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Ellen Conford, popular children’s author, dead at 73

NEW YORK – Ellen Conford, an award-winning children’s writer whose comic tales about everything from the travails of high school to a girl’s summer camp crush made her a favorite for at leas...

DATE: Mar 23, 2015 | CATEGORY: Books

Biography sheds light on first lady’s Chicago years

A new book about Michelle Obama reveals little-known details about the first lady and more fully outlines the ways her relationship with her husband shaped both their lives. In th...

DATE: Mar 23, 2015 | CATEGORY: Books

Rare Tennessee Williams story published for first time

NEW YORK – As she takes in the despair of her in-laws’ one-room apartment in “A Streetcar Named Desire,” Blanche Dubois exclaims: “Only Poe! Only Mr. Edgar Allan Poe could do it justice!” ...

DATE: Mar 23, 2015 | CATEGORY: Books

Local author’s first novel paints colorful tale

Bayfield resident Stew Mosberg has penned his first novel, In the Shadows of Canyon Road. This tale is set in the rarified air of the Santa Fe art world, specifically in the storied art dist...

DATE: Mar 16, 2015 | CATEGORY: Books

Holocaust survivor in Denver preserves memories in book

DENVER – As she approached her 80th year, Holocaust survivor Paula Burger became determined to ensure her generation’s memories lived on. Burger had told her story time and again over the ye...

DATE: Mar 5, 2015 | CATEGORY: Books

Searching for peace during painful loss

Memoir tells story of suicide and brotherly love

DATE: Feb 15, 2015 | CATEGORY: Books

Alec Baldwin memoir to be published in fall 2016

NEW YORK – Alec Baldwin is writing a memoir, and, yes, it will be candid. The award-winning actor has a deal with Harper for Nevertheless, scheduled for the fall of 2016. Harper, ...

DATE: Jan 22, 2015 | CATEGORY: Books

Novelist Robert Stone, known for Dog Soldiers dies at 77

NEW YORK – Robert Stone, the award-winning novelist who spun out tales worldwide of seekers, frauds and other misbegotten American dreamers in such works as A Flag for Sunrise and Dog Soldie...

DATE: Jan 12, 2015 | CATEGORY: Books

The funny and fragile times of Bob Hope

Book traces life of extraordinary entertainer

DATE: Jan 5, 2015 | CATEGORY: Books

Historical fiction at its finest

A Terrible Unrest brings reader to Colorado’s Ludlow Massacre

DATE: Jan 5, 2015 | CATEGORY: Books

South Africa’s high crime rate inspires novelist

JOHANNESBURG – Novelist Angela Makholwa’s fascination with South Africa’s violent crime has made her one of the country’s most popular writers. Using sharply drawn characters and ...

DATE: Dec 22, 2014 | CATEGORY: Books

Drama leaps off the page and into the news

Amazon-Hachette feud dominated book news this year

DATE: Dec 21, 2014 | CATEGORY: Books

Photos: Thousands take to the streets for ‘No Kings’ march and rally in Durango

Photos: Navajo Trail OpenFriday was the first day of the Navajo Trail Open at Hillcrest Golf Club

Friday was the first day of the Navajo Trail Open at Hillcrest Golf Club

Photos: Durango Fire Protection District opens Station 2

Photos: Hundreds gather to honor fallen Bloomfield Police officer Timothy OntiverosA solemn procession stretched for blocks Monday morning along West Apache Street in Farmington – a display of unity, grief and honor for Bloomfield Police Officer Timothy Ontiveros, 32.About 7 a.m., a large contingent of law enforcement, motorcyclists, friends and grieving family prepared to embark on the motorcade to the 9 a.m. service at the Bloomfield High School football stadium to celebrate the life of the officer.