We think we have the manual for ourselves memorized and in our back pockets. Two years ago, I would have recited the following about myself: I am not a runner because: a. I get bored after a couple miles, and …
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4 Events, 7 New Books for your Little Readers’ Bookshelves this April
Spring is for sprucing up your your little book worm’s reading list and BookBar has a line-up of April author events to help! Add these five excellent titles to your family’s collection. 1. Saturday, April 7 at 2 p.m. for …
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Beers and BookBar
They say Colorado loves its beer. This shouldn’t surprise anyone living around here, but it’s pretty interesting when you start to measure the depth of that “love”. You might be surprised to learn that Colorado actually ranks (according to the …
Happy Women’s Month, Fellas! 5 Recommendations for your ‘2018 Feminist Book Club for Men’
Recently, I overheard a man talking with two of my female friends. I watched as their typical politically-charged repartee turned to post-Weinstein wave of sexual harassment allegations. The man jested, saying that the women making all these accusations are probably …
Black History Month Colorado Author Series: Monique Antonette Lewis
We’re recognizing some of Colorado’s best black authors this month, so keep an eye out for more going forward. Monique Antonette Lewis, essayist, fiction writer, editor and journalist, is the founder of At The Inkwell, a multi-city literary reading series …
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The King Was Pregnant: Celebrating Ursula K. Le Guin’s Influence on Gender in Science Fiction
Sci-fi author Ursula Le Guin died at age 88 on Monday, she was a pioneer of genre, particularly when it came to representing alternative gender roles. Her novel The Left Hand of Darkness, published in 1969, is considered to be …
13 BookBar Staff picks from 2017
2017 may be over, but your reading list from the year sure isn’t, and don’t even try to pretend like it is. This was a year packed with essentials, and the list of favorites around here is overflowing, so we …
