“Denver’s a deliciously unpretentious place in which to engage in art making,” said Lighthouse Writers program director Andrea Dupree.
The customer at the counter of West Side Books in North Denver was trading thoughts with Terry, the ponytailed, bespectacled, thoughtful employee at the register.“On the Road,” Terry answered, then added, “It’s probably easiest.” Somehow that sounded like the kind of understatedly perfect advice one so often receives at an independent bookstore.
The best arts ecosystems are both rooted and itinerant: locals stick around but also head out into the world even as folks come and decide to stay awhile. Kathryn Eastman, founding editor of the newly launched site the Rocky Mountain Reader, recalled recognizing something familiar in “Hum,” the well-reviewed, latest novel by Helen Phillips, who grew up in Colorado but currently lives in Brooklyn.
“Denver’s a deliciously unpretentious place in which to engage in art making,” said Lighthouse’s program director Andrea Dupree, who co-founded the organization in 1997 with Michael Henry. “There’s something that feels both lower stakes and higher touch about the mountain West to many of us, especially if we’ve experienced other ecosystems.”Anna Qu in conversation with Roxane Gay at Illumination 2023. Qu will be in conversation with Cheryl Strayed next week.
Tickets for the gala are selling briskly; tickets for a streaming version of an event featuring Strayed the next night are also available. Lighthouse Writers Workshop. 3844 York Street. lighthousewriters.org.A keynote to remember: Authors Nate Marshall and K-Ming Chang with One World senior editor Nicole Counts at Margins in 2023.
Margins Book Festival, Sept. 21-22 at Su Teatro, Center for Visual Arts and other locations along the Santa Fe Arts District corridor. Admission is free, although passes are encouraged.was cool, quiet, oasis-like. How apt. After all, this feminist, queer-owned haven in the Santa Fe Arts District sells a selection of smartly curated books, as well as flowers and plants. It also offers respite for the weary writer with its Writers Corner, and workshops galore.
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