Bryce Andrews's third book is ‘Holding Fire: A Reckoning with the American West.' As Alta magazine writes, “Andrews’s heartfelt reflection on the American West confronts one of the region’s essential paradoxes: that a place defined by innovation and beauty also has a legacy of horrible violence. For the author, the catalyst is inheriting his grandfather’s Smith & Wesson handgun, which carries its own awful history. From his ranch in Montana, Andrews turns to neighbors and family as he seeks a new way to live in the West.” Andrews’s previous books are Down from the Mountain and Badluck Way, which won a Reading the West Book Award and a High Plains Book Award. Andrews will be in conversation with Taylor Brorby, author of the recent memoir Boys and Oil: Growing Up Gay in a Fractured Land.
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