In this week’s episode, Kayla and Taylor discuss James Welch’s 1974 novel Winter in the Blood. Topics include literal and metaphorical distance, cows stuck in the mud, and hope within despair.

This week’s drink: a Montana beer, if you can get it! Kayla is drinking Cold Smoke Scotch Ale from KettleHouse Brewing Co. in Bonner, MT. Taylor is drinking Montucky Cold Snack lager based in Bozeman, MT.

Current reads, recommendations, and links:

Fools Crow by James Welch

A Haunting on the Hill by Elizabeth Hand

A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman

Lakota Nation vs. the United States film

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Join us next time as we discuss The Lost Journals of Sacajewea by Debra Magpie Earling