"Words to Stir the Soul: Readings from the American West," will be presented by the Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ-Boulder Center of the American West in Denver on Thursday, Aug. 30, and in Boulder on Friday, Aug. 31. Among the featured readers will be University of Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ President Elizabeth Hoffman, Lakewood Mayor Steve Burkholder, Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ-Denver history Professor Tom Noel and Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ-Boulder history Professor Patricia Nelson Limerick.