Boulder Poet Andrea Gibson Writes Through Love And War In 'Lord Of The Butterflies'
Andrea Gibson faces rage, white privilege, relationships and more in their latest book.
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Colorado Has A New ‘Poet Lariat’ Who Can Wrangle Words As Well As Cattle
Read moreTerry Nash is an award-winning cowboy poet who draws from his own experience as a rancher on the Western Slope.
Stories On Stage And Buntport Theater Want To Start ‘A Typewriter Revolution’
Read moreThe show features poems and prose written on, for and about typewriters. The public can participate by typing up their own work on an antiquated mechanical contraption.
In The Poem 'Always Somewhere,' An Ode To Snow-Capped Rocky Mountains
Read moreColorado Matters' resident poet David Rothman penned this ode to the mountains in winter.
As The Midterm Elections Hit A Feverish High, One Poet Writes, 'Enough'
Read morePoet David Rothman calls for "a better way to live" and "more conversations."
For Deadhead Denver Poet Bob Cooperman, The Music Never Stopped
Read moreBob Cooperman grew up seeing the Dead perform in his home town, New York City, in the late 1960s.
Denver Poet Gives Voice To Enslaved Black Woman Who Endured Medical Experiments
Read moreDominique Christina wrote poems from both the perspective of Anarcha and from the white doctor who experimented on her, Dr. J. Marion Sims.
Read An Ode To The Stunning I-70 Stretch Through Glenwood Canyon
Read moreColorado poet Jovan Mays penned a poem to Glenwood Canyon as part of the Wild I-70 audio tour.
The Trauma Of The Vietnam War, And A Brother's Suicide, In Poetry
Read moreVietnamese American poet Diana Khoi Nguyen’s parents fled Vietnam. She reads from her new book of poetry, “Ghost Of.”
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Gender Is Evolving For Boulder Poet Andrea Gibson
Read moreAndrea Gibson explains why thinking about gender used to be painful, but now it’s become celebratory and why pronouns make a difference.
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