High school teacher Nathanial White’s first novel, “Conscious Designs,” addresses both philosophical and very personal issues through science fiction/fantasy.
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2023 Colorado Book Awards honor winners in 16 categories at Colorado Springs celebration
The 2023 Colorado Book Awards honored winners in 16 categories as authors, illustrators and editors took center stage at the historic Penrose House in Colorado Springs.
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From “Finding Querencia,” an essay on the author struggling with identity in middle school
From “Finding Querencia,” Harrison Candelaria Fletcher’s “Open Season” illustrates how he grappled with his New Mexican-Spanish and Scottish-French roots.
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“Tell It Slant” drew on creative nonfiction from incarcerated writers
The University of Denver’s Prison Arts Initiative worked across nine DOC facilities to produce the anthology “Tell It Slant,” a Colorado Book Awards finalist.
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SunLit Excerpt: “The Burn Patient” sends a young teen on an audition that feels all wrong
Author’s note: Alyssa, a very beautiful and talented 8th grade dance student, is heading to a music video audition she has been forbidden to attend. The audition was set up by a very kind, severely burned and disfigured patient at the Cedars-Sinai Burn Center where she volunteers. Alyssa feels that he “gets her” passion for […]
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SunLit Excerpt: In “Shadow Ridge,” a detective, a crime scene and a curious visitor collide
Chapter 1 Detective Jo Wyatt stood at the edge of the doorway of the converted garage and scanned the scene for threats. She’d have the chance to absorb the details later, but even at a glance, it was obvious the occupant of the chair in front of the flickering television wouldn’t benefit from her first-aid […]
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SunLit Interview: Andrew Altschul’s spark for “The Gringa” grew from his years in Peru
Andrew Altschul is the author of the novels “The Gringa,” “Deus Ex Machina” and “Lady Lazarus.” His short fiction and essays have appeared in Esquire, McSweeney’s, The Wall Street Journal, Ploughshares, Fence, One Story, and anthologies including Best American Nonrequired Reading, Best New American Voices, and O. Henry Prize Stories. He is a contributing editor at ZYZZYVA and directs the Creative Writing program at Colorado State University in […]
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In “Yanks Behind the Lines,” the author sheds light on a little-known WWI humanitarian effort
[From the Author’s Note] I think of history in fluid terms. To me, capturing one moment in time is like capturing one moment in the bend of a river. What does the bend really look like? It all depends on your perspective. The pebble on the submerged riverbed sees it differently than the reeds on […]
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SunLit interview: An inheritance of diaries and journals spurred a years-long pursuit of history
Jeffrey B. Miller has been a Denver-based writer, magazine editor, and independent historian for more than 40 years. He started six magazines (city, regional and national), was editor in chief of five in-flight magazines, spent 13 years as a freelance travel writer, and five years as the director of communications for AAA Colorado. He has […]
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In “Other People’s Pets,” an animal empath battles her bizarre upbringing
Winter 1999 Prologue One minute, La La joins a flock of geese, skating across the lake as they fly overhead, and the next, squeak, crack, she plunges into darkness. Her snowsuit inhales icy water and clings to her, weighing her down and threatening to pull her under. Though she tries to tread water, her skates […]