Join Us in Reading Colorado Poet Laureate David Mason's "Ludlow"

CMC's Common Reader engages students, staff and community members and culminates with local author visits

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David Mason's novel in verse, "Ludlow" tells the story of a handful of Greek, Mexican, Scottish, and Italian immigrant workers in southern Colorado in the early 1900s. Labor troubles climax in the Ludlow Massacre of April, 1914, when the Colorado National Guard killed striking miners and their family members.

In preparation for David Mason's visit to CMC campuses this fall, all faculty, staff and students are encouraged to read the book during the summer or the early fall. Instructors of all disciplines are invited to create learning activities around this year's common reader.

Download an ebook copy of "Ludlow." You can also listen to Mason read his novel at Radio Colorado College.

See more poetry and "News from the Village: Aegean Friends" by David Mason.

To view a video on the author and the book, see: A Violent Moment in American Labor History, Captured in Verse (PBS)

Ludlow History in Film

Watch the trailer (below) for "Way Down in the Hole," a new film about the bloody Colorado Coal Miner's strike of 1913-14. Directed by Alex Johnston.