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  • The painful beauty of love

    Melanie Rae Thon's short stories, gathered in her collection In This Light, paint a desolate and tender picture of the West.

    by Kathleen Yale, May 15, 2011

  • Ghosts of Wyoming: A haunted past and present

    The haunting short stories in Alyson Hagy's collection resonate with themes of loss, resignation and hope.

    by Melissa Mylchreest, May 09, 2010

  • New West, Next West

    In the short stories in Last Call, Colorado writer Blair Oliver looks at the desperate suburban lives of modern-day Western men.

    by Peter Soliunas, Jan 21, 2008
  • Interior Landscapes: A review of The City Beneath the Snow

    Interior Landscapes: A review of The City Beneath the Snow

    The short stories in Marjorie Kowalski Cole's posthumous collection The City Beneath the Snow take readers deep into the subarctic melting pot of Fairbanks, Alaska.

    by Michael Engelhard, Mar 04, 2012
  • That quiet haunted place: A review of American Masculine

    That quiet haunted place: A review of American Masculine

    The short stories in Shann Ray's book take us deep into the lives of Western men.

    by Kurt Caswell, Jun 10, 2011

  • Truth, lies and poetry

    Reading the short stories and poems in Sherman Alexie's War Dances is like watching an intricate dance.

    by Lisa Song, Aug 15, 2010
  • Why some men are the way they are

    Why some men are the way they are

    Three new short story collections -- Nine Ten Again by Philip Condon, Where The Money Went by Kevin Canty, and Maile Meloy’s Both Ways Is The Only Way I Want It -- feature working-class men coping with damaged lives.

    by Cherie Newman, Sep 13, 2009

  • The dark corners of the heart: A review of Volt

    The short stories in Alan Heathcock's collection, Volt, bring the troubled inhabitants of a small town vividly to life.

    by Tara Rae Miner, Mar 20, 2011

  • Writing in tradition

    In her first short story collection, From the Hilltop, Toni Jensen relies on her Metis heritage to explore American Indian life off the reservation.

    by Kurt Caswell, Oct 24, 2010

  • Dear friends

    Rick Craig wins Nelson Algren Award; visitors; Bill Frank Jr. and John Echohawk win Wallace Stegner Award; HCN is looking for good writers

    by Jodi Peterson, Dec 11, 2006
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