The Architecture of Charles A. Haertling

By >> Robert Borden

Book >> Photography, 187 pages

Summary >> This book details the strikingly original buildings of Charles A. Haertling, who came to Boulder in 1953 to join the architecture faculty at CU Boulder. He started designing remarkable works in and around Boulder in 1957, among them four churches, two office buildings, a clinic and more than 40 houses. His buildings in Colorado are in Boulder, Denver, Brighton, Northglenn, Lakewood, Littleton, Golden, Snowmass, Vail and Telluride, and one as far away as Ohio. Haertling died of brain cancer on April 20, 1984, at the much too young age of 55. This book is the first time his works have been collected in one volume.

Author >> Robert Borden studied architecture at Arizona State University and graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee in 1973. He was a U.S. Marine in the Vietnam War. He is a photographer, poet and mural artist who did about 30 murals in Boulder in the 1980s. He lives in Longmont with his wife, Lisa.

Event >> Borden’s book will be recognized this year by the Boulder Heritage Roundtable, an organization that focuses on local history preservation. Every year, the group holds an Archaeology and Historic Preservation celebration and this year “The Architecture of Charles A. Haertling” will be honored on May 12 at Chautauqua’s Community House.

We Can See Into Another Place

By >> Andrea Rexilius

Book >> Nonfiction, 218 pages

Summary >> In this thought-provoking, multi-genre anthology, editor Andrea Rexilius gathers some of Denver’s most inspiring literary voices to explore the nuances of social justice with unflinching candor. Through comic panels, short stories, nonfiction essays, plays and poetry, the collection beautifully illustrates how the written word, in all its forms, can impart healing and empower readers to seek social change.

Author >> Andrea Rexilius is the author of “Sister Urn,” “New Organism: Essais,” “Half of What They Carried Flew Away” and “To Be Human Is To Be A Conversation,” as well as the chapbooks “Séance,” “To Be Human” and “Afterworld.” She has a doctorate in literature and creative writing from the University of Denver. She is the program director for Regis University’s Mile-High MFA in creative writing. She also teaches in the Poetry Collective at Lighthouse Writers Workshop in Denver.

The Moon and The Gryphon

By >> T. F. Long

Book >> Thriller, 495 pages

Summary >> Griffin MacRobbin, the director of The Institute for Antiquity, is enticed by his doctoral candidate, Anastasia Romanov, into a world of cosmic peril. As the pair delve into ancient Gnostic texts, they find themselves on a collision course with the Demiurge, a celestial being responsible for fostering human chaos for centuries. This thrilling tale of adventure spans decades and continents, following a dangerous legacy passed from Anastasia’s father, Stevan Romanov, who faced the Demiurge during the chaos of World War II.

Author >> T.F. Long is a writer from Colorado. Long worked in advertising before transitioning to journalism as a police reporter and as a feature writer for various daily newspapers. Long has traveled extensively throughout Europe, including visits to Britain, Ireland, France, Germany, Italy, Croatia, Slavonia and Montenegro, all of which served as inspiration for this novel.

Deep Time

By >> Susan Sizer Bogue

Book >> Fiction, 312 pages

Summary >> For adventurous fiction lovers, this debut novel tells the story of a young geologist working with ancient rocks who finds herself in mortal danger when Mount St. Helens erupts. After an inspiring trip to the Grand Canyon, Lauren Brown falls in love with geology and convinces her husband to move from Philadelphia to east Texas, where she enters a male-dominated graduate program at Texas Polytechnic. Lauren thrives on the adventure — studying undersea volcanoes, shepherding clueless undergraduates in a remote national park and climbing canyons in Oregon to collect rock samples — but at home, things are deteriorating. After separating from her straying husband, she becomes friends with Chris, an honorable male colleague who helps her fend off a predatory professor. When Mount St. Helens awakens, Lauren is determined to be part of the action and witness an erupting volcano. But when it does erupt, it irreversibly upends Lauren’s life.

Author >> Susan Sizer Bogue is a lawyer-turned-writer who has published many humorous essays and written the script for the musical “The Christmas of the Phonograph Records.” “Deep Time” is her first novel. She lives in the Denver area. Find her online at susansizerbogue.com.