By Bangtail Press on August 24, 2012
Toby Thompson, author of Riding the Rough String, sat for an interview with Bangtail Press. That interview has been posted on Cherie Newman’s “The Write Question” blog.
http://thewritequestion.blogspot.com/2012/08/an-interview-with-toby-thompson.html
An excerpt:
BP: Many of your pieces in Rough String concern writers. Is that an accident?
TT: No. Many writers were smitten as children by the mythos of the West, and as adults, writing was one way to survive here. You could create your books, articles or screenplays without living in New York or Los Angeles, and you could do so in an extremely loose manner. I started profiling writers because A: I was interested in their work, and B: because I wished to see how their lives embraced the West. My long piece about Thomas McGuane and Livingston during the manic 1970s is case in point. The huge profile of Gary Snyder is another. Snyder did it on a subsistence basis, with a community of activists and writers accompanying him. I believe the settlement of the West by artists and writers, in the mid-to-late twentieth century, will be seen to be as important as that of cowboys or miners in the nineteenth.
Posted in Interviews |
By Bangtail Press on August 24, 2012
Contributing editor of Field and Stream magazine, and friend of Bangtail Press, Hal Herring has posted a very generous review of QPV on the F&S blog…
http://www.fieldandstream.com/blogs/conservationist/2012/08/book-makes-you-understand-why-you-need-hunt
Posted in Reviews | Tagged A Quiet Place of Violence, Allen Morris Jones, Field and Stream, Hal Herring |
By Bangtail Press on August 24, 2012
Toby Thompson, author of “Riding the Rough String” read last night at Stacey’s Old Faithful Bar and Steakhouse. He read a chapter specifically devoted to Stacey’s, a profile originally published in Big Sky Journal five or six years ago. Very compelling stuff. And as he read, the conversation in the bar gradually died down. Fair to say, by the end of his reading the entire place was riveted.
Posted in Events | Tagged Author Reading, Stacey's Bar, Toby Thompson |
By Bangtail Press on April 17, 2012
Paint and Blood, the brilliant introduction to Tom Russell’s collection of paintings, has been produced as an e-book. It’s available from Amazon by clicking here.
Posted in Announcements, E-Books | Tagged Tom Russell |
By Bangtail Press on March 16, 2012
“In his self-interview, Montana poet Paul Zarzyski – born in 1951 – tells us how the number 51 became his numerological muse, and it begins to sound like his well-love paean, “Why I Like Butte.” The number stands up, begins to bounce off the page with the poet’s unerring rhythm.”
Read the full review: Montana Arts Council
Posted in Reviews | Tagged 51, Montana Arts Council, Paul Zarzyski |
By Bangtail Press on February 2, 2012
“Writing is considered an intellectual pursuit, removed from the dirt and sweat and honed physicality of the blue collar world. Fred Haefele disagrees. For thirty years he’s lived in both worlds.”
Listen to the full interview: MP3 file, WMA file or visit YPR: Home Ground online
Posted in Interviews | Tagged Fred Haefele, Home Ground, YPR |
By Bangtail Press on November 25, 2011
“According to my online dictionary, an extremophile is “a microbe able to thrive in the most extreme conditions.” And, according to Missoula-based author Fred Haefele, extremophilia is an “intemperate love” of said organisms. In his new collection, Haefele tweaks the idea from microbe-centric to human-centric, and gives us 17 non-fictional snapshots of people dealing with geographically and mentally extreme landscapes. His brand of extremophilia comes in several forms, including logging, firefighting and hunting—all environments where extremophiles are most likely to be found.”
Read the full review at: Missoula Independent
Posted in Reviews | Tagged Extremophilia, Fred Haefele, Missoula Independent |
