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“Babies Don’t Make Small Talk” offers tips on parenting for introverts

by Julie Vick 2:15 AM MDT on May 21, 20234:34 PM MDT on May 15, 2023

In “Babies Don’t Make Small Talk,” author Julie Vick helps identify personality types that struggle with social situations of parenthood — and then adds comic relief.

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In “Again and Again,” scenes of nausea from a tragi-comic journey

by Juliet Wittman 2:15 AM MDT on May 7, 20232:42 PM MDT on May 2, 2023

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.

The cover of the book "Woman of Light"
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A chile festival, tea leaves and a colorful cast converge in “Woman of Light”

by Kali Fajardo-Anstine 2:15 AM MDT on Apr 16, 20233:24 PM MDT on Apr 19, 2023

This excerpt from Kali Fajardo-Anstine’s novel “Woman of Light” introduces protagonist Luz Lopez ;and her family in the vivid light of 1930s Denver.

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In “Trees and Other Witnesses,” a story connects healing traditions to new life

by Kathy Taylor 2:15 AM MST on Jan 22, 20235:03 PM MST on Jan 24, 2023

Kathy Taylor’s short story “Tree of the Little Hands” describes a couple carving out a life and a family — in the shadow of a tree.

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In “Dad,” an adult son deals with Alzheimer’s growing effects on his father — and family

by Bob Seay 2:15 AM MST on Jan 1, 202310:12 AM MST on Dec 29, 2022

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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In “Sister Liberty,” French refugees are taken in by a 19th-century American religious sect

by Gregory Hill 2:15 AM MST on Dec 18, 20225:29 PM MST on Dec 7, 2022

Author Gregory Hill’s novel “Sister Liberty” explores the bargain of belonging amid the strange and staid, 19th-century fictional town of Solemn, Indiana.

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“Striking Range” steers a murder investigation into chilling territory

by Margaret Mizushima 2:15 AM MST on Dec 4, 202210:01 AM MST on Dec 2, 2022

In “Striking Range,” the seventh Mattie Cobb mystery, author Margaret Mizushima launches a cold-case investigation that hits close to home for her protagonist.

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A prisoner in a dystopian world introduces “Rise of the Red Hand”

by Olivia Chadha 2:15 AM MST on Nov 27, 202210:28 AM MST on Nov 29, 2022

“Rise of the Red Hand,” the young adult novel by Olivia Chada, seeks to put the threats posed by climate change into a global context through science fiction/fantasy.

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“Tell It Slant” drew on creative nonfiction from incarcerated writers

by Brett Phillips 2:05 AM MDT on Oct 16, 20227:04 PM MDT on Oct 12, 2022

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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“Bless the Birds” chronicles a journey to the end of a partner’s life

by Susan J. Tweit 2:05 AM MDT on Oct 9, 202210:09 AM MDT on Oct 9, 2022

In this heart-wrenching excerpt, the author and her partner settle in for a working residency, knowing their time together has been cut short.

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