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Dear Denver

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Pub Date May 12 2026 | Archive Date Jun 10 2026


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Description

What if a single journal could capture the heartbeat of an entire city?

A Tennessee transplant leaves an empty notebook at a Denver bus stop, inviting strangers to write. Over eighteen months, the pages come alive with voices from across the city—artists, parents, immigrants, veterans, the unhoused, and quiet observers who notice what others overlook. Each entry holds a fragment of life: grief and joy, love and longing, work and struggle, the small victories and silent defeats that make up a day.

Some writers reach across the page to one another, while others speak only for themselves. Through memories, confessions, secrets, and reflections, the journal becomes a living tapestry of a city in motion, capturing moments that might otherwise slip away.

Told entirely through journal entries, Dear Denver is a story about connection, empathy, and the courage it takes to be seen. Together, these voices create a reminder that every life, every story, and every person matters.

What if a single journal could capture the heartbeat of an entire city?

A Tennessee transplant leaves an empty notebook at a Denver bus stop, inviting strangers to write. Over eighteen months, the...


A Note From the Publisher

Jaclyn graduated with a Bachelors in Creative writing from Coe College. She has several poems published in various publications. She currently lives in Des Moines, Iowa with her wife and cats and dogs. She spends her free time with her wife and family. Jaclyn is currently working on earning a master's in social work at Grand View University.

Jaclyn graduated with a Bachelors in Creative writing from Coe College. She has several poems published in various publications. She currently lives in Des Moines, Iowa with her wife and cats and...


Advance Praise

"Flipping through the pages, one doesn’t know what to expect, whether it’ll be a heavy confession or something funny. Duden has a real knack for letting a single, unadorned detail carry an entire entry, resisting the urge to explain or embellish, making the journal feel more like a stack of confessionals not meant to be found. Letting the journal wander wherever its anonymous contributors take it is a structural risk the book handles well and that risk pays off." - Independent Book Review

"As contributors to the journal pen their experiences, perceptions, lives, and insights, readers receive an invigorating series of contrasts and insights into American life that come from interesting, unexpected points of view. Readers may not expect the scope and depth of these writings. Fictional though they may be, they capture segments of American society in interesting stages of questioning, flux, and realization that prove thought-provoking and unusual for their variety and viewpoints [...] Libraries and readers that choose Dear Denver will relish the opportunity to discuss the nature and depth of these connections in book clubs and reading groups." - Midwest Book Review

"Flipping through the pages, one doesn’t know what to expect, whether it’ll be a heavy confession or something funny. Duden has a real knack for letting a single, unadorned detail carry an entire...


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Available Editions

EDITION Paperback
ISBN 9798901741672
PRICE $18.99 (USD)
PAGES 286

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