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
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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A chile festival, tea leaves and a colorful cast converge in “Woman of Light”
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
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
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
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
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”
“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
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
In this heart-wrenching excerpt, the author and her partner settle in for a working residency, knowing their time together has been cut short.