Whiskey Boys

Download or read book Whiskey Boys written by Phillip Hurst and published by Bauhan Pub. This book was released on 2021 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. 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"--