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The Conundrum | Vol 1.1
We are thrilled to introduce The Conundrum, a biannual collection of some of the finest fiction, creative non-fiction, and poetry from the American Literary West. It is our gift to you! Share it. Talk...
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Red Canyon Falling on Churches
Click here to purchase. by Juliana Aragón Fatula Fatula uses a combination of nature, spirituality, myth, and ritual in this magical collection of poems. With no-holds-barred honesty, she shares her...
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Lost Songs & Last Chances
Click here to purchase. by Chris Ransick This collection from Denver’s former poet laureate pulses with surprising turns and playful language. The book’s complex weave of individual, highly readable...
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The Year the Eggs Cracked
Click here to purchase. by J Diego Frey Like a blindfolded fool who stands on a street corner giving out free hugs, this poetry collection has many oddly shaped gifts to offer. Maybe you’ll come away...
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Thin Blue Smoke: A Novel About Music, Food, and Love
Click here to purchase. by Doug Worgul LaVerne Williams is a ruined ex-big league ballplayer and ex-felon with an attitude problem and a barbecue joint to run. Ferguson Glen is an Episcopal priest and...
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First Church of the Higher Elevations: Mountains, Prayer and Presence
Purchase a copy here. by Peter Anderson In these contemplative essays written for seekers and adventurers, Peter Anderson explores the scripture of place, the topography of memory, and the landscape of...
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Doug Worgul: Writing the Conundrum
Doug Worgul – novelist, journalist, and barbeque connoisseur – tells us all about his inspirations and his love of beautiful writing and shares his excitement at giving his book “an honest shot at...
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On June 1st, author Peter Anderson released First Church of the Higher Elevations with Conundrum Press and before the upcoming academic year will be driving cross country to Phillips Exeter...
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The Antichrist of Kokomo County
A Novel by David Skinner Available October 2015 (actual street date November 9, 2015) Click here to preorder. WHAT IF YOUR SON WERE THE ANTICHRIST? Frankie Horvath is not happy. He’s almost forty. He’s...
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The Western Lonesome Society
Now available everywhere fine books are sold! IndieBound Tattered Cover Bookstore Powells City of Books Amazon Read a sample chapter here. Evoking the Western drama of Cormac McCarthy, the family...
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Reading Annie Proulx’s Wyoming Stories…Seventeen Years Later
Annie Proulx is perhaps most famous for her 1997 short story, Brokeback Mountain, made into the Oscar-winning 2005 film of the same name. What many people don’t remember is that it is embedded in a...
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Women Write the Rockies Presents “The Waves: A Feminist Retrospective”
Two Conundrum Press authors will take part in a poetry and fiction reading—“The Waves: A Feminist Retrospective”—presented by Women Write the Rockies today at Wolverine Farm Letterpress and Publick...
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Women Write The Rockies and Beyond Presents “A Celebration of International...
Women Write the Rockies and Arapahoe Community College’s Writers Studio will celebrate International Women’s Day with a poetry and fiction reading focusing on cultural identity and social awareness on...
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Islanders by Teow Lim Goh
Between 1910 and 1940, Chinese immigrants to America were detained at the Angel Island Immigration Station in the San Francisco Bay. As they waited for weeks and months to know if they could land, some...
View ArticleLetters From a Stranger
James Tipton is the world’s preeminent surrealist beekeeper. At his home on a high mesa near Grand Junction, Colorado, he bottles 10,000 pounds of honey each year, and writes poetry in the tradition of...
View ArticleWake Up, Sleepwalker
“This is a brilliant, wonderful book with provocative insights on every page and new language for the heady, raw experience of being alive. Sigman Byrd is more than accomplished. He is simply splendid,...
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Red Canyon Falling on Churches
Fatula uses a combination of nature, spirituality, myth, and ritual in this magical collection of poems. With no-holds-barred honesty, she shares her experiences of trying to escape the bonds of race...
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Lost Songs & Last Chances
This collection from Denver’s former poet laureate pulses with surprising turns and playful language. The book’s complex weave of individual, highly readable pieces collected into suites presents an...
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The Year the Eggs Cracked
Like a blindfolded fool who stands on a street corner giving out free hugs, this poetry collection has many oddly shaped gifts to offer. Maybe you’ll come away with a feeling of affection, maybe with...
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Thin Blue Smoke: A Novel About Music, Food, and Love
LaVerne Williams is a ruined ex-big league ballplayer and ex-felon with an attitude problem and a barbecue joint to run. Ferguson Glen is an Episcopal priest and fading literary star with a drinking...
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