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Author Ted Conover explains why understanding the subculture of the Valley's "flats" matters in a time of political extremes.

From Denver-based noirs to beach-read romances, here are our picks for literary gifts from local authors.

In “Cheap Land Colorado: Off-Gridders at America’s Edge,” his new book of immersive journalism, Ted Conover returns to his home state to explore the San Luis Valley and the people

Author Ted Conover is no stranger to Colorado. He grew up in Denver and then wrote about his two-year stint in Aspen in his book Whiteout. The immersive journalist's latest book also looks at Colorado, this time a very different part of the state. In his new book Cheap Land Colorado, Off-Gridders at America's Edge, he writes about his experience over four years on the high plains of the San Luis Valley.

A weekly newsmagazine exploring issues important to our region. Featuring coverage and voices from around the Four Corners, Colorado, and the Inter-Mountain West.

Five-acre homesteads with views of the Sangre de Cristos for $5,000 might sound like a bargain. But off-grid life in the middle of the San Luis Valley has a distinctly rough aspect, as the author learned when he volunteered to support locals whose lives become precarious when the weather gets cold.

Ted Conover is a master of immersive journalism, but in "Cheap Land Colorado," he doesn't quite grapple with what makes Lauren Boebert's district tick.

For his new book, the journalist Ted Conover joined a community of off-gridders in a desolate corner of the West, capturing lives full of anguish and contradiction.

We sat down with veteran journalist Ted Conover to talk about his new book, "Cheap Land Colorado," his unique style of immersive reporting, and why the San Luis Valley reminds him of "Mad Max."

NONFICTION: Journalist Ted Conover immerses himself in life off the grid in the San Luis Valley of Colorado.