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The story of Rock Springs is riddled with energy booms and busts. Author J. J. Anselmi was born and raised there and said he often has mixed feelings about his hometown. Wyoming Public Radio's Taylar Stagner talked with Anselmi about his new book "Out Here On Our Own: An Oral History of an American Boomtown" where he interviews residents about Rock Springs.

Doug Peacock is an American author and wildlife activist who's spent the majority of his life studying bears, primarily in the Montana and Wyoming areas. He recently published a book called "Was It Worth it? A Wilderness Warrior’s Long Trail Home."

A popular Indigenous author comes to the University of Wyoming next month. In preparation, the Albany Country Library highlights the importance of Indigenous storytelling in new book club.

Carl Hart is a nationally renowned psychologist and neuroscientist who earned his Ph.D. at the University of Wyoming. Last year, he published the book Drug Use for Grown-Ups: Chasing Liberty in the Land of Fear. In it, he advocates for drug legalization and an end to the War on Drugs. He also comes out of the closet as an avid drug user himself, writing that drug use can be a rational, positive and safe part of one's pursuit of happiness. Wyoming Public Radio's Jeff Victor asked him why most Americans tend not to see it that way.

Johnson's Christmas story tour of libraries in northeast Wyoming concluded in Buffalo on Dec. 20. He's also set off in a different direction for his latest book, which includes addressing murdered and missing indigenous women.

Still disturbed by Iraq, Wyoming High School Teacher Tim Ross learns about a strange ritual involving an old crime and phantom sightings of a murdered girl. That's the tease to the book The Burqa Cave written by Wyoming Author Dean Petersen who joins us now.

Wyoming's mountains sit at the headwaters of some of the most important rivers in the American West, including the Colorado and the Missouri. Wyoming Public Radio's Melodie Edwards sat down with Journalist Anne MacKinnon to discuss her book Public Water: Lessons from Wyoming for the American West. The book tackles the fascinating history of how we came to manage all that water, and what other states could learn from us as we face greater droughts and climate change in the future.

The podcast Death, Sex and Money focuses on conversation topics that many are scared of and don't want to discuss with their loved ones or friends. Host Anna Sale said many people reach out to her asking how to get people to open up about personal stuff, the way she does with guests on the show.

Anna Sale is the host of the WNYC podcast, Death, Sex and Money. On the show, she explores questions and choices so many people have trouble talking about. Now, she’s written a book, in hopes of guiding readers through hard conversations about intimacy, grief and identity.

Wyoming-based mother and son duo published their first fiction novel, titled A Divided Mind, together back in 2019. The book largely centers around topics and impacts of mental health. Now, Mary Billiter and Kyle Thomas are back with a sequel and shared how they got started as well as why this was important to them.