Excerpt: “Like many other young men, I mythologized guns and the ideas of manhood associated with them. The gun lobby likes to say guns don’t kill people, people do. And they’re right, of course. I killed my friend; no one else did; no mechanism did. But this oversimplifies matters (as does the gun control advocates’ …
Tag Archive: Lonesome Animals
May 20
Bruce Holbert interviewed by Serving House Journal
Excerpt: DA: Tell us about your interest with the force of the Western myth. BH: It’s a love-hate relationship. I grew up surrounded by the myth, but uncomfortable with it as well. The West distrusts speech and intellect, other than what’s practical. It leaves action and, hence, violence as the only way to express one’s self and …
Apr 24
Collectors’ Corner reviews Lonesome Animals by Bruce Holbert
Excerpt: “I’m exhausted! Never have I read a book that has totally drained me emotionally and physically, until now. Lonesome Animals, written by Bruce Holbert and published by Counterpoint Press, is the guilty party responsible for my exhausted state.” For the full review, click here: bamcc-bam.blogspot.com
Nov 05
Bruce Holbert’s book release at Time-Tested Books on SacramentoPress.com
Time-Tested Books is presenting several book releases beginning this Thursday, Oct. 11, 7 p.m., with Bruce Holbert. See the listing here: sacramentopress.com
Nov 05
Bruce Holbert guest posts on Portland Book Review
Excerpt: “I am more than a little hesitant when someone bitten by the bug asks for advice about writing. Having myself read several books and articles on the craft/art/process that, though well-meaning, strike me, as often as not either semi-vapid generalizations anyone with a tertiary knowledge of the craft would have either already gathered or …
Nov 02
An interview with Bruce Holbert, author of Lonesome Animals by authormagazine.org
An interview with Bruce Holbert, author of Lonesome Animals by http://www.authormagazine.org
Oct 30
Bruce Holbert’s Lonesome Animals featured on newsreview.com
”Bruce Holbert’s cowboy noir Lonesome Animals rings with evocative prose and morbidly fascinating sentences about a place where ‘courtship consisted of a man putting whiskey into his beloved until she either surrendered to or slept through his passions.’” Read more: newsreview.com – Arts & Culture
Oct 19
Recommendation for Bruce Holbert’s Lonesome Animals
“This recommendation is way overdue, but if you haven’t gotten to pick up Lonesome Animals yet, it’s the perfect read for summer.” Read more on riverspeak.net
Sep 02
Bruce Holbert discusses “Voice” in The Portland Book Review
Writers on Writing: The Writing Process – Get to Know Your Own I am more than a little hesitant when someone bitten by the bug asks for advice about writing. Having myself read several books and articles on the craft/art/process that, though well-meaning, strike me, as often as not either semi-vapid generalizations anyone with a …