In Sean Eads’ novel “Confessions,” two men deal with both a suicide and a manuscript that may explain a life-changing incident from decades earlier.
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Old Firehouse Books has some September titles to fall for
For September, the staff at Old Firehouse Books in Fort Collins recommends a novel of queer life in Russia, a supernatural Western and a Japanese bestseller.
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“All the Flowers of the Mountain” sculpts a doctor’s confrontation with his past
In a Paris gallery, a man views sculpted scenes spanning his youth and a relationship found and lost in Christina Holbrook’s romance novel “All the Flowers of the Mountain.”
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In “Again and Again,” scenes of nausea from a tragi-comic journey
In “Again and Again,” Chloe, a terminal cancer patient in Juliet Wittman’s novel, wrestles with surreal impacts of treatment as well as her anger and loneliness.
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Kali Fajardo-Anstine yearned to tell stories reflecting her “woven ancestry”
Kali Fajardo says her novel “Woman of Light” leans on classic Western film and stands as a paean to her ancestors — and to Denver.
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A year abroad led to Claire Ibarra’s intimate connection to Peru, and the inspiration for a novel
Influenced by Peruvian literary tradition, Claire Ibarra, author of “Fragile Saints,” invoked magical realism and — unexpectedly — colonialism.
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In “Dad,” an adult son deals with Alzheimer’s growing effects on his father — and family
In “Dad,” a novel that draws from the author’s experience, a family wrestles with a parent prone to taking off across the country.
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Author Bob Seay notes his novel is largely autobiographical — including the 2 a.m. phone call
With “Dad,” author Bob Seay faced the challenge of relating Alzheimer’s devastating impacts with respect while acknowledging its toll on an entire family.
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SunLit Interview: Jodi Bowersox’s deep research on schizophrenia shaped one of her characters
Jodi Bowersox has been an actress, seamstress, designer, business owner, homeschool teacher, kid’s choir director and artist. Her romance novels span genres from faith fiction to suspense to time travel to sci fi with small town and big city settings. Several have won awards from the Colorado Book Awards, the Colorado Authors League, and the […]
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SunLit Interview: Over 20 years, Gregory SETH Harris grew his Kafkaesque short story into a novel
Gregory SETH Harris, best known as the performance poet SETH, is a fiction writer, poet, actor, musician and producer. He is the author of two books: “A Black Odyssey,” a poetic memoir intertwining his personal experiences as a Black poet in contemporary America with the journey of Homer’s Odysseus; and the recently published novel, “The […]