S.M. Hulse has carved out a unique place in the psyche of the American West. In her timely and powerful novels she reveals what glimmers beneath the surface of our collective ills: an uncommon but vital desire to understand chaos, to unite with each other when possible, and to face trauma with grace, quiet confidence, …
From my first encounter with Sharma Shields’ work, I was awed by her gifts with character, plot, mythology, and the most meaningful expressions of the human condition. From her Autumn House Award winning collection of stories, Favorite Monster, to the psychological devastation of the inner life revealed in The Sasquatch Hunter’s Almanac, and now to …
SCRIBE by Alyson Hagy IndieNext #1 Pick for November Belletrist Book of the Month for October Finalist for the Southern Book Prize Alyson Hagy is a contemporary master novelist. I’m not talking about her adept and fierce attention to words or the long excellence which has won her many awards—a Pushcart Prize, the Nelson Algren …
Author Shann Ray of Spokane, WA interviewed Butte, MT author David Abrams about Abrams’ second novel, Brave Deeds. Shann Ray: Your work is powerful, visceral, and moves readers to consider the heart of flawed characters. In so doing we consider our own flaws, and it makes us more humble if we open that door. What’s the …
Chris Dombrowski has traveled many of the most elegant, hidden, rugged waterways of Montana. He’s a husband, father, poet and fishing guide, and he’s one of the most generous men I know. If you have the grace of spending time with him, your mind and heart will be renewed, you’ll laugh a great deal, and …
Thanks to Spokane author Shann Ray for kicking off our series of NW authors writing about their favorite indie bookstores with this tribute to Elliott Bay Books. It makes a trifecta of tributes for Ray, who wrote earlier this year for the Tin House blog about his hometown store, Auntie’s, and the first bookstore he …
