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Iris Jamahl Dunkle @irjohnso

Poet, Biographer, Critic. Author of Riding Like the Wind: The Life of Sanora Babb @ucpress @Colorado_Review @triohousepress @OUPress

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Iris Jamahl Dunkle@irjohnso
30 Sep 2024
Excited that Riding Like the Wind: The Life of Sanora Babb was named one of 12 New Books for October on Alta! Along with new books from @RubenQuesada and Forrest Gander. Thanks @AltaJournal altaonline.com/books/g623716…

12 New Books for October

This month, we’ve got our eyes on New Testaments, Comforting Myths: Concerning the Political in Art, and 10 other titles by writers on and of the West.

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University of California Press (is on Bluesky)@ucpress
26 Nov 2024
Thanks to @washingtonpost for including @irjohnso's RIDING LIKE THE WIND: The Life of Sanora Babb in their 50 notable works of nonfiction from 2024! tinyurl.com/yt9z7x5r

50 notable works of nonfiction from 2024

The year’s best memoirs, biographies, history and more, as selected by the staff of The Washington Post’s Book World.

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Pine State Publicity@PineStatePub
18 Nov 2024
If you're counting, that's THREE bestseller lists for @irjohnso Riding Like the Wind: The Life of Sanora Babb (which is now a month old!) & & & Dunkle has just been named to the 2025 @bookcritics board! tulsapeople.com/about-town/o…

Oklahoma best sellers: Nov. 17

This week's Oklahoma best sellers are based on total number of sales at Tulsa's Magic City Books, Best of Books in Edmond, Brace Books in Ponca City, and Full Circle

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Pine State Publicity@PineStatePub
16 Nov 2024
There's @irjohnso in Review of Reviews at @theweek for RIDING LIKE THE WIND: THE LIFE OF SANORA BABB!
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13 Nov 2024
Thanks to @newrepublic for the review of @irjohnso's "compassionate and respectful biography" RIDING LIKE THE WIND: The Life of Sanora Babb: newrepublic.com/article/1882…

The Woman Who Defined the Great Depression

John Steinbeck based “The Grapes of Wrath” on Sanora Babb’s notes. But she was writing her own American epic.

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Pine State Publicity@PineStatePub
15 Nov 2024
SANORA BABB & @irjohnso in @NorthBayNews @ucpress pressdemocrat.com/article/en…
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Thanks for this review of Riding Like the Wind: The Life of Sanora Babb by Scott Bradfield ⁦@newrepublic⁩ newrepublic.com/article/1882…

The Woman Who Defined the Great Depression

John Steinbeck based “The Grapes of Wrath” on Sanora Babb’s notes. But she was writing her own American epic.

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lareviewofbooks.org/article/… via @lareviewofbooks

A Different Dust Bowl | Los Angeles Review of Books

Tia Glista reviews Iris Jamahl Dunkle’s “Riding Like the Wind: The Life of Sanora Babb.”

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D. A. Powell@Powell_DA
6 Nov 2024
No rhyme can be said where reason has fled --June Jordan
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Pine State Publicity@PineStatePub
4 Nov 2024
Sanora Babb & @irjohnso are USA TODAY BESTSELLERS! ☀️ Get your copy here: ucpress.edu/books/riding-lik…
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Finding Lost Voices: The Important Voice of Zitkála-Šá (also known as Gertrude Simmons Bonnin, 1876-1938) open.substack.com/pub/irisja…
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Catamaran Lit@CatamaranLit
23 Oct 2024
Join us Friday, Nov 1st, to celebrate Iris Jamahl Dunkle’s new biography "Riding Like the Wind" telling the story of Sanora Babb whose interviews and notes informed Steinbeck's "The Grapes of Wrath" and led to the cancellation of Babb's own novel. Details: catamaranliteraryreader.com/…
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Pine State Publicity@PineStatePub
30 Oct 2024
🍂 Nothing like a Great Fall Book Preview at the_millions! 🍂 AND featuring @irjohnso Riding Like the Wind: The Life of Sanora Babb! @ucpress themillions.com/2024/10/the-…
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Prairie Lights Books@Prairie_Lights
30 Oct 2024
Tonight at 7pm, Iris Jamahl Dunkle who will read from her "heartbreaking and heroic (Ken Burns)" new biography of novelist Sanora Babb, Riding Like the Wind: The Life of Sanora Babb.  She’ll be joined in conversation by UIowa Professor Harry Stecopoulos.
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Ten Facts About the Fearless Writer Sanora Babb - CounterPunch.org counterpunch.org/2024/10/30/…
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Dream come true moment!
Pine State Publicity@PineStatePub
28 Oct 2024
Oh nothing, just @irjohnso being SMART & looking FABULOUS in @nytimesbooks (in Sanora Babb's coat, no less!) nytimes.com/2024/10/18/books…
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Happy belated birthday to #SylviaPlath
LovingSylviaPlath@LovingSPlath
27 Oct 2024
Happy 92nd Birthday #SylviaPlath 🌹 "Someone, somewhere, can you understand me a little, love me a little? For all my despair, for all my ideals, for all that – I love life. But it is hard, and I have so much – so very much to learn –"
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27 Oct 2024
All night your moth-breath Flickers among the flat pink roses. I wake to listen: A far sea moves in my ear. —Sylvia Plath, born #OTD in 1932 poets.org/poem/morning-song

Morning Song

Love set you going like a fat gold watch.

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University of California Press (is on Bluesky)@ucpress
25 Oct 2024
To kickoff our #WHA2024 blog series, @irjohnso's RIDING LIKE THE WIND recaptures the life of author Sanora Babb. Did you know Sanora's first essay she wrote was called "How to Handle Men"? Find out more about Sanora Babb: tinyurl.com/bdh99u89
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Pine State Publicity@PineStatePub
25 Oct 2024
ICYMI: Read an excerpt from Riding Like the Wind: The Life of Sanora Babb by @irjohnso in @salon! @ucpress salon.com/2024/10/15/steinbe…
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