Colorado author Jerrie Hurd reads from Giving Birth to Thunder#eI# and #I#Sleeping With His Daughter by Barry Lopez.These readings, from the Words to Stir the Soul series hosted by the Center of the American West, are an occasional feature of Colorado Matters.
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