It’s summertime, and the readin’ is easy. Fortunately, so is finding an interesting title.

Coloradosun · May 31, 2026 · 2874 words · By Kevin Simpson; Kevin Jeffers

Colorado Authorship Literary Promotion Support for Independent Bookstores

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But the summer seems uniquely positioned — with weather and school schedules beckoning us to vacation — to offer the extended time for slipping between the covers of a novel, or a nonfiction volume, or anything that excites the imagination or intellect.

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How to find them … It’s never a bad idea to support your local independent bookstore.

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Here are some tools for deciding the best way to buy: NewPages Guide: List of Colorado independent bookstores Bookshop.org: Searchable database of bookstores nationwide Here at SunLit World Headquarters, we work all year long to bring you excerpts from…

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What evidence would most clearly confirm or weaken the claim that Originally published as a web serial in 2015, “There Is No Antimemetics Division” by qntm (the pen name of Sam Hughes) was picked up by Ballantine Books?
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Why it matters: Recognizing glittering generalities helps readers compare the article's framing with the underlying facts and with coverage from other sources.

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 60 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “Originally published as a web serial in 2015, “There Is No Antimemetics Division” by qntm (the pen name of Sam Hughes) was picked up by Ballantine Books”

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Claim 2: “Before she became a novelist, she was the first Asian woman attorney admitted to the Colorado Bar.”

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Claim 3: “The novel [I Am Agatha] was inspired by real-life painter Agnes Martin”

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The provided Wikipedia results for this claim are completely irrelevant (discussing Dave Bautista, film accidents, and Phyllis Diller) and do not mention the novel or Agnes Martin.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — David Michael Bautista Jr. (born January 18, 1969) is an American actor and retired professional wrestler. Regarded as one of the most prolific professional wrestlers of the Ruthless Aggression Era, h…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Phyllis Ada Diller (née Driver; July 17, 1917 – August 20, 2012) was an American stand-up comedian, actress, author, musician and visual artist, who displayed eccentric stage persona, self-deprecating…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phyllis_Diller

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Claim 4: “NewPages Guide: List of Colorado independent bookstores”

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The provided web search results for this claim are completely irrelevant, discussing DeepSeek AI models instead of NewPages Guide or bookstores.

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web search NEUTRAL — Feb 28, 2025 · DeepSeek是一个备受关注的先进模型，提供多种使用方法和优化性能，适合开发者和普通用户探索其潜力。
https://www.zhihu.com/org/deepseek-75

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web search NEUTRAL — Subreddit for the DeepSeek Coder Language Model
https://www.reddit.com/r/DeepSeek/

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web search NEUTRAL — DeepSeek V3.2，可以说是算法同学最想要、最符合直觉的top 2048 token的sparse attention了，然而，经历过这场适配才能知道，背后有多少infra的坑要踩。太不容易了，三个时区的同学连轴转一个多礼拜，在DeepSeek提供了很多帮助的情况下，才把hopper kernel集成完了。
https://www.zhihu.com/question/1956013610666005512

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Claim 5: “His short story collection, “Hands,” was published in April”

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Claim 6: ““In the Shadow of Liberty” By Ana Raquel Minian (2024)”

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Claim 7: “He lives in Denver.”

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Claim 8: “She was born in Japan and raised in the U.S. from the age of 8.”

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Claim 9: “He serves on the core faculty of the Newport MFA in Creative Writing and is co-founder of the Cuba Writers Program.”

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Claim 10: ““The Plan of Chicago” By Barry Pearce (2025)”

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Claim 11: ““Nonesuch” By Francis Spufford (2026)”

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Claim 12: ““The Wanderers” By Daniela Gerson (2026)”

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Claim 13: “His next novel, “Fruits of our Labor,” is scheduled for release in August”

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Claim 14: “He grew up in Brampton, Ontario, Canada, and is currently a librarian in Colorado.”

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Claim 15: “He grew up in Denver and Littleton.”

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Claim 16: ““There Is No Antimemetics Division” By qntm (2025)”

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Claim 17: ““Homesick for a World Unknown” By Miriam Horn (2026)”

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Claim 18: “His novel “Transference” was featured in SunLit”

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Claim 19: “She received her MFA in creative writing from Colorado State University and lives in Loveland.”

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Multiple sources (SunLit, Encore, and author biography) confirm she received her MFA from Colorado State University. However, the provided evidence does not explicitly mention her residing in Loveland, though the degree is verified.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — On June 6, 2025, protests began in Los Angeles after Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents raided locations in the region to arrest individuals allegedly involved in illegal immigration to …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/June_2025_Los_Angeles_protests…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — African Americans are a demographic minority in the United States. African-Americans' initial achievements in various fields historically establish a foothold, providing a precedent for more widesprea…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_African-American_U.S._…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The following is a partial list of notable Brown University alumni, known as Brunonians. It includes alumni of Brown University and Pembroke College, Brown's former women's college. "Class of" is used…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Brown_University_alumn…

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Claim 20: “Sheri Cobb South is best known for her award-winning romance and mystery set in England’s Regency period.”

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Claim 21: “Her memoir, “Your Verdict: A Judge’s Reckoning With Law and Loss,” will be published on Loving Day, June 12.”

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Claim 22: “The author [Elaine Goldsmith-Thomas] was one of the first successful women talent agents in Hollywood in the 1980s representing A-list stars like Julia Roberts, Jennifer Lopez and Nicholas Cage”

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Claim 23: “Though a native and long-time resident of Alabama, she moved to Loveland”

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Claim 24: “Pardeep Toor is the winner of the PEN American Dau Prize”

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Claim 25: ““What We Can Know” By Ian McEwan (2025)”

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Claim 26: “Mariko Tatsumoto is an eight-time award-winning author of Adult, Young Adult, and Middle Grade novels”

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Claim 27: “Bookshop.org: Searchable database of bookstores nationwide”

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Multiple independent sources (Self-publishing News, Bookshop.org US, and an interview from the Colorado Sun) confirm that Bookshop.org is a platform/database supporting independent bookstores nationwide.

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web search NEUTRAL — Bookshop.org is Coming to the UK. Bookshop.org has been in the news this year. Their platform seeks to ensure local independent bookstores benefit from online sales.
https://selfpublishingadvice.org/self-publishing-news-booksh…

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web search NEUTRAL — Bookshop.org puts this mission and the public good above financial interests, giving over 80% of our profit margin to independent bookstores. In total, we support over 2,500+ stores.
https://bookshop.org/p/books/there-there-tommy-orange/83578f…

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web search NEUTRAL — Bookshop.org: Searchable database of bookstores nationwide.SunLit: Tell us about creating this book. What influences and/or experiences informed the project before you actually sat down to write? Morr…
https://ionamorrison.com/interview-from-the-colorado-sun/

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Claim 28: “Her book “Roam: Wild Animals and the Race to Repair Our Fractured World” was featured in SunLit”

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Claim 29: “César Cuauhtémoc García Hernández is the Gregory H. Williams Chair in Civil Rights and Civil Liberties at the Ohio State University Moritz College of Law and an immigration lawyer.”

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Claim 30: ““Road to Roswell” By Connie Willis (2024)”

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Claim 31: “Caleb Stephens is an award-winning thriller author writing from Denver.”

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Claim 32: ““Climbing in Heels” By Elaine Goldsmith-Thomas (2025)”

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Claim 33: ““To All Those I’ve Killed Before” By J.L. Hyde (2025)”

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Claim 34: “his writing has appeared in the Best Debut Short Stories 2021, Southern Humanities Review, Electric Literature, Catapult and Longreads.”

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Claim 35: “Tim Weed is the author of “The Afterlife Project””

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No evidence was found after searching for Tim Weed or 'The Afterlife Project'.

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Claim 36: “He has appeared in the New York Times, CNN en Español, NPR, The Guardian and many other publications.”

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Claim 37: ““The Time of Our Singing” By Richard Powers (2022)”

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Claim 38: “Her first Regency romance, “The Weaver Takes a Wife,” was published in 1999.”

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Claim 39: “Ian Patterson... currently resides in Colorado Springs with his family.”

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Claim 40: “A former expert for National Geographic Expeditions, Weed spent the first part of his career directing international educational programs in Spain, Portugal, Australia and Iceland.”

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Claim 41: “Her book “Blossoms on a Poisoned Sea” was featured in SunLit”

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Claim 42: “Her 2024 novel “Fairest of the Fayre” was featured in SunLit”

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Claim 43: “His short story “The Wallpaper Man” was adapted to film by Falconer Film & Media in 2022.”

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Claim 44: ““I Am Agatha” By Nancy Foley (2026)”

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Multiple sources (Simon & Schuster, Avid Reader Press, and a review) confirm Nancy Foley wrote 'I Am Agatha' and it was published in March 2026.

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Claim 45: ““Carryout” By Hasan Dudar (2026)”

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Claim 46: “Jacqueline St. Joan is a retired lawyer and Denver County Judge (1987-94), fiction writer, poet and essayist.”

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Claim 47: ““King of Ashes” By S.A. Cosby (2025)”

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Claim 48: ““How It Feels to Be Alive” By Megan O’Grady (2026)”

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Claim 49: “She is a member of the Hearthstone CoHousing Community and sings in The Spirituals Project Choir.”

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Claim 50: “Based partly on the true operation carried out by the CIA as a subproject of Project MK Ultra, the mind-control research program that began in the 1950s”

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Claim 51: ““The Mixed Marriage Project” By Dorothy Roberts (2026)”

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Claim 52: ““The Sugar Queen” By Sarah Addison Allen (2009)”

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Claim 53: “His novels include “If You Lie”... and “The Girls in the Cabin””

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Claim 54: ““How to Commit a Postcolonial Murder” By Nina McConigley (2026)”

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Both Wikipedia and multiple web sources confirm that Nina McConigley wrote 'How to Commit a Postcolonial Murder' and it was published on January 20, 2026.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 2026.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_in_literature

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — How to Commit a Postcolonial Murder is a novel by American author Nina McConigley, published by Pantheon Books on January 20, 2026.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/How_to_Commit_a_Postcolonial_M…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Nina McConigley (born 1975) is an American fiction writer and playwright known for her focus on the American West, particularly the immigrant experience in rural settings. Her short story collection, …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nina_McConigley

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Claim 55: “Claire Boyles is a writer, teacher and former sustainable farmer.”

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Three independent sources (Whiting Foundation, SunLit Interview, and an author biography) all explicitly state that Claire Boyles is a writer, teacher, and former sustainable farmer.

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web search NEUTRAL — Claire Boyles is a writer, teacher, and former sustainable farmer whose collection of stories, Site Fidelity, has been longlisted for the 2022 PEN America/Robert W. Bingham Prize. Her writing has appe…
https://www.whiting.org/awards/winners/claire-boyles

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web search NEUTRAL — Claire Boyles is a writer, teacher, and former sustainable farmer. She received her MFA in creative writing from Colorado State University. Her fiction has appeared in Boulevard and the Kenyon Review.
https://coloradosun.com/2021/10/24/sunlit-interview-claire-b…

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web search NEUTRAL — Claire Boyles is a writer, teacher, and former sustainable farmer. She received her MFA in creative writing from Colorado State University in May 2018. Her fiction has appeared in Boulevard and the Ke…
https://www.bookbrowse.com/biographies/index.cfm/author_numb…

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Claim 56: “His book “Welcome the Wretched” was featured in SunLit”

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Claim 57: “Hillary Rosner is an award-winning, Boulder-based science journalist”

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Claim 58: “Her first novel, “Appraisals,” will be released in August”

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While sources confirm the novel 'Appraisals' exists, one source explicitly states it is 'forthcoming in 2026', contradicting the claim that it will be released in August (presumably of the current year).

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web search NEUTRAL — At once tender and urgent, Appraisals is a moving portrayal of ecological and financial catastrophe, the powerful generational bonds between women, and the ...
https://www.aspendailynews.com/local-events/?_evDiscoveryPat…

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web search NEUTRAL — She teaches in low-residency MFA programs at both Eastern Oregon University and Western Colorado University. Her debut novel, Appraisals, is forthcoming in 2026 ...
https://western.edu/people/claire-boyles/

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web search NEUTRAL — Appraisals: A Novel Financial and ecological realities tear at the heart of a multigenerational farm family in this debut novel from a "deft and daring" (LA ...
https://claireboyleswrites.com/

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Claim 59: “Her short story collection, “Site Fidelity,” was featured in SunLit”

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Three separate web results from SunLit confirm that Claire Boyles' short story collection 'Site Fidelity' was featured/excerpted in SunLit.

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web search NEUTRAL — Oct 24, 2021 · This excerpt from the author's short story collection looks at the lives of one couple trying to regain footing after the Great Recession.
https://coloradosun.com/2021/10/24/sunlit-special-site-fidel…

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web search NEUTRAL — Oct 24, 2021 · In “Site Fidelity,” Claire Boyles examines the power of place for “Ledgers,” the first story in the collection.
https://coloradosun.com/2021/10/24/sunlit-interview-claire-b…

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web search NEUTRAL — SunLit Interview: In "Site Fidelity," Claire Boyles looks at the power of place ... The book appeared ... It suffuses almost every single page of this gripping ...
https://www.facebook.com/TheColoradoSun/posts/author-claire-…

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Claim 60: ““Midnight Climax” By Peter Kageyama (2024)”

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