Geoffrey Bateman

Reader pick: “Hunger,” by Roxane Gay is devastating

July 23, 2019 at 6:00 a.m.

There is something both devastating and cautiously transformative in the memoir 鈥淗unger,鈥� by Roxane Gay, and I write these words, I want to tread carefully, because there is such vulnerability...

Reader’s pick: “There, There” by Tommy Orange

June 10, 2019 at 11:03 p.m.

This is an intricate and intense first novel that tells the stories of 12 connected (although also sometimes disconnected) characters, all of whom fit in some way with Orange鈥檚 imagining...

Reader pick: “Circe,” by Madeline Miller

May 23, 2019 at 2:58 p.m.

Madeline Miller鈥檚 second novel is a retelling, in part, of 鈥淭he Odyssey鈥� from Circe鈥檚 perspective.

Mark Thrun, left, and his partner, Geoffrey Bateman, right, fill out an NCAA basketball bracket with their younger son, Eliot. They plan on having a civil union ceremony at midnight on May 1.

Civil unions in Colorado: just one step closer …

April 30, 2016 at 10:23 a.m.

Civil unions in Colorado: just one step closer ...

“Widows” a bewitching look into desperate lives

May 7, 2016 at 2:56 a.m.

"Widows" a bewitching look into desperate lives

Familial agony, ecstasy

September 18, 2008 at 1:51 p.m.

Familial agony, ecstasy

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