Name: Bad Dirt: Wyoming Stories 2
ISBN: 9780007290130

Annie Proulx

Pulitzer Prize-winning author Annie Proulx follows the success of Close Range with another remarkable collection of short stories set in Wyoming.

Bad Dirt: Wyoming Stories 2

Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award winner Annie Proulx returns with another stellar collection of short stories bound to be even more successful than her bestselling, critically acclaimed Close Range. Annie Proulx’s new collection is peopled by characters who struggle with circumstances beyond their control. Born to ranching, drawn to it, or desperate to get out, they inhabit worlds that are isolated and often dangerous. Trouble comes at them from unexpected angles, and they drive themselves through it, hardheaded and resourceful. No one writes better than Proulx about the American west and about lives that may no longer be viable. This is a stunning collection by one of the most vivid and exhilarating writers of our time.

Wyoming Stories 2

Bad Dirt

Amy Grieve

This has been on my to be read pile for a long time so I’m glad to finally tick it off. Bad Dirt is a collection of short stories focused on the Wyoming landscape and those who survive within its bounds. 

I did enjoy the stories but I didn’t connect with them as much as I did in her previous collection. There is no doubt in my mind that Annie Proulx is the epitome of rural noir and an amazing short story writer. I think on this occasion it was the case of content. While her previous collection focused more on the people of Wyoming this collection tended to go with longer stories with a greater focus on the land itself. It probably doesn’t help that Brokeback Mountain is one of my favorite short stories ever written and this collection doesn’t have a story that come close for me.

Bad Dirt: Wyoming Stories 2

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