Center of the American West Event Podcast

Spend an engaging evening with noted Western author Tom McGuane, as The Center of the American West presents him with our prestigious 2009 Wallace Stegner Award. Each year, the Center celebrates the life and achievements of an individual that has made a sustained contribution to the cultural identity of the West through Literature, art, history, lore, or an understanding of the West. Tom McGuane, long considered on of the West's most important literary figures, exemplifies the spirit of this award through his many works including the books Panama, The Cadence of Grass, Gallatin Canyon, and the National Book Award nominee Ninety-two in the Shade.