Poet, Biographer, Critic. Author of Riding Like the Wind: The Life of Sanora Babb @ucpress @Colorado_Review @triohousepress @OUPress
Sebastopol, CA
Joined May 2008
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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
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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
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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!
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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…
Thanks for this review of Riding Like the Wind: The Life of Sanora Babb by Scott Bradfield @newrepublic newrepublic.com/article/1882…
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Sanora Babb & @irjohnso are USA TODAY BESTSELLERS! ☀️
Get your copy here: ucpress.edu/books/riding-lik…
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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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:
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🍂 Nothing like a Great Fall Book Preview at the_millions! 🍂 AND featuring @irjohnso Riding Like the Wind: The Life of Sanora Babb!
@ucpress
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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.
Ten Facts About the Fearless Writer Sanora Babb - CounterPunch.org counterpunch.org/2024/10/30/…
Dream come true moment!
Oh nothing, just @irjohnso being SMART & looking FABULOUS in @nytimesbooks (in Sanora Babb's coat, no less!)
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Happy belated birthday to #SylviaPlath
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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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
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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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ICYMI: Read an excerpt from Riding Like the Wind: The Life of Sanora Babb by @irjohnso in @salon!
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