Jennie Dorris writes a lot of stories, and now you can read 'em, you lucky chap.
Trend stories
"Tease trumps sleaze" – Taking it off with Denver's burgeoning burlesque scene, including an interview with Dita Von Teese. (pdf: 1 | 2)
"The Farming Life" – Pull some weeds with twentysomething farmers. (pdf: 1 | 2)
"Bar Girls" – These girls are cool with being called "Jagerettes" for a night. (pdf: 1 | 2)
"Here's to Modern Drinking" – "Modern Drunkard" magazine is to drinking as "High Times is to .... (pdf: 1 | 2)
"Kitchen Confidential" – Two of the Front Range's top chefs share some secrets from the kitchen. (pdf: 1 | 2)
"Getting Hitched" – A look at the growing trend of just-out-of-high-school weddings. (pdf: 1 | 2)
"Rolling Thunder" – Roller derby takes hold in Denver in the form of the fierce and funny Rocky Mountain Rollergirls. (pdf: 1 | 2)
"I tried it"
"Happy Great American Smokeout day" – Jennie, a hardened smoker for a few-too-many years, quits for the Great American Smokeout Day. (pdf: 1 | 2)
"Get your race on" - Jennie dusts off her running shoes and trains for her first race. (pdf: 1 | 2)
"Hospitality Showdown" – Jennie challenges Boulder through a series of secret hospitality tests – dropping money, leaving her purse on a table and walking around with toilet paper on her shoe. (pdf: 1 | 2)
"Fight Club" – Jennie puts up her gloves and learns how to fight in Boulder's only Fight Club - a boxing and fitness class. (pdf: 1 | 2)
'My First Novel" – Jennie writes 50,000 words in 30 days to celebrate November as National Novel Month. (pdf: 1 | 2)
"Rooting through Rubbish" – Jennie tries to furnish her new apartment purely with furniture found in Dumpsters. (pdf: 1 | 2)
Interviews with nice folks
"Al Franken – Spreading 'The Truth' to Boulder" – An interview with the new Minnesotan about running for Senate and driving late-model cars around the Midwestern countryside. (pdf: 1 | 2)
"Talking pretty with David Sedaris" – Press-shy David Sedaris sits down with Jennie to talk about working all night, why he has very few friends and why he asks for tips on his book tour. (pdf)
"Savage's Love" – Renowned sex columnist Dan Savage talks about his new book, why he decided to marry his boyfriend and what his adopted son thinks about their family. (pdf: 1 | 2)
"Inside 'Arrested Development'" – "Arrested Development" actor Tony Hale talks about life on the critically acclaimed show. (pdf: 1 | 2)
"About a Boy" – Nick Hornby talks about how Johnny Depp has already snatched up the movie rights to his latest book and what it's like to be one of the most coveted writers in Hollywood. (pdf: 1 | 2)
Profiles of people Jennie admires
"The Brothers Schlecht" - Ben Schlecht was in high school when his father killed his mother and then himself; in college he works to recreate a family. (link)
"Winona LaDuke: Fanfare for a Common Woman" – An interview with politics' most down-to-earth mother. (link)
Essays that save Jennie money on therapy
"Quarterlife Tuneup" – In an essay for KnotMag's "Quarterlife Crisis" series, Jennie abuses her newly acquired health insurance to see if the world really does cater to hypochondriacs. (link)
"That Used to be Me" – In an essay for KnotMag's "Talking to People We Hate" series, Jennie stops to talk with a group of young and quite aggressive abortion protestors. (link)
"Turning fugues into hymns" – In an essay for KnotMag's "Talking to God" series, Jennie admits that playing Bach is sometimes as close as she gets to prayer. (link)
