Writing – Brendan Shay Basham

Navajo Times

They didn’t get my clans right, but this is a really good article anyway! https://navajotimes.com/ae/people/ucross-residency-helps-brendan-basham-reconnect-with-food-art/ Below is an interview with Wyoming Public Radio, as well. Both of these pieces came out on my birthday a couple weeks ago. https://www.wyomingpublicmedia.org/open-spaces/2025-11-21/dine-author-and-artist-dishes-about-inaugural-ucross-culinary-fellowship
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Ucross Culinary Residency

Cooking 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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An Outdoor Seminar

In June, students from Austin Peay State University, led by professors of Native American Art and Literature courses, stopped by my house for homemade pizzas and a talk about writing and perception and how to listen to water. Link is here: https://www.apsu.edu/news/austin-peay-students-explore-native-american-culture-new-mexico.php If for any chance the page is removed by the state of TN…
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Join me at Glendale Public Library, Sat., March 29, 2-4pm for reading, talk, and q&a. For event scheduling, visit gplaz.org/events.
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David Lynch

I’m gonna miss David Lynch’s light as much as his darkness. I grew up watching his films when I was a kid (maybe considered too young these days), and it’s easy to spot his subliminal influence in my photos and writing. In 2008, while the restaurant was closed during the lull of summer and hurricane…
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Tour Schedule

Please join me in celebrating the paperback release of SWIM HOME to the VANISHED! I’d love to see you and sign your books.
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Swim Home paperback launch August 20th

Please 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!

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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How We Spend Our Days

I wrote a short essay in which I blather on about swales and an albino fawn for Cynthia Newberry Martin’s How We Spend Our Days, where she has collected “over a decade of essays from over a hundred writers on how each one spent a day in their life.” https://howwespendourdays.substack.com/p/how-we-spend-our-days-november-2023
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Readings in October

I’ll be in New Hampshire this week visiting classes at Dartmouth and Phillips Exeter Academy, with reading’s in both Hanover and Exeter! Hope to see you there. Tuesday, October 17, 2023, 7PM — Still North Books & Bar, Hanover, NH (Catered event!) Thursday, October 19, 2023, 7PM — Water Street Bookstore, Exeter, NH
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