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A Colorado author sought to add context to the Gold King Mine disaster. What he found was unexpected.
"Piecing together the history of the Gold King Mine was especially interesting, because it hadn’t really been done before," Jonathan Thompson said
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The roots of the Gold King Mine disaster run deeper than the river it polluted
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SunLit excerpt: Financial advice that homes in the fear that one day you’ll need money and not have it
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SunLit interview: A Colorado investment adviser’s clients asked him what book he’d recommend. So he wrote it.
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Desire to fill void in young adult fiction led Colorado author to focus on characters of color in lighthearted plots
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Research for “Soul Food” led author to tales of African-Americans at work on White House cuisine
Adrian Miller found that while African American chefs cooked for every president, their stories remained largely untold
SunLit interview: Environmental crisis, devastating violent acts of a shared history propelled poet Camille Dungy
The CSU professor's collection "Trophic Cascade" explores "the overlap between the human world and the greater than human world"
SunLit excerpt: From a poet’s collection called “Trophic Cascade,” a work that touches on its major themes
SunLit excerpt: A life complicated by her mother’s mental illness led author on a complex journey
Joan C. Lieberman's autobiography has a unique point of view: the psychological concept of "Optimal Distance" defined her life with a sometimes homicidal mother with paranoid schizophrenia
SunLit interview: She finished her autobiography on her 75th birthday, thanks to her husband’s “bucket list”
Author Joan C. Lieberman tells the wrenching story of growing up with a mother who had paranoid schizophrenia. She couldn't bring herself to re-read her first draft describing the time her mother tried to kill her.
SunLit: Author drew inspiration for novel from dream flirtation, real-life bone cancer battle
It took 10 years, and a lot of "cry-typing," for Sara Jade Alan to bring her young adult fiction to life
SunLit: The awkward, wonderful, mortifying moment when a high school improv performance takes an unexpected turn
In "A Messy, Beautiful Life," improvisational comedy leads the book's protagonist into an embarrassing on-stage connection -- before a packed theater
Old West brothel worker searches for love, and a life worth living in Denver’s early days
In Randi Samuelson-Brown's historical novel, "The Beaten Territory," pretty, young Pearl struggles to find her place between a past that haunts her and the cold realities of her job
Author felt haunted by the forgotten history of Old West prostitutes and madams
In the excerpt of "The Beaten Territory," Randi Samuelson-Brown admires her character Pearl's persistence in seeking love in a loveless profession