The Bridge on Beer River is a Publisher’s Weekly—Book Life Editors Pick!

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Thank you to the editors of Publisher’s Weekly—Book Life for the wonderful review. I was thrilled to receive my copy in the mail!

Here is an excerpt:

“Tierney (Lucky Ride) creates an urgent, moving slice-of-life narrative of rebuilding a life in this collection of stories centering around Curt, an ex-Marine who struggles to find himself in 1980s small-town Binghamton….”

Here is a link to the journal page online: https://booklife.com/booklife-review/9781956692631

Find more information about The Bridge on Beer River HERE

Hope you can attend my reading at A Great Good Place for Books on Tuesday, September 26, at 7 pm PDT

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Please join me at my local Oakland bookstore, A Great Good Place for Books, where I’ll be reading from my new novel, The Bridge on Beer River. My friend Stewart Florsheim will join me to read from his new poetry collection, Amusing the Angels, which won the 2022 Blue Light Book Award.

Read more about the event here: https://www.ggpbooks.com/event/AmusingBeer

Learn more about The Bridge on Beer River HERE

Three New Poems in The Town: An Anthology of Oakland Poets

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Thrilled to be part of this love letter to Oakland with a wealth of amazing poets. Thank you to J. K. Fowler and Ayodele Nzinga, Oakland’s first and treasured poet laureate.

https://www.nomadicpress.org/thetown

As cool as this collection is, its arrival is bittersweet because it will be the last publication from the beloved Nomadic Press. Be sure to check it out.

Check out my One Question interview about The Bridge on Beer River in Hypertext Magazine

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I enjoyed recalling Curt’s genesis as a non-autobiographical narrator of the novel, and how I might share a Genesee beer with him but little else.

https://www.hypertextmag.com/one-question-terry-tierney-2/

Thank you to the editors of Hypertext Magazine!

Find more information about The Bridge on Beer River HERE

New Excerpt from The Bridge on Beer River in Hypertext Magazine

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In this excerpt from The Bridge on Beer River, Curt answers his door to a neighbor holding a gun and reluctantly recalls his service as a Marine during the Vietnam War.

https://www.hypertextmag.com/one-question-terry-tierney-2/

Thank you to the editors of Hypertext Magazine!

Find more information about The Bridge on Beer River HERE