Interview: Joseph Scapellato Author of Big Lonesome
Fiercely inventive and bringing classic themes of the American West into a modern literary mindset, Joseph Scapellato’s stories will chew you up and spit you out in the best possible way. Mariner Bookshmhco.com Shelf Unbound: Big Lonesome is filled with a nameless cast of drifters beaten up by life. What interests you in writing from […]
Interview: Ian Stansel Author of The Last Cowboys of San Geronimo
Ian Stansel writes a modern Western classic with his Cain and Abel story. Houghton Mifflin Harcourthoughtonmifflinbooks.com Shelf Unbound: The Last Cowboys of San Geronimo is a gorgeously written contemporary Western about the lives of two brothers, beginning with one shooting the other and the widow setting off on horseback to follow her brother-in-law and exact […]
Interview: Susan Hallsten McGarry Author of Pure Quill
Winner of the 2017 IPPY Bronze Medal (Photography), the Best Photography Book from the Independent Press Awards, and the Western Heritage Award for Outstanding Photography Book at the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum, Pure Quill is a compelling view of the American West and its habitants as well as a closer look at photographer […]
Feature: Western Writers of America 2017 Spur Award Winners
Historical Nonfiction The Apache Wars: The Hunt for Geronimo, The Apache Kid, and the Captive Boy Who Started the Longest War in American History by Paul Andrew Hutton (Crown) “They called him Mickey Free. His kidnapping started the longest war in American history, and both sides—the Apaches and the white invaders—blamed him for it. A mixed-blood […]
Review: Do the Dead Dream? by F.P. Dorchak
If you’re looking for a good scare (or several dozen good scares), then look no further than F.P. Dorchak’s anthology of short horror fiction Do the Dead Dream? Collected here are forty-five short stories spanning the entirety of Dorchak’s writing career, many of which originally appeared in publications like Black Sheep, Apollo’s Lyre, and The […]
Interview: Abe Kogan Author of Split Seconds Havana
“Split Seconds Havana features the people, the architecture and, of course, the iconic ‘50s era cars of Cuba’s capital city. The presentation is candid, direct and thought-provoking but never unkind or judgmental. The images tell the story. Kogan is an International Independent Publishers Gold Award winner for his photography.” —splitsecondsphotos.com Shelf Unbound: You took these […]
Feature: Classic Cuban Literature: Dreaming in Cuban
Dreaming in Cuban: 25th Anniversary Editionby Cristina Garcia Ballantine Booksrandomhousebooks.com Introduction to the 25th Anniversary Edition A quarter century? How is that possible? I remember very well finishing Dreaming in Cuban. It was the fall of 1990 and I was living in a seaside cottage on the windward side of Oahu. My daughter, who would be named […]
Feature: Classic Cuban Literature: Three Trapped Tigers
Three Trapped Tigersby G. Cabrera Infantetranslated by Suzanne Jill Levine Dalkey Archive Pressdalkeyarchive.com “Cabrera Infante’s masterpiece, Three Trapped Tigers is one of the most playful books to reach the U.S. from Cuba. Filled with puns, wordplay, lists upon lists, and Sternean typography—such as the section entitled “Some Revelations,” which consists of several blank pages—this novel […]
Feature: Classic Cuban Literature: The Lost Steps
The Lost Stepsby Alejo Carpentiertranslated by Harriet de Onis University of Minnesota Pressupress.umn.edu The following is an excerpt from the book’s introduction by Timothy Brennan, Professor of Cultural Studies and Comparative Literature at the University of Minnesota. Translated into twenty languages, and published in more than fourteen Spanish editions, The Lost Steps (Los pasos perdidas, […]
Feature: Classic Cuban Literature: Cecilia Valdes
Cecilia Valdes or El Angel Hillby Cirilo Villaverdetranslated from the Spanish by Helen Lane “Cecilia Valdés is arguably the most important novel of 19th century Cuba. Originally published in New York City in 1882, Cirilo Villaverde’s novel has fascinated readers inside and outside Cuba since the late 19th century. In this new English translation, a […]