Editing the collection of excerpts “Reading Colorado” gave Peter Anderson the chance to revisit familiar places and explore new ground.
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“Searching for Closure” moves across time and space with an ultimate eye toward…karma?
In “Searching for Closure,” author Iona Morrison melds elements of the supernatural with a present-day mystery unfolding in the Old West town of Tombstone.
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“Ordinary Magic” charts a father’s search for an elusive truth
Author Todd Fahnestock’s journey to discover “Ordinary Magic” began with imagination, wound through the trauma of his parents’ divorce and delivered him,with his teen son, to the Colorado Trail.
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In “Fragile Saints,” a family visit peels back layers of pain, loss and love
In Claire Ibarra’s novel “Fragile Saints,” dreams and memories mingle as a woman recounts a visit to her Peruvian family that triggers reflection and revelation.
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Colorado disability rights activist Wade Blank triggers a revolution
In “Colorado Phantasmagorias,” author Joan Jacobson imagines the state’s historical difference makers transported to the present day.
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For a boy seeking work during the Depression, “The Only Way Home” meant riding the rails
In Jeanette Minniti’s historical novel, “The Only Way Home,” a 15-year-old boy’s noble effort to provide for his widowed mother hits a snag in Georgia.
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SunLit Excerpt: In “Canyonlands Carnage,” river mishaps raise suspicion
Chuck gaped at the back of Clarence’s helmeted head. “What in God’s name are you saying?” “I mean, consider the odds,” Clarence yelled back at him. “You really think—?” Clarence nodded, his plastic helmet bobbing. “I do. The power—the force—of this first rapid made me realize I needed to say something.” Chuck grimaced and rowed […]
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SunLit Excerpt: “The Entrepreneur’s Weekly Nietzsche” offers philosophical view of business culture
Style “Culture is, before all things, the unity of artistic style, in every expression of the life of a people. Abundant knowledge and learning, however, are not essential to it, nor are they a sign of its existence; and, at a pinch, they might coexist much more harmoniously with the very opposite of culture— with […]
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SunLit Excerpt: “The Girl Who Dared to Defy” galvanized Denver’s domestic mutiny
Editor’s note: The following is a shorter version of the chapter that appears in the book. CHAPTER FOUR Fiery, Little Jane Street “The melodrama, ‘Woman Against Woman, or How the Mistress Lost the Maid’ is going full blast.” ― Frances Wayne, Denver Post, March 20, 1916 The two eggs lay side by side in a […]
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SunLit Excerpt: In “Magic and Misrule,” an impromptu job fair draws mostly inept hero candidates
Becky let Vola and Henri spend the night in front of the fire in the common room since she didn’t have any rooms to rent. In the morning, Vola set herself up at one of the tables at the back of Tea and Tap Room, and Becky kept her tea cup full throughout the day. […]