Literature

Johnson’s ‘Land of Wolves’ an engrossing read

du1-i-syn As this tale opens in late April, Walt and his potty-mouthed deputy, Victoria Moretti, are in the Bighorn mountains…

November 9, 2019

Books

George Orwell New Mexico exhibit bares ‘doublespeak’ legacy

A poster promoting a cartoon version George Orwell’s novel “Animal Farm” is shown at an exhibit in Albuquerque celebrating the…

November 5, 2019

Books

Prince’s anticipated, posthumous memoir is ready for fans

Prince performs in concert in 1985. “Prince: The Beautiful Ones,” the memoir Prince started but didn’t finish before his 2016…

October 26, 2019

Books

Environmentalist Jack Loeffler headed to Durango to discuss new memoir

He also witnessed the detonation of an atomic bomb in 1957 in Nevada. “That was a pretty amazing thing. Actually,…

October 24, 2019

Books

Book World: Andrew Ridgeley reminisces about George Michael and the meteoric rise of Wham!

Wham!, George Michael & Me: A Memoirdu1-i-syn From 1982 to its final concert at Wembley Stadium in 1986, the high-spirited…

October 9, 2019

Books

Title, book cover announced for ‘The Hunger Games’ prequel

Suzanne Collins’ “The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes” is due out May 19. Scholastic announced the title Friday along with…

October 4, 2019

Books

Winfrey picks Ta-Nehisi Coates novel for her book club

This combination photo shows author Ta-Nehisi Coates at the The Gordon Parks Foundation Annual Awards Gala in New York on…

September 24, 2019

Books

Patti Smith looks back at a heartbreaking year

Year of the Monkeydu1-i-syn She appeared to, anyway. “I was simply unable to draw them out,” she wrote. Visibly nervous,…

September 19, 2019

Books

Dolores Public Library to host author talk

As part of the Four Corners/One Book community reading program, Dolores Public Library will host an author talk with Chuck…

September 17, 2019

Books

Author Chuck Greaves to discuss new book at Maria’s Bookshop

Courtesy of Maria’s Bookshopdu1-i-syn Addie Decker, a young woman who was born and raised in McElmo Canyon near Cortez, is…

September 7, 2019

Books

Marvel celebrates 80th anniversary with massive comic

A page is devoted to 1944 from “Marvel Comics No. 1000,” the publisher’s 80th anniversary issue. The issue goes on…

August 28, 2019

Books

Jury selected in N.C. defamation lawsuit against author Sparks

A trial is getting underway Wednesday in a lawsuit that accuses novelist Nicholas Sparks of defaming the former headmaster of…

August 14, 2019

Film

Story behind fake MAD magazine and TV Guide covers in ‘Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood’

LEFT: Tom Richmond’s TV Guide prop art for Quentin Tarantino’s “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.” RIGHT: Tom Richmond’s MAD…

August 10, 2019

Books

Nobel laureate Toni Morrison dead at 88

Author Toni Morrison, the Nobel Prize-winning author has died. Publisher Alfred A. Knopf says Morrison died Monday at Montefiore Medical…

August 6, 2019

Books

Encore! New ‘Angelina Ballerina’ books in the works

Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing announced Monday that a reissue of the original book, “Angelina Ballerina,” will come out this…

August 6, 2019

Books

Author: ‘I just sit down and let it roll’

Durangoan wants to take you on a road trip

July 26, 2019

Books

Oliver Stone writing memoir, scheduled for 2020

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt announced Monday that it had acquired a memoir by the Oscar-winning filmmaker. The book, currently untitled, is…

July 16, 2019

Books

Book World: The books to read to get you into the Fourth of July spirit

Franklindu1-i-syn So, what to read? You might try these books, all of which speak to the American experience during different…

July 3, 2019

Books

Review: Local author demystifies end of life

du1-i-syn In “What does it feel like to die?” (Kensington Publishing, June 2019), local author Jennie Dear targets a huge…

June 21, 2019

Books

Native American writer Joy Harjo is named U.S. Poet Laureate

The 68-year-old Native American writer first felt that restorative power during a difficult time early in her life. Harjodu1-i-syn “Poetry…

June 19, 2019

Community

Southwest writers and readers at Cortez Literary Festival

of Anne Hillerman fill library for opening night reception

June 14, 2019

Books

‘Moby-Dick’ fan sailed from Italy to Nantucket – ending 1,500 feet short

Things did not go according to plan. As the Falmouth Enterprise reported, Fabris was not the most experienced seaman. He…

June 11, 2019

Books

Blake Crouch’s new novel worth the ‘time’

will launch ‘Recursion’ next week at El Moro

June 8, 2019

Books

Tony Horwitz, ‘Confederates in the Attic’ author, dies at 60

Sarah Hutson, director of publicity at Penguin Press, said in an email that Horwitz died Monday of apparent cardiac arrest…

May 28, 2019