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Sept. 8, 2023: Laying the tracks for Front Range rail; Folsom at 100; A literary Colorado road trip

By Ryan Warner
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50min 28sec
READING COLORADO URSULA K. LE GUIN, BLACK CANYON PETER ANDERSON
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The view from Sunset Point at Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park. Author Ursula K. Le Guin was inspired by the dramatic gorge on the Western Slope, writing in her “City of Illusions” novel: “The City of Lords of Earth was built on the two rims of a canyon, a tremendous cleft through the mountains, narrow, fantastic, its black walls striped with green plunging terrifically down half a mile to the silver tinsel strip of a river in the shadowy depths.”

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Sept. 8, 2023: Laying the tracks for Front Range rail; Folsom at 100; A literary Colorado road trip

Voters may be asked to help fund a new passenger rail line along the Front Range next year. We answer listener questions about the proposal and what it entails. Then, Folsom Field marks 100 years as the CU Buffs' season kicks off Saturday. And your next road trip through Colorado could be a literary one!

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