A book release event honoring the late Denver Post Contributor and Preeminent Western Public Intellectual, Ed Quillen. Nov. 12, 6:30 p.m. - Benson 180 Ed Quillen was a regular contributor in the Denver Post’s Perspective section for 26 years. His was the longest-running column in the paper’s history, according to Curtis Hubbard of the Denver Post. He wrote about history, politics, water issues, computers and small town living in his weekly dispatches.