At The Colorado Sun, our journalism seeks to capture the issues and essence of what it means to be a Coloradan.
But through the words of local writers, fiction and non-fiction books also reveal essential truths about what it means to live and work here — at greater length and sometimes more artfully than we can express in our reportage.
Read some of The Sun’s award-winning journalism here.
Through a feature we call SunLit, we will present new excerpts from some of the best Colorado authors that not only spin engaging narratives but also illuminate who we are as a community. We offer these literary appetizers as part of our mission to reinforce that sense of community as well as to provide ways for readers to experience different points of view — and maybe discover a writer whose work resonates with them.
By partnering with Colorado Humanities & Center for the Book, SunLit each Friday will offer selections from that organization’s Colorado Book Award finalists and others for readers to sample — always for free. Those will be accompanied by a Q&A with the featured author to lend context and background to the selection, as well as its place in the writer’s larger catalog.
We hope that this is just the beginning for SunLit.
We’re starting with some basics, but as circumstances allow, we’d love to expand our offerings to showcase more of Colorado’s vibrant fiction and non-fiction writers before a statewide audience — whether through feature articles, reviews or other means.
So kick back, relax and give these Colorado-connected writers a read. Then let us hear your thoughts at SunLit@coloradosun.com.
— Kevin Simpson, Staff Writer
Read the latest SunLit features
- SunLit Excerpt: “The Entrepreneur’s Weekly Nietzsche” offers philosophical view of business culture
- Suggestions from the staff at Out West Books for your next great read
- SunLit Interview: For Dave Jilk and Brad Feld, philosophy mirrors business
- What the staff at Poor Richard’s Books suggests for your next great read
- SunLit Interview: In the tale of a union trailblazer, Jane Little Botkin found a story that still resonates
- SunLit Excerpt: “The Girl Who Dared to Defy” galvanized Denver’s domestic mutiny
- SunLit Interview: KM Merritt sought humor with heart for her heroes with disabilities
- What the staff at Old Firehouse Books suggests for your next great read
- SunLit Excerpt: In “Magic and Misrule,” an impromptu job fair draws mostly inept hero candidates
- What the staff at BookBar suggests for your next great read
- SunLit Interview: For Ellen Weir Casey, “Unstoppable” offered a chance to educate
- SunLit Excerpt: “Unstoppable” recounts historic journey of Colorado’s first IVF mom
- SunLit Interview: How a single line in a travel guide led EJ Levy to write “The Cape Doctor”
- SunLit Excerpt: An account of improbable cesarean success by “The Cape Doctor” introduces this historical novel
- Suggestions from the staff at Out West Books for your next great read
- What the staff at Poor Richard’s Books suggests for your next great read
- SunLit Interview: Jodi Bowersox’s deep research on schizophrenia shaped one of her characters
- SunLit Excerpt: In “Red Rabbit on the Run,” a woman with a strange story isn’t sure where to turn
- 2022 Colorado Book Award winners announced, including 5 (and counting) featured in SunLit
- SunLit Interview: To publish “The Reincarnationist Papers,” Eric Maikranz took an unusual route