Rocky Mountain Reader
I’m excited to announce that I’ll be reviewing books for Rocky Mountain Reader, a new publication that highlights the vast and varied literary landscape of Colorado.
Join us each week by logging on to www.rockymountainreader.org; by subscribing to our weekly newsletter that will provide direct links to all new content; and by donating to our nonprofit in support of our operating costs and mission. Here’s an additional note from our publisher:
As traditional media has evolved over the last decades, so has coverage of literary arts, disappearing from many newspapers and fragmenting into spot coverage on thousands of specialized, narrowly focused websites. At the same time, organized efforts to censor books in libraries and schools have become familiar news. We hope to provide a centralized literary hub representing a broad range of literary efforts—whether by organizations, libraries, independent bookstores, publishers or individual authors—that will raise awareness among general readers of the essential human urge to exchange ideas, immerse oneself in unknown lives and worlds and enjoy the limitless life of the mind through books.
We’ll publish five stories each week, 44 weeks per year, covering new and recently released books by Colorado authors, about Colorado or set in Colorado; exploring the historic literary canon of the state; featuring notable writers, organizations, events and creative efforts in support of literary arts; and publishing occasional original work (poems, essays). An email newsletter will alert subscribers to each week’s upcoming content as well as news items related to the Colorado literary scene. All content is free; there is no paywall. Paid freelance writers will provide our content, aiming to represent the diversity of genres, writers, identities and interests that flourish in Colorado.
All reviews and features produced by Rocky Mountain Reader will be made available to Colorado newspapers at no cost, filling the gap in local and regional arts coverage created by shrinking page sizes, corporate consolidation and other factors.
