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 …
Janet Chapple, editor of Through Early Yellowstone: Adventuring by Bicycle, Covered Wagon, Foot, Horseback, and Skis, sat down with the publisher and editor of Granite Peak Publications to discuss her latest book, an anthology of travel accounts in the park dating from 1870 to 1916. Q: What inspired you to put together this book? A: …
Domestic animals are, above all else, companions. They accompany us in our daily lives. In this companionship, we allow them to witness so many parts of our lives; what they think of us ends up being a deep and unknowable darkness. In October 2015, Trinity University Press published Annick Smith’s gorgeous memoir, Crossing the Plains …
The man who recently wrote to me had been a bookstore owner in Arkansas and, because of the vicissitudes of the business (“death by box store”, as he put it), he’d taken a job as a custodian for its meager pay and the critical benefits it provided. He thanked me for the dignity I had …
Treat yourself to this book trailer for Pete Fromm’s latest novel, If Not For This, available now at your favorite localbookstores. Here’s what one of Fromm’s home field indies has to say:
Ivan Doig lives and writes about a mile and a half from where I live and write – but there are times, and now is one of them, when it feels like he has taken up residence in my home office. I swear he’s standing right behind me, shaking his head and muttering unprintable things …
