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Swim Home to the Vanished in Electric Lit
Read more: Swim Home to the Vanished in Electric Lit“16 New Books by Indigenous Authors You Should Be Reading”
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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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LitHub: On Cooking & Writing
Read more: LitHub: On Cooking & WritingNew article up at LitHub! A peek into the process…
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Interview with J.C. Hallman at Brooklyn Rail
Read more: Interview with J.C. Hallman at Brooklyn RailI got to answer some great questions from a friend I met at Ucross. I talk a little about the book, the process, and having fun with language as much as I once did in the kitchen. Check it out here. https://brooklynrail.org/2023/09/books/IN-CONVERSATION-Brendan-Shay-Basham-with-JC-Hallman
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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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“17 books we can’t wait to read this summer”
Read more: “17 books we can’t wait to read this summer”Really excited that Swim Home to the Vanished is in the SF Chronicle as one of “17 books we can’t wait to read this summer”! Save the date: my book will be released into the world Tuesday, August 22, 2023 (I know I originally said June 3, but it got pushed back a couple months).…
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“A Night of Native Stories”
Read more: “A Night of Native Stories”A Reading With The Institute Of American Indian Arts & The Authors Guild Going to AWP? Live in Seattle? See me read along with these other amazing writers! “Come out and celebrate the stories of four First American writers as they read from their forthcoming and previously published books. Co-hosted by the Authors Guild and…
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Basham Named “Writer to Watch” in Publisher Weekly’s Spring 2023 List
Read more: Basham Named “Writer to Watch” in Publisher Weekly’s Spring 2023 ListBehold, a book cover! This is so exciting! And humbling. This is a lifelong dream and normally I’d be screaming from the mountaintop. But still wishing @harpercollins would work with @hcpunion to pay them what they deserve. https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/authors/profiles/article/91236-writers-to-watch-spring-2023.html Basham is “unafraid to plumb the depths of the human psyche,” says Millicent Bennett, executive editor at…
