Whiskey Boys and other meditations from the abyss at the end of youth /
Winner of the 2021 Monadnock Essay Collection prize, Whiskey Boys: And Other Meditations from the Abyss at the End of Youth is a lively collection of literary essays about bars, booze and traveling the American West. The book follows the author from small-town Illinois to the West Coast after he aba...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Peterborough, New Hampshire :
Bauhan Publishing,
[2021].
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| Summary: | Winner of the 2021 Monadnock Essay Collection prize, Whiskey Boys: And Other Meditations from the Abyss at the End of Youth is a lively collection of literary essays about bars, booze and traveling the American West. The book follows the author from small-town Illinois to the West Coast after he abandons a legal career to pursue writing. Much of the narrative concerns growing up and what's gained and lost with maturity, while considering the challenges of living as a writer in a culture that's skeptical of the creative arts. Other threads include travel, wanderlust, the psychological effect of place and mortality. |
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| Physical Description: | 168 pages ; 23 cm. |
| ISBN: | 9780872333574 0872333574 |