Brandon Schrand, assistant professor of English at the University of Idaho, will discuss his book “The Enders Hotel: A Memoir” on Thursday, Oct. 9, at 7:30 p.m. in the Austin Reading Room of the Jereld R. Nicholson Library at Linfield College. It is part of the “Readings at the Nick” series.
The book is set in the rural boomtown of Soda Springs, Idaho, and focuses on the historic Enders Hotel, Café and Bar, a three-story brick building that has been many things to many people. Growing up under its leaking roof, Schrand watched a cast of broken characters pass through the hotel doors and tried to find his own identity among those revolving faces. “The Enders Hotel: A Memoir” reveals the promises and warnings of western boomtown life-stories of alcoholism, murder, betrayal, hope and redemption.
Schrand is a winner of the Pushcart Prize for his essay “Eleven Ways to Consider Air.” He is also the author of “Works Cited: An Alphabetical Odyssey of Mayhem & Misbehavior.” His work has appeared in several publications, including Sports Illustrated, The Dallas Morning News and Columbia.
The lecture is free and open to the public. It is sponsored by Linfield Nicholson Library and the Linfield English Department. For more information, contact Susan Barnes Whyte at 503-883-2517, swhyte@linfield.edu.
