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Ivan Doig

Oct

4

2012

Doig on Well Read

In this week’s edition of Well Read, Terry Tazioli’s weekly cable TV program, Ivan Doig talks about his new novel, The Bartender’s Tale, which is written from the perspective of the 12-year-old son of a bartender bachelor and is based on Doig’s experience tagging along with his dad to small Montana bars. On the half-hour …

Aug

15

2012

3

remarks

Ivan Doig on Craft, Character
and Trout Fishing in the
Presbyterian After-Life

It was an overcast day in June when we met with Ivan Doig and his wife, Carol, at their home. We settled into the study where Doig writes, next to a wall of windows facing the Puget Sound and the islands. Sitting high above the pewter-colored water, we watched the Kingston ferry making its way …

Dec

14

2010

Work Song by Ivan Doig

“Welcome to the wild & wooly days of the Copper Kings, when Morrie Morgan is lured by the siren song of easy money to the “richest city in the world,” Butte, Montana. But neglected in all of the hype was the truth about the corrupt and brutal nature of the men who held the power and …

Oct

21

2010

Work Song by Ivan Doig

“Doig brings 1919 Butte to life with Whistling Season’s Morrie Morris in this novel that is truly Ivan at his best. Alternative title for this book is Word Song–I loved it!” —Maire, Chapter One Book Store, Hamilton, MT

Jul

23

2010

My Vote for Best Cover of the Year, so far

I had never heard of Rich Chiappone until I saw the cover of his book, Opening Days, advertised on 49 Writers, a wonderful blog subtitled “Collaborative Reflections and Book News By and About Alaskan Authors.” Opening Days was published in June by Barclay Creek Press, a small literary press founded in 2008 to publish “quality …

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