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Authors Rowland and Ray to read at Auntie’s

Dan Webster

Tales of Montana are likely to be on tap tonight at Auntie's Bookstore when authors Russell Rowland and Shann Ray read from their various works at 7.

Rowland, who lives in Billings, will read from "Fifty-Six Counties: A Montana Journey." A Montana native, Rowland spent two years traveling around his home state attempting to assess what he describes as "our state’s essential character, where we came from and, most of all, what we might be in the process of becoming."

Ray, who teaches at Gonzaga University, is the author of the novel "American Copper," the story collection "American Masculine," the poetry collection "Balefire" and two books of nonfiction. "American Copper" was described in Esquire magazine as a “brutal beautiful vision of Montana.”

As with most Auntie's events, the reading is free and open to the public. And the authors will be available afterward to sign copies.