Join us for an inspiring panel conversation with four local authors from DU as they share about their perspective writing journeys on Thursday, May 22nd at 6:00 PM at our Colfax location!
We will have limited books for guests to purchase in store!
ABOUT THE AUTHORS
Rachel Feder is an associate professor of English and literary arts at the University of Denver. Her poetry collections include Birth Chart and the chapbook Words with Friends. Feder edited the Norton Library edition of Dracula and is also the author of Harvester of Hearts (Northwestern University Press, 2018) and The Darcy Myth. She is the coauthor of AstroLit with McCormick Templeman and Taylor Swift by the Book with Tiffany Tatreau.
Candace R. Nunag holds an MFA from the University of Colorado Boulder. She is a literary prose writer whose work is centered on biracial subjectivity and identity; specifically, her work engages with multicultural practices of grief and mourning while also exploring topics like technology, addiction, suicide, and survivorship.
Daniel Ruiz is a Puerto Rican and Cuban poet and translator, a graduate of the Michener Center for Writers and Florida State University, and a two-time finalist for the National Poetry Series. In 2016, he was a Fulbright Scholar to Chile. Currently, he is pursuing a PhD in English & Literary Arts at the University of Denver, where he edits poetry and translations for the Denver Quarterly.
Mary Helen Callier's poems have been widely published in outlets such as Colorado Review, Washington Square Review, Bennington Review, and The Arkansas International. She received her MFA in Poetry from Washington University in St. Louis, where she was a Spencer T. and Ann W. Olin Fellow and was awarded a Howard Nemerov Prize. She grew up in Columbus, Georgia, and is currently a doctoral student in English and Literary Arts at the University of Denver in Denver, CO where she lives. Her debut collection, When the Horses, won the 2023 Alice James Award - Editor's Choice and is forthcoming in April 2025.
