My essay, “The Father Within, the Fears Without,” will appear in the forthcoming anthology, The Book of Dads: Essays on the Joys, Perils, and Humilations of Fatherhood, edited by Ben George. Ecco/Harper Collins will publish the book and my essay will appear alongside notable authors such as Ben Fountain, Rick Bragg, Steve Almond, Nick Flynn, Anthony Doerr, Charles …
You can read an excerpt of my forthcoming essay, “On Failure,” over at Blood Orange Review’s blog. If you don’t know about Blood Orange Review, you should. They are an up and coming online lit journal that has been attracting some attention as of late. Update: The full issue, with my essay, is now online. Check …
The new and stylish American Traveler magazine praises The Enders Hotel while encouraging “literary sojourners” to visit the hotel itself. They call the book a “remarkable memoir” whose “poetic prose tells an important tale.”
I have been invited to contribute an essay to Columbia: A Journal of Literature & Art, published by the MFA Program at Columbia University in New York. Since 1977, Columbia has been publishing works by some of the greatest writers in the country and abroad. Notables include Raymond Carver, Jorge Luis Borges, Lorrie Moore, Louise Glück, Jane Kenyon, …
My essay, “The Bone Road,” is in the new issue of Shenandoah. Other writers in this edition include Ha Jin, David Kirby, Joyce Carol Oates, Albert Goldbarth, Margaret Gibson, Paul Zimmer, and many more. You can order a copy online or buy one at any fine bookstore.
The Enders Hotel received a very generous and thorough review at NewWest.com. “Schrand. . . proves himself a top-notch yarn spinner with this richly described, poignant memoir.” –Jenny Shank, NewWest.com.
As a longtime subscriber to the High Country News, I was delighted to see my book get some traction in its pages. Review Excerpted below. “Schrand’s personal story reflects larger cultural truths: The transitory lives of his grandfather and stepfather mirror those of the down-on-their luck drifters who gravitate to the hotel. . . Schrand’s …
My essay, “Eleven Ways to Consider Air,” has just won the Pushcart Prize. The essay, which also won the 2006 Willard R. Espy Award, was first published in Ecotone, and will be reprinted in both the Pushcart Prize anthology, as well as in the forthcoming book, Borne on Air: Essays by Idaho Writers.
The Enders Hotel has garnered a Starred Review from Booklist. Here is what they have to say about the book: “Schrand’s deeply textured memoir of life in a small Idaho town boasts a rich palette of glittering iridescent hues, somber earth tones, and delicate, evocative washes. . . . Schrand’s memoir sings, stirring the senses …
I’ve excerpted parts of my first review below: Since 1919, the three-story brick hotel, complete with cafe and bar, has anchored downtown Soda Springs, the prosperity of which has always been tied to the notorious vicissitudes of mining, farming and ranching… For a young child, the hotel exerted a certain kind of magic, which Schrand effectively captures in his …
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