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The Papaya Thief: Stories Beyond the Kitchen
Read more: The Papaya Thief: Stories Beyond the KitchenDear Big-Clouded Planet, I’m writing to invite you to follow another Substack—fashionably late, but here we go. The Papaya Thief started as a blog in my early chef days at Casa Isleña, a small inn in Rincón, Puerto Rico, where I’d drive up the hill before dinner service and shake green papayas off the tree…
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Ucross Culinary Residency
Read more: Ucross Culinary ResidencyCooking and Writing Aren’t Too Far Apart Press Release from Ucross What I failed to mention for this release was that this residency inspired a new project, something about writing and cooking and food and consciousness, something along those broad lines. It’s in the pipeline, at least. From Ucross: “During the culinary residency, the artmaking…
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Swim Home paperback launch August 20th
Read more: Swim Home paperback launch August 20thPlease join me in celebrating the paperback release of SWIM HOME TO THE VANISHED at Brightside Books in downtown Flagstaff on Tuesday, August 20th, 2024. Tristan and I grew up in Flag. We spent a lot of time in Bookman’s, the used books and media store near NAU (we lived in family campus housing, around…
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Exciting Book Events and Updates: Fall 2024 Schedule!
Read more: Exciting Book Events and Updates: Fall 2024 Schedule!The writer has been busy with readings, speaking engagements, and travel, documenting experiences in a gallery. Celebrating the success of “Swim Home,” they are now scheduling the fall launch of the paperback release for August 20, 2024. Exciting news includes visits to bookstores in Seattle, fulfilling a childhood dream. More events are expected, so stay…
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Papayas in Alaska
Read more: Papayas in AlaskaUPDATE 9-14-23 Tonight’s reading will be available to livestream here, 7:30pm Alaska time: https://alaska.zoom.us/j/86445852561 This week I am visiting the AK Native Writers Workshop, and UAF’s Creative Writing MFA program, plus doing a reading and signing at UAF’s Schaible Auditorium on Thursday, September 14. If you happen to know anyone in the Alaskan Interior, please…
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Swim Home is one of Powell’s Picks for the month of August
Read more: Swim Home is one of Powell’s Picks for the month of AugustSwim Home to the Vanished is one of Powell’s Bookstore’s Picks for August! This makes me so happy, to be on display at the best bookstore in the world. I don’t know how many hours, days, spent in those stacks. Click here to pre-order! from Powell’s. Support local, independently-owned bookstores. –BB
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Upcoming Events
Read more: Upcoming EventsPlease join us in welcoming Swim Home to the Vanished into the world on August 22nd, 7 PM, at Greedy Reads Remington in Baltimore! Register here! I’m so excited and so grateful for everyone’s support over the years to fulfill a lifelong dream. Below are a few more readings coming up. Please, mark your calendars!…
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Diné Author Brendan Basham Talks Ucross Writing Fellowship, New Work | WPM
Read more: Diné Author Brendan Basham Talks Ucross Writing Fellowship, New Work | WPMAn interview with Wyoming Public Media (January 2021): Diné Author Brendan Basham Talks Ucross Writing Fellowship, New Work | Wyoming Public Media