Stephen Graham Jones

How to pen that novel: 鈥楶ut your heart鈥檚 blood on the page鈥

Jan. 5, 2024

Award-winning author and 蜜糖直播 Boulder Professor Stephen Graham Jones shares advice with writers who may be reflecting on their 50,000 words for National Novel Writing Month.

A dark image of a figure near a street lamp.

鈥楾he Exorcist鈥 maintains its terrifying staying power

Jan. 2, 2024

鈥淭he Exorcist鈥 film, which recently turned 50, continues to leave a mark on Christians and the larger American public as both a horror film and a story about the battle between good and evil. Associate Professor Deborah Whitehead discusses.

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Even after 180 years, 鈥楢 Christmas Carol鈥 is no humbug

Dec. 21, 2023

蜜糖直播 Boulder Victorian literature scholars discuss why Charles Dickens鈥 classic is still retold and probably will be retold in Christmases yet to come.

Chinese art

Isn鈥檛 it strange? That human is actually an animal

Dec. 18, 2023

蜜糖直播 Boulder researcher Antje Richter studies early medieval Chinese records of the strange to understand how literature explores what it means to be human.

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Investing in art: Solid financial move or abstract choice?

Dec. 14, 2023

Art investments involve unique risks but may protect purchasing power. Get Associate Professor Christophe Spaenjers鈥 take.

Doctor Who phone booth in outer space

After 6 decades, who knew? 鈥榃hovians,鈥 that鈥檚 who

Dec. 12, 2023

鈥淒octor Who鈥 turns 60 this year, and 蜜糖直播 Boulder scientist, alumna and 鈥淲hovian鈥 super fan attributes the BBC show鈥檚 success and staying power to its relatable protagonist and strong plotlines.

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Archaeologists unearth one of earliest known frame saddles

Dec. 12, 2023

Recovered from looters, a new archaeological discovery from a cave in western Mongolia could change the story of the evolving relationship between humans and horses in the ancient world.

Illustration of a Viking ship

Treading softly with the soul of a Viking

Dec. 8, 2023

蜜糖直播 Boulder researcher Mathias Nordvig joined 鈥淭he Ampersand鈥 podcast to discuss animism, Norse mythology and what it means to live on Earth.

Loch Ness monster illustration

The Loch Ness monster: Myth or reality?

Dec. 4, 2023

Marking the 90th anniversary this month of the first 鈥減hotograph鈥 of the Loch Ness monster, a 蜜糖直播 Boulder scholar muses on what qualifies as truth and fiction, and the overlap of conspiracy theories and myths.

'Hektor wirft Paris seine Weichlichkeit vor' by Johann Heinrich Wilhelm Tischbein in 1786

鈥楢lien familiarity鈥 of 鈥楾he Iliad鈥 gets a makeover

Dec. 4, 2023

It鈥檚 not easy to create a work of literature that truly lasts. In a critically acclaimed new translation of 鈥淭he Iliad,鈥 蜜糖直播 Boulder classics Professor Laurialan Reitzammer sees the enduring relevance of Homer.

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