But it isn't the only literary treat to be informed by, or set in, or simply of Denver. In fact, it's not even our best piece of literature. Hell, it's not even our best piece of Beat literature. Check out our interactive map of literary Denver -- featuring Alan Ginsburg's Howl, my vote for awesomest Denver mention in prose -- and explore the wonders of narrative art that lessen, ever so slightly, our collective, square-state Napoleon complex. Word(s). -- Sean Cronin