http://www.examiner.com/x-8359-Denver-Books-Examiner?cid=exrss-Denver-Books-Examiner en-us Mon, 23 Nov 2009 15:23:41 -0700 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:17:56 -0700 BlogCFC http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://www.examiner.com/x-8359-Denver-Books-Examiner~y2009m11d20-Journey-to-the-End-of-Islam?cid=exrss-Denver-Books-Examiner Michael Muhammad Knight made copies of his first novel, The Taqwacores, available free online before its acceptance and publication by by Soft Skull in 2004, with the result that a scene just like the fictional one he'd described came into exi... Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:17:56 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-8359-Denver-Books-Examiner~y2009m11d20-Journey-to-the-End-of-Islam?cid=exrss-Denver-Books-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-8359-Denver-Books-Examiner~y2009m11d11-A-message-from-John-Porcellino?cid=exrss-Denver-Books-Examiner Hi everyone, I'm back from my grueling six week tour of the Northeast and Midwest-- but I still have a bunch of dates coming up here in the Denver area. These will be slide shows based on the new D+Q collection Map of My Heart, with talks... Wed, 11 Nov 2009 08:20:28 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-8359-Denver-Books-Examiner~y2009m11d11-A-message-from-John-Porcellino?cid=exrss-Denver-Books-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-8359-Denver-Books-Examiner~y2009m11d5-Not-too-late-for-fright?cid=exrss-Denver-Books-Examiner Amy Grech has sold stories and poems to magazines and anthologies including: Apex Digest, Fear on Demand, Funeral Party 2, Inhuman Magazine, The Book of Dark Wisdom, The Flash Fiction Offensive, The Horror Express, Her latest release, Bla... Thu, 05 Nov 2009 12:49:44 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-8359-Denver-Books-Examiner~y2009m11d5-Not-too-late-for-fright?cid=exrss-Denver-Books-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-8359-Denver-Books-Examiner~y2009m11d5-Vato-Maldito-a-Denver-crime-gem?cid=exrss-Denver-Books-Examiner In addition to publishing his autobiographical novel Hawaii Punk and hosting the D.I.Y. blog Disfunktopia, DIY stalwart Raoul Vehill has edited his uncle, Denver career criminal John “Bubbles” Gallegos’s autobiography Vato Maldit... Thu, 05 Nov 2009 11:21:50 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-8359-Denver-Books-Examiner~y2009m11d5-Vato-Maldito-a-Denver-crime-gem?cid=exrss-Denver-Books-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-8359-Denver-Books-Examiner~y2009m11d1-Silly-Daddy-Hits-500-Webcomic-Milestone-Five-Reasons-Why-You-Should-Care?cid=exrss-Denver-Books-Examiner I became aware of graphic artist Joe Chiappetta or “Joey Chips” when I attended the one year anniversary of Kilgore Books in Denver, where I saw a presentation by Denver artist John Porcellino, originator of King Cat, and purchased a c... Sun, 01 Nov 2009 14:58:39 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-8359-Denver-Books-Examiner~y2009m11d1-Silly-Daddy-Hits-500-Webcomic-Milestone-Five-Reasons-Why-You-Should-Care?cid=exrss-Denver-Books-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-8359-Denver-Books-Examiner~y2009m10d22-Grim-and-uplifting-at-once?cid=exrss-Denver-Books-Examiner Jeremy Shipp’s Cursed (Raw Dog Screaming Press) is masterfully different from the norm, full of likeable eccentrics, and plays with form and convention. The prose is sharp and sweet, and this 214-page novel reads fast. The plot concerns... Thu, 22 Oct 2009 10:23:14 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-8359-Denver-Books-Examiner~y2009m10d22-Grim-and-uplifting-at-once?cid=exrss-Denver-Books-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-8359-Denver-Books-Examiner~y2009m10d21-D-Harlan-Wilsons-Dr-Identity?cid=exrss-Denver-Books-Examiner D. Harlan Wilson is best known for his short stories. His novel, Dr. Identity (Raw Dog Screaming Press). winner of the Wonderland Book Award, which he calls a “pulp science fiction novel,” is a deliberately absurdist look at a sickenin... Wed, 21 Oct 2009 12:53:10 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-8359-Denver-Books-Examiner~y2009m10d21-D-Harlan-Wilsons-Dr-Identity?cid=exrss-Denver-Books-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-8359-Denver-Books-Examiner~y2009m10d18-Detective-novelist-visits-Tattered-Cover?cid=exrss-Denver-Books-Examiner Self-described "detective novelist" Stephanie Barron's novel The White Garden re-imagines the time between Virginia Woolf's presumed suicide in 1941 and the discovery of her body weeks later. Woolf was a member of the Bloomsbury ... Sun, 18 Oct 2009 13:00:12 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-8359-Denver-Books-Examiner~y2009m10d18-Detective-novelist-visits-Tattered-Cover?cid=exrss-Denver-Books-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-8359-Denver-Books-Examiner~y2009m10d17-Bluebirds-from-the-belly-of-a-beast?cid=exrss-Denver-Books-Examiner Vesna Maric left hte war-torn region of  Bosnia-Herzegovina as a teenager aboard a convoy of refugees, and went from the belly of the beast to comparatively comfortable outsider status in London, where she studied Czech Literature and current... Sat, 17 Oct 2009 14:46:03 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-8359-Denver-Books-Examiner~y2009m10d17-Bluebirds-from-the-belly-of-a-beast?cid=exrss-Denver-Books-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-8359-Denver-Books-Examiner~y2009m10d15-Jon-Cones-luminous-surgery?cid=exrss-Denver-Books-Examiner Family Portrait With two Dogs Bleeding by Jon Cone (Phrygian Press, 2009) is an independently published collection of excellent poems by the author, at once reminiscent of the crystal lucidity of a Gerald Locklin, the sharp, sweet lines of Charles ... Thu, 15 Oct 2009 13:46:39 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-8359-Denver-Books-Examiner~y2009m10d15-Jon-Cones-luminous-surgery?cid=exrss-Denver-Books-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-8359-Denver-Books-Examiner~y2009m10d14-From-Dan-Stafford-and-Luke-Janes-of-Kilgore-Books-and-Comics?cid=exrss-Denver-Books-Examiner Hey all ---I wanted to let y'all know about a pretty cool event we've got going on tomorrow -- David Daniels, poet, performer, former Denver nativite, and founder of the Reggae Theater Ensemble will be doing a reading at Kilgore Books tomorrow (Thur... Wed, 14 Oct 2009 19:03:06 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-8359-Denver-Books-Examiner~y2009m10d14-From-Dan-Stafford-and-Luke-Janes-of-Kilgore-Books-and-Comics?cid=exrss-Denver-Books-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-8359-Denver-Books-Examiner~y2009m10d14-What-we-as-a-people-need-to-learn-to-survive-as-a-people?cid=exrss-Denver-Books-Examiner   New Mexican author Martin Prechtel’s The Toe Bone and the Tooth combines the autobiographical account of his efforts to escape from Guatemala during that country’s civil war in the 1980s with an ancient Mayan myth, demonstrating i... Wed, 14 Oct 2009 18:18:09 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-8359-Denver-Books-Examiner~y2009m10d14-What-we-as-a-people-need-to-learn-to-survive-as-a-people?cid=exrss-Denver-Books-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-8359-Denver-Books-Examiner~y2009m10d12-Nancy-Manys-My-Billion-Year-Contract-behind-Scientologys-veil?cid=exrss-Denver-Books-Examiner Scientology is a body of beliefs and related practices created by science fiction writer and fleeting Aleister Crowley subordinate L. Ron Hubbard (1911–1986) founded in 1952 as a successor to his earlier self-help system, Dianetics. Hubbard ch... Mon, 12 Oct 2009 19:22:15 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-8359-Denver-Books-Examiner~y2009m10d12-Nancy-Manys-My-Billion-Year-Contract-behind-Scientologys-veil?cid=exrss-Denver-Books-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-8359-Denver-Books-Examiner~y2009m10d10-Boycott-Stolen-Dreams-of-the-1980-Moscow-Olympic-Games?cid=exrss-Denver-Books-Examiner Tom and Jerry Caraccioli’s Boycott: Stolen Dreams of the 1980 Olympic Games (New Chapter Press) is a history of the athletes who lost their opportunity to compete in the 1980 Moscow Olympics, when President Carter chose to withdraw in protest ... Sat, 10 Oct 2009 18:29:15 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-8359-Denver-Books-Examiner~y2009m10d10-Boycott-Stolen-Dreams-of-the-1980-Moscow-Olympic-Games?cid=exrss-Denver-Books-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-8359-Denver-Books-Examiner~y2009m10d8-A-young-woman-in-the-modern-world?cid=exrss-Denver-Books-Examiner Kathleen Rooney’s first book about the effects of Oprah’s Book Club on American reading habits was followed by Live Nude Girl, her meditation on life as a professional artist’s model and examination of personal memoir. In her ... Thu, 08 Oct 2009 11:33:29 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-8359-Denver-Books-Examiner~y2009m10d8-A-young-woman-in-the-modern-world?cid=exrss-Denver-Books-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-8359-Denver-Books-Examiner~y2009m10d5-Jesus-Coyote-by-Harold-Jaffe?cid=exrss-Denver-Books-Examiner Harold Jaffe writes “docufiction,” a combination of fiction and documentary. In Jesus Coyote (Raw Dog Screaming, 2008) he appropriates the mythos of the Manson Family, renaming several major players in the tragedy and compiling their imag... Mon, 05 Oct 2009 21:59:23 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-8359-Denver-Books-Examiner~y2009m10d5-Jesus-Coyote-by-Harold-Jaffe?cid=exrss-Denver-Books-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-8359-Denver-Books-Examiner~y2009m9d30-Multiple-forms-after-death-and-coldpac-dreams?cid=exrss-Denver-Books-Examiner Philip K. Dick successfully uses a comic voice in relating Ubik’s tale of the potentially fatal disconnect between human perception and what there is. The relationship between Glenn Runciter, owner of a “prudence” organization... Wed, 30 Sep 2009 15:18:02 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-8359-Denver-Books-Examiner~y2009m9d30-Multiple-forms-after-death-and-coldpac-dreams?cid=exrss-Denver-Books-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-8359-Denver-Books-Examiner~y2009m9d29-Hunter-S-Thompsons-The-Rum-Diary?cid=exrss-Denver-Books-Examiner   Hunter S. Thompson (1937-2005) was the acknowledged founder of “gonzo journalism,” a brand of innovative freestyle reportage appearing in the sixties. He is known among other things for his intense and ill fated relationship with... Tue, 29 Sep 2009 17:31:13 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-8359-Denver-Books-Examiner~y2009m9d29-Hunter-S-Thompsons-The-Rum-Diary?cid=exrss-Denver-Books-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-8359-Denver-Books-Examiner~y2009m9d28-Mailman-A-Novel?cid=exrss-Denver-Books-Examiner While J. Robert Lennon’s style of writing is clearly his own, his Mailman: A Novel is the clear successor to Charles Bukowski’s fictional memoir, Post Office, published in 1971, in novelizing the taxing mental and emotional effect of thi... Mon, 28 Sep 2009 16:38:47 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-8359-Denver-Books-Examiner~y2009m9d28-Mailman-A-Novel?cid=exrss-Denver-Books-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-8359-Denver-Books-Examiner~y2009m9d28-Timetravel-drugs-plus-love-Philip-K-Dicks-Now-Wait-For-Last-year?cid=exrss-Denver-Books-Examiner   Philip K. Dick (1928-1982) is famed, among other things, for his consideration of Deist theology, one where material creation has been abandoned or betrayed by its creator, who may well be insane, and his application of that heretical notion ... Mon, 28 Sep 2009 13:06:01 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-8359-Denver-Books-Examiner~y2009m9d28-Timetravel-drugs-plus-love-Philip-K-Dicks-Now-Wait-For-Last-year?cid=exrss-Denver-Books-Examiner