Whiskey Boys
Author | : Phillip Hurst |
Publisher | : Bauhan Pub |
Total Pages | : 180 |
Release | : 2021 |
ISBN-10 | : 0872333574 |
ISBN-13 | : 9780872333574 |
Rating | : 4/5 (74 Downloads) |
Book excerpt: "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"--