Listen to Lighthouse Young Writers Program Co-Director Kimberly O'Connor read "Early Pleistocene Horses" from her debut book of poems, "White Lung," out now from Saturnalia Press. Read more about Kimberly and her work here: https://www.lighthousewriters.org/blog/staff-spotlight-qa-kimberly-oconnorBy Lighthouse Writers

You’ve got plans! So many different ideas and ambitious plans. How do you get your brain to move from poetry to prose, fiction to nonfiction, drama to social media posts? How do you have, you know—a life—in between? Listen to writers Elisa Gabbert, Peter Parnell, Khadijah Queen, and Erika T. Wurth discuss time management and planning, writing, and …

Listen to new faculty member Sarah Gerard read from her novel, "True Love." To learn more about Sarah, her book recommendations, and what courses she's teaching, visit The Lookout: https://www.lighthousewriters.org/blog/new-faculty-spotlight-book-sarah-gerardBy Lighthouse Writers

We’re living through dark times that require vigilance in the face of climate change, rampant poverty and homelessness, political strife, and so much more, so is art even necessary? How do we justify spending time making and consuming art when we should be at a protest or making money? What does art even do?On a rainy evening in June (in Denver, an…

Listen to new faculty member Traci Groff-Jones read from a new manuscript, "Ransom in the Captive." To learn more about Traci, her book recommendations, and what courses she's teaching, visit The Lookout: https://www.lighthousewriters.org/blog/new-faculty-spotlight-book-traci-groff-jonesBy Lighthouse Writers

Listen to new Lighthouse faculty member Alyse Knorr read some recent poems of hers. To learn more about Alyse, her recent book recommendations, and what courses she's teaching, visit The Lookout: https://www.lighthousewriters.org/blog/new-faculty-spotlight-book-alyse-knorrBy Lighthouse Writers

Listen to new Lighthouse faculty member Mathangi Subramanian read from her novel, "A People's History of Heaven." To learn more about Mathangi, her recent book recommendations, and what courses she's teaching, visit The Lookout: https://www.lighthousewriters.org/blog/new-faculty-spotlight-book-mathangi-subramanian…

Listen to 2020 Lit Fest Nonfiction Fellowship Runner-Up Ilse Josepha Lazaroms read a short excerpt from her memoir-in-progress, "Duets." Ilse also participated in a short Q&A, which you can read here: https://www.lighthousewriters.org/blog/qa-ilse-josepha-lazaromsBy Lighthouse Writers

Listen to Book Project graduate Theodore McCombs read his short piece, "Ora et Labora," a story he developed at a Lighthouse workshop with Emily Sinclair. To learn more about Theodore and the Book Project, visit The Lookout: https://www.lighthousewriters.org/blog/qa-book-project-grad-ted-mccombsBy Lighthouse Writers

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After some cool, rainy nights, the Visiting Authors Reading (week one) came with sunshine, laughs, and fine performances from Sheila Heti, Helen Macdonald, Donald Margulies, Melissa Febos, Ross Gay, and Rachel Cusk.By Lighthouse Writers

On Wednesday, November 6, this fall's Big Read program culminated in an on-stage reading and interview with Julia Alvarez and Kali Fajardo-Anstine for Inside the Writer's Studio, co-presented by the Newman Center for the Performing Arts. Preceded by a performance by Colorado Poet Laureate Bobby LeFebre, the two authors read from their award-winning…

Listen to Twanna LaTrice Hill read an excerpt from her memoir-in-progress, "Diamonds In Her Teeth."By Lighthouse Writers

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Listen to Tiffany Quay Tyson read from her latest novel, "The Past Is Never."By Lighthouse Writers

Hear Gay Porter DeNileon read an excerpt from her in-progress historical novel.By Lighthouse Writers

On September 21, Lighthouse welcomed back former Denver Poet Laureate and Beacon Award for Excellence in Teaching instructor Chris Ransick for a book release and homecoming celebration. Chris read from his latest collection of poems, "Mummer Prisoner Scavenger Thief," as well as from his numerous other books. Prior to the reading, we recorded a num…

On Friday, August 9, Lighthouse hosted acclaimed memoirists and novelists Michelle Tea (author of over a dozen books, including "Against Memoir") and Esmé Weijun Wang (author of "The Collected Schizophrenias") at the Ricketson Auditorium at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science for Inside the Writer's Studio. The two authors read from their award…

Lighthouse welcomed 2019 Fort Lyon resident writers Michael Fischer and Sarah Shotland for a reading and audience Q&A, where they read some of their own work, some Fort Lyon residents' work, and discussed the residency and their experiences. You can learn more about the Fort Lyon Writer-in-Residence program at lighthousewriters.org/fort-lyon.*Conte…

On a stormy afternoon under the Lit Fest tent, we recorded Veterans Writing Award Special Mention Ryan Lanham and Veterans Writing Award winner Nathaniel Blaesing read short selections of their work.Ryan read Clearing Instructions for the M-4 Series Weapon. Nathaniel read a piece called Afterword and a short piece titled Building A Nest.Read more a…

On March 19, we hosted Kevin Young, author of "Bunk: The Rise of Hoaxes, Humbug, Plagiarists, Phonies, Post-Facts," at the Mary Harris Auditorium at Rocky Mountain School of Art + Design for Inside the Writer's Studio. Young read from his work and then joined journalist Tina Griego on stage for a conversation about the intersection of fact, fiction…

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On July 28, we hosted Carmen Maria Machado, author of Her Body and Other Parties, at the Holiday Theater at Highlands Church for Inside the Writer's Studio. The Shirley Jackson Award-winning author read from her work and then joined Alexander Lumans on stage for a conversation about writing, followed by an audience Q&A.…

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