Renovations

By Teague BohlenMarch 17, 2025

The Denver-based thrifty book reseller benefits a number of good causes – and now, its retail space is open again.

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Tattered Cover Holding Sunrise on the Reaping Release Parties In and Around Denver

By Kristen FioreMarch 13, 2025

“It’s a way of finding your community and doing something fun after work hours on a Monday.”

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History Colorado Event Will Focus on Black Cowboys

By Kristen FioreMarch 11, 2025

“There were a lot of Black settlements in the West, and a lot of people don’t recognize it and don’t know that story.”

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The Bookies for Sale, Will Close in June If Buyer Isn’t Found by April 30

By Teague BohlenMarch 8, 2025

The beloved bookstore founded by Sue Lubeck is once again on the block.

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This Denver Paleontologist’s New Book Has Good Bones

By Jason HellerMarch 7, 2025

The Fossil Keeper’s Treasure is the debut children’s book by Dinosaur Ridge director Amy Atwater.

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Jon Bassoff’s New Novel is More of What He Does Best: Unsettle

By Teague BohlenMarch 6, 2025

“With everything going on right now, it feels like time we return to Orwell’s kind of writing.”

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The Saga of Charlie, the Tattered Cover Mannequin

By Jason HellerFebruary 10, 2025

In 1990, beloved Tattered customer Charlie Shugarts inspired the fiberglass mascot that still bears his name.

There’s No Mystery Why These Two Colorado Authors Teamed Up for Tattered Cover Event

By Teague BohlenJanuary 28, 2025

Carter Wilson and Barbara Nickless both have books hitting the shelves this week.

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Black & Read Moving to New Arvada Location

By Jason HellerJanuary 21, 2025

The massive paradise for fans of music, books and games is relocating to an even larger space.

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Erika Krouse on Save Me, Stranger, Her New Short-Story Collection

By Teague BohlenJanuary 20, 2025

“What do we owe each other?” the author asks. “That’s a question I don’t know the answer to, and the question I still can’t answer. But this collection of stories is all about that idea.”

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