Just ran across this nice shout-out for The Mountain and the Fathers in the Missoulian. Nice to be named alongside greats like McMurtry, Doig, and Ford, and I’m particularly pleased to be keeping company with David Abrams and his wonderful debut novel, Fobbit.
Month: January 2013
Get Lit!
As an undergrad at Gonzaga University, I always thought of the annual Get Lit! Festival as the main event in the Spokane literary scene. So I’m pretty much beyond excited to be headed back to Spokane as part of the Get Lit! 2013 lineup, which features luminaries like Joyce Carol Oates, Major Jackson, and David Shields, as well as my mentors from graduate school, Kim Barnes and Robert Wrigley.
A Wise, Kind Note
Always wonderful to hear from readers, and I can’t help but share a few lines of this wise, kind note I received yesterday about The Mountain and the Fathers:
My father, like yours, was strong and gentle, but fortunate enough to live into old age. He too carried me in his large hands and on his broad shoulders, but in Iowa and Colorado. We loved each other without words and without bounds, but somehow we remained strangers. Perhaps no man ever finds his father. Thank you for a masterfully written story about your father and all our fathers.
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