Best of AOT: Anne Waldman and Alaina Ferris Weave Poetic Bliss
February 15, 2011 by Rob
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Talented authors visit the Tattered Cover book store in Denver nearly every day, but when a world-class poet like Anne Waldman take the microphone, it’s more like seeing Dylan than Thoreau.
Waldman, who used to hang out with such literary giants as Allen Ginsberg (with whom she founded the Jack Kerouac School of Disembodied Poetics at what is now Naropa University in Boulder, Colorado), is known for her fiery and thought-provoking performances. When she came to the Tattered Cover on Colfax Ave. in 2009, she upped the ante by bringing along singer/songwriter Alaina Ferris to help her recite one of her poems.
Listen in as Waldman and Ferris blend their voices in what must be called performance art on top of poetry.
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AOT #254: Sister Madonna Buder Podcasts The Grace to Race: The Wisdom and Inspiration of the 80-Year-Old World Champion Triathlete Known as the Iron Nun
February 14, 2011 by Rob
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Sister Madonna Buder is 80 years old, has run more than 340 triathlons, and doesn’t know what all the fuss is about! Sister Madonna discusses her inspiring book The Grace to Race: The Wisdom and Inspiration of the 80-Year-Old World Champion Triathlete Known as the Iron Nun, in which she shares the no-nonsense spirit and deep faith that inspired her extraordinary journey from a prominent St. Louis family to a Catholic Convent and finally to championship finish lines all over the world. “Sister Madonna’s story is one of purpose, conviction and passion. She dismisses boundaries and proves to us that nothing is impossible. The Grace to Race is both inspirational and energizing; long live the Iron Nun!”-Dean Karnazes, New York Times bestselling author of Ultramarathon Man
($25.00) Simon & Schuster ISBN #978-1-4391-7748-8.
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AOT #253: Christian Lander Podcasts Whiter Shades of Pale: The Stuff White People Like, Coast to Coast, from Seattle’s Sweaters to Maine’s Microbrews
February 7, 2011 by Rob
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Christian Lander, the creator of the website Stuff White People Like, reads from and discusses his book Whiter Shades of Pale: The Stuff White People Like, Coast to Coast, from Seattle’s Sweaters to Maine’s Microbrews. If you thought you had white people pegged as Oscar-party-throwing, Prius-driving, Sunday New York Times-reading, self-satisfied latte lovers-you were right. But if you thought diversity was just for other races, then hang on to your eco-friendly tote bags! Veteran white person Christian Lander is back with fascinating new information and advice on dealing with the Caucasian population.
($15.00) Random House ISBN #978-0-8129-8206-0. You can visit Christian Lander’s official web site as well.
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AOT #252: Chris Cleave Podcasts Incendiary
January 31, 2011 by Rob
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Chris Cleave, the acclaimed author of Little Bee, which was short listed for the Costa Prize for Best Novel, reads from and discusses the paperback edition of his debut novel Incendiary. A distraught woman writes a letter to Osama bin Laden after her four-year-old son and her husband are killed in a massive suicide bomb attack at a soccer match in London. In an emotionally raw voice alive with grief, compassion, and startling humor, she tries to convince Osama to abandon his terror campaign by revealing to him the desperate sadness-“I am a woman built on the wreckage of myself”-and the broken heart of a working-class life blown apart. A surreal vision made brilliantly, viscerally powerful and undeniable, Incendiary is a stunning novel.
($15.00) Simon & Schuster ISBN #978-1-45161-849-5. You can visit Chris Cleave’s official web site as well.
Please also listen to Chris Cleave Podcast Little Bee.
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AOT #251: Roseanne Barr Podcasts Roseannearchy: Dispatches from the Nut Farm
January 24, 2011 by Rob
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Television star and bestselling author Roseanne Barr reads from and discusses her new book Roseannearchy: Dispatches from the Nut Farm. Displaying her brilliance and sharp wit, Barr’s new book discusses the humor of everyday life, and includes musings on more serious topics such as class warfare, feminism, the cult of celebrity, and Kabbalah. Bold, brash, and insightful, Roseannearchy shows that Barr can still skewer any subject under the sun, and illustrates why the New York Times describes her appeal as “the power of a whole planet, pulling everything around it inexorably into its orbit.”
($26.00) Simon & Schuster ISBN #978-1-43915-482-3. You can visit Roseanne Barr’s official web site as well.
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Best of AOT: Barack Obama Brings Message of Hope to Denver
January 21, 2011 by Rob
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Two years ago today, Barack Obama was sworn in as the 44th President of the United States, the first African American to hold this office. Two years from today, either Obama will begin his second term in office, or we will welcome someone new to the Oval Office.
Much can be said about the first half of Obama’s first term, but this is not the venue! Instead, we turn the clocks all the way back to October of 2006, when Senator Obama visited the Tattered Cover’s LoDo store to speak about his book The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream.
Even those of us in the room that day, impressed by Obama’s presence and vision, could not have guessed that in a mere four months he would announce his candidacy for President. Even less fathomable is that two years later Obama would move a few miles down the road to Invesco Field at Mile High to accept his party’s nomination in front of 84,000 onlookers.
Listen in as a Obama discusses his vision for the future of our country, and even gives props to a certain Reverend who would cause him a touch of trouble in the future.
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This podcast was originally recorded on October 24, 2006.
AOT #250: Signe Pike Podcasts Faery Tale: One Woman’s Search for Enchantment in a Modern World
January 17, 2011 by Rob
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Editor and writer Signe Pike reads from and discusses her book Faery Tale: One Woman’s Search for Enchantment in a Modern World. In search of something to believe in once more, Signe Pike left behind a career in Manhattan to undertake a magical journey-literally. In a sweeping tour through Mexico, England, Ireland, Scotland, and beyond, she takes readers to dark glens and abandoned forests, ancient sacred sites, and local pubs, seeking people who might still believe in the elusive beings we call faeries. As Pike attempts to connect with the spirit world-and reconnect with her sense of wonder and purpose-she comes to view both herself and the world around her in a profoundly new light. Captivating, full of heart, and unabashedly whimsical, Faery Tale is more than a memoir-it’s the story of rekindling that spark of belief that makes even the most skeptical among us feel like a child again.
($23.95) Perigee ISBN #978-0-399-53617-5. You can visit Signe Pike’s official web site as well.
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AOT #249: Peter Decker Podcasts Saving the West
January 10, 2011 by Rob
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Colorado rancher, historian, professor, and journalist Peter Decker reads from and discusses his new book Saving the West. The clash of rural values with those of urban culture serves as the backdrop for Decker’s first novel. This gentle satire is filled with mayhem – telling the story of eastern bankers, industrialists, and philanthropists being pitted against long-time local residents, Indians, and a narrow-gauge train in Durango, Colorado.
($14.95) Western Slope Press ISBN #978-1-887805-32-2.
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AOT #248: Simon Winchester Podcasts Atlantic: Great Sea Battles, Heroic Discoveries, Titanic Storms, and a Vast Ocean of a Million Stories
January 3, 2011 by Rob
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Acclaimed historian Simon Winchester‘s many books include The Professor and the Madman, The Map That Changed the World, Krakatoa, and A Crack in the Edge of the World. Winchester discusses his new book Atlantic: Great Sea Battles, Heroic Discoveries, Titanic Storms, and a Vast Ocean of a Million Stories. Blending history and anecdote, geography and reminiscence, science and exposition, Winchester tells the breathtaking saga of the Atlantic Ocean. A gifted storyteller and consummate historian, Winchester sets the great blue sea’s epic narrative against the backdrop of mankind’s intellectual evolution, telling not only the story of an ocean, but the story of civilization.
($27.99) HarperCollins ISBN #978-0-06-170258-7. You can visit Simon Winchester’s official web site as well.
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AOT #247: Thomas McGuane Podcasts Driving on the Rim
December 27, 2010 by Rob
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Thomas McGuane, one of America’s most acclaimed literary figures (“an important as well as brilliant novelist”-New York Times Book Review), reads from and discusses his new book Driving on the Rim. This major new novel is a “marvelous book, funny, elegiac, and profound, from a clear-eyed observer of modern life.”-Keir Graff, Booklist, starred review
($26.95) Knopf ISBN #978-1-4000-4155-8. You can visit Thomas McGuane’s official web site as well.
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