Ruth Obee ~ Author & Poet

Ruth Obee's newly released collection of poems and essays, "Convergences," is now available on line through Clausen Books. The beautifully illustrated book includes stories and poems about remote outposts in India and Africa, where she once lived, the history of the Cheyenne Mountain area and the Great Southwest, her native home, and reflections on Covid, the environment, and Colorado's unparalleled natural beauty - offering solace at a time when it is most needed.  More...

In this beautifully written biography of place is the complete story of one of the Pikes Peak region's most stunning sites. The account begins with the area's geological origins and tells the story of recently discovered dinosaur tracks, marine fossils, and archeological evidence of early humans on the open space.  More...

For the first time in the history of Colorado Springs, a beautiful piece of open space has claimed as a part of its higher consciousness not only a poet, but also a botanist, biologist, landscape painter, water color artist and photographer. More...

"If you really want to understand South Africa, read black African writers, read Es'kia Mphahlele," advises professor Donald Herdeck.  The irony is that in the past, many of Mphahlele's works were out of print or, from the early 1950's, were banned under censorship laws in South Africa.  Readers were denied access to these seminal works, while black South African youths in particular were deprived of any knowledge of one of their preeminent writers, thinkers, and educators.  More...