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A progressive, alternative university is targeted for takeover by conservative forces in this satiric tale. Aaron Motherway is a Hollywood screenwriter who, while recovering from a traffic accident, is tapped to run the arts program at Parami University, located in Pearl Handle, Wyoming.What Aaron doesn’t know is that he is being set up to fail by various duplicitous forces, and he finds himself immersed in a culture war infused with sexual misconduct, embezzlement, political opportunism, and potential mass murder, played out in a climate of comedic dysfunction and absurdity.His charming and able assistant has his back, fending off a demented poet and venomous colleagues. And he gains the loyalty of some very challenged students—a murderer, a lobster wrangler, and an apostate.But there are surprises in store for Aaron before the story reaches a dramatic conclusion.Buddha Was a Cowboy is a metaphor for many of the issues engulfing and dividing America today, and a darkly humorous take on the current cultural landscape.

Singer-songwriter Courtney Yasmineh packs a stormy ballad¿s punch and showcases a lyrical style in her first novel.Set in the late ¿70s, A Girl Called Sidney: The Coldest Place by rock musician Courtney Yasmineh is a searing, nerve-rattling story of a mature 17-year-old whose family disintegrates in spectacular fashion in affluent suburban Chicago.After first spiriting her mother away and then running away herself to the family¿s remote Northwoods cabin in Minnesota, Sidney challenges herself to survive alone and find her voice over the course of a brutal winter.The narrative takes the reader on a dark and moody ride back and forth in both time and place, between Chicago and a tiny rural town. Getting inside Sidney¿s head as she tries to make sense of a cast of characters ¿ family, hangers-on, and old and new friends ¿ the novel examines the roots of their dysfunction while Sidney plots the future and works to make real her pursuit of music, inspired by the music of Bob DylanWith appeal to readers of the recent rash of women rocker bios ¿ and contemporary fiction of the heartland ¿ the story looks with a fresh perspective back to a distinct time and the experiences of a young woman that will resonate with many adults.

Engrossing and compelling novel that wrestles with the artist's contraditions against a backdrop of a life on the road: magical, honest, and pure, but also destructive, dangerous, and out of control.Franz Nicolay is a musician and writer best known for playing the accordion and piano in The World/Inferno Friendship Society and keyboards in The Hold Steady. He was once named #1 of Punk's 10 Best Accordion Players.

Reading group guide available to download from publisher's website.Appeals to a variety of readers: literary novel with speculative/monster story element; atmospheric writing and natural settings; "fabulism."Debut author