Join us on Tuesday, March 4th, at 7PM for a conversation with novelist Callan Wink about his book BEARTOOTH. Co-presented with Howler Brothers, First Light is excited to welcome Callan to discuss his taut, propulsive novel about two brothers in dire straits, living on the edge of Yellowstone, who agree to a desperate act of survival. Tickets to this event include a copy of BEARTOOTH and a reserved seat at the event.

Callan will be joined in conversation by First Light partner and WILDSAM founder, Taylor Bruce.

About the book

In an aging, timber house hand-built into the Absaroka-Beartooth mountains, two brothers are struggling to keep up with their debts. They live off the grid, on the fringe of Yellowstone, surviving off the wild after the death of their father. Thad, the elder, is more capable of engaging with things like the truck registration, or the medical bills they can't afford from their father's fatal illness, or the tax lien on the cabin their grandfather built, while Hazen is . . . different, more instinctual, deeply in tune with the natural world. Desperate for money, they are approached by a shadowy out-of-towner with a dangerous proposition that will change both of their lives forever. Beartooth is a fast-paced tale with moments of surprising poignancy set in the grandeur of the American West. Evoking the timeless voices of American pastoral storytelling, this is a bracing, masterful novel about survival, revenge, and the bond between brothers.

About the author

Callan Wink has been awarded fellowships by the National Endowment for the Arts and Stanford University, where he was a Wallace Stegner Fellow. His stories and essays have been published in the New Yorker, Granta, Playboy, Men's Journal, and The Best American Short Stories. He is the author of a novel, August, and a collection of short stories, Dog Run Moon. He lives in Livingston, Montana, where he is a fly-fishing guide on the Yellowstone River.