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Jonathan Danielson

@jonathanin2k.bsky.social

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College edumakator. Regular idiot. PhD (ASU) in AZ Literary Regionalism, MFA (USFCA) in Fiction. Writer-at-Large for Feathertale. THE LOWEST BASIN: ARIZONA STORIES out now from Cowboy Jamboree.

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Jonathan Danielson @jonathanin2k.bsky.social · Sep 7

Friends! Meet us at Rift Wine Bar & Taphouse on Oct 4th at 3 PM for our first ever Desert Grit Reading Series!

With readings from:

@mdbell79.bsky.social

@stephanieaustin.bsky.social

@shipraagarwal.bsky.social

@sabrinahicks.bsky.social

@haydenmcasey13.bsky.social

And me!

See you then!

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Jonathan Danielson @jonathanin2k.bsky.social · 10h

And I just got to meet Sandra Cisneros!

Jonathan Danielson @jonathanin2k.bsky.social · 10h

Walking to my car across ASU’s campus and a guy just proposed to his girlfriend in front of the fountain at Old Main. I love this place.

Jonathan Danielson @jonathanin2k.bsky.social · 13h

Oscar Mancinas giving his lecture, “Authoring Home-Arizona’s Indigenous and Chicano Literary History” in the Piper House at DNRS!

Jonathan Danielson @jonathanin2k.bsky.social · 14h

Cecilia Savala with the Poet Laureates, Kimberly Blaeser, Octavio Quintanilla, Alberto Ríos, ire'ne lara silva, at DNRS!

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Jonathan Danielson @jonathanin2k.bsky.social · 16h

At the conference book sale. Not gonna lie, never gets less exciting!

Jonathan Danielson @jonathanin2k.bsky.social · 17h

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Dan Crawley @danbillyc.bsky.social · 17h

Amazing writers! 🎉💙🎉

Jonathan Danielson @jonathanin2k.bsky.social · 17h

Had the incredible opportunity to lead yesterday’s DNRS panel, “What We Write About When We Write About Arizona,” with Arizona authors Oscar Mancinas, @stephanieaustin.bsky.social, @sabrinahicks.bsky.social, and of course, Arizona Poet Laureate, Alberto Rios!

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Jonathan Danielson @jonathanin2k.bsky.social · 17h

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Jonathan Danielson @jonathanin2k.bsky.social · 1d

@mdbell79.bsky.social changing hearts and minds at Desert Nights, Rising Stars

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Jonathan Danielson @jonathanin2k.bsky.social · 1d

The one and only @taraisonwriter.bsky.social with a packed house at 9 AM to kick off this year’s Desert Nights, Rising Stars writing conference!

Jonathan Danielson @jonathanin2k.bsky.social · 2d

I don’t think this story wants to be a novel. I think it just wants to be a 10,000 word story.

Jonathan Danielson @jonathanin2k.bsky.social · 2d

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Jonathan Danielson @jonathanin2k.bsky.social · 2d

Can’t wait for this!

John Waddy Bullion @johnwaddy.bsky.social · 2d

Advance praise for my collection of short stories THIS WORLD WILL NEVER RUN OUT OF STRANGERS (out 11.18 from @cowboyjamboree.bsky.social) from @kevingrauke.bsky.social

This collection of loosely connected stories reminds us that, no matter how much we crave connection and a sense of belonging, we often fail to achieve it to any degree of satisfaction-and sometimes not at all.
Bullion's young men do their very best, however, to forge identities in a lonely, latchkey landscape of a Missouri college town, where parents are checked out, if not absent, and the love is tough, if present at all.
Now, this may sound like rough sledding, but its bite and poignancy are perfectly balanced with what is often riotous humor.
Such a potent mixture is a rarity in today's fiction, which is why this collection is a thing to celebrate and share.
Kevin Grauke, author of Shadows of Men and Yonderites

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Jonathan Danielson @jonathanin2k.bsky.social · 3d

Is it weird I’m excited to go to a conference at ASU this week for a variety of reasons, one of them being I get to eat at the Panda Express near campus, which is better than any other Panda Express around? And that I’ve been looking forward to that for WEEKS?