Braxton McCoy on Writing, Riding, and Fighting

Author, Army veteran, and rancher Braxton McCoy speaks with Lee Smith about “The Glass Factory,” his great memoir about recovery and resolve, love and horses, and the long road home.

1:00 Overcoming setbacks in recovery.
3:00 Coping with trauma and mental illness through writing .
04:17 McCoy’s odyssey at Arlington National Cemetery.
11:58 McCoy’s favorites: Ernest Hemingway and Cormac McCarthy
18:52 Horses, recovery, and writing.
25:08 The Great Plains, source of American history and literature

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