American Masculine: Stories

The American West has long been a place where myth and legend have flourished. Where men stood tall and lived rough. But the West is no more. In its place Shann Ray finds washed-up basketball players, businessmen hiding addictions and women fighting the inexplicable violence that wells up in these men. In these stories, Ray grapples with terrible hurt experienced and finds that reconciliation, if far off, is at least possible. The debut of a writer who is out to redefine the contours of the West, this collection is a deeply felt ode to the country that is left behind.