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julianzabalbeascoa.bsky.social @julianzabalbeascoa.bsky.social · 8d

A huge loss for the literary landscape of Boston and beyond. Salamander has helped launch countless writing careers. Here is to them finding a new home and being able to continue this noble and necessary work.

Salamander @salamandermag.bsky.social · 11d

Our upcoming Issue 60 marks the end of an era: Salamander is parting ways with Suffolk University after two decades.

Thank you for your patience and understanding as we take a hiatus from reading new submissions during the 2025-2026 reading period, and stay connected with us for updates.
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julianzabalbeascoa.bsky.social @julianzabalbeascoa.bsky.social · 18d

Honored to have my novel be among this list of recommendations for those interested in learning more about the Spanish Civil War while visiting the Basque Country!

Nick Lloyd @spaincivilwartours.bsky.social · 20d

A quick set of recommendations I've put together of Spanish Civil War sites and memorials for people visiting the Basque Country. Any more suggestions?
thespanishcivilwar.com/tour-themes/...

The Spanish Civil War in the Basque Country – Spanish Civil War tours in Barcelona and history of the war

thespanishcivilwar.com

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julianzabalbeascoa.bsky.social @julianzabalbeascoa.bsky.social · Sep 2

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julianzabalbeascoa.bsky.social @julianzabalbeascoa.bsky.social · Sep 2

Mila esker, Nick, for these kind words! You are among my ideal readers, so this means a lot. A thousand thanks!

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julianzabalbeascoa.bsky.social @julianzabalbeascoa.bsky.social · Sep 2

Mila esker, Nick, for these kind words! You are among my ideal readers, so this means a lot. A thousand thanks!

Nick Lloyd @spaincivilwartours.bsky.social · Aug 29

I want to recommend this beautiful written novel "What We Tried to Bury Grows Here" by @julianzabalbeascoa.bsky.social Set during the Civil War, mainly in the Basque Country, intrically woven tragic stories, the history without impeding the narrative, intimate details making all so believable

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julianzabalbeascoa.bsky.social @julianzabalbeascoa.bsky.social · Jul 1

What We Tried To Bury Grows Here is now an audiobook!

Gary Tiedemann and Raquel Beattie have turned in powerful performances! Many thanks to them and everyone else at Tantor involved in this production.

You can purchase it wherever audiobooks are sold. May it be your song of the summer!

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julianzabalbeascoa.bsky.social @julianzabalbeascoa.bsky.social · Jun 24

Mila esker to Scott Schomburg for this thoughtful review in Harvard Review of my novel What We Tried to Bury Grows Here (@twodollarradio.bsky.social)!
www.harvardreview.org/book-review/...

What We Tried to Bury Grows Here - Harvard Review

In Julian Zabalbeascoa’s debut novel, What We Tried to Bury Grows Here, twenty narrators in twenty chapters navigate the Spanish Civil War, when, in 1936, the electoral victory of a left-wing coalitio...

www.harvardreview.org

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julianzabalbeascoa.bsky.social @julianzabalbeascoa.bsky.social · Jun 7

My students loved our conversation with Verna! Nobody wanted it to end. Do yourselves a favor and get her book and see if she can be a part of your students' classroom experience!

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julianzabalbeascoa.bsky.social @julianzabalbeascoa.bsky.social · May 21

I don’t often drink blackcurrant sours, but when I do, I drink A Life Anew…a beer brewed by Hot Plate Brewing Co. and inspired by my story in @onestorymag.bsky.social, which appears in a modified form in What We Tried to Bury Grows Here (@twodollarradio.bsky.social).
Stay thirsty, my friends.

Holding a bottle of the beer A Life Anew at the Literary Debutante Ball.

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julianzabalbeascoa.bsky.social @julianzabalbeascoa.bsky.social · May 18

Fantastic article on my publisher @twodollarradio.bsky.social, who is celebrating their 20th anniversary this weekend! Here's to the next twenty! (and the twenty after that)
matternews.org/culture/word...

Two Dollar Radio turns 20 – Matter News

The Columbus-based indie publisher will celebrate its 20th anniversary with a bash at Two Dollar Radio Headquarters on Saturday, May 17.

matternews.org

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honorscollegeuml.bsky.social @honorscollegeuml.bsky.social · May 15

The Honors College's @julianzabalbeascoa.bsky.social was recently on the PRX/GBH radio show The World with Marco Werman, where he discussed the anniversary of the bombing of Gernika & his debut novel What We Tried to Bury Grows Here.

You can listen to the segment here: theworld.org/segments/202...

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Two Dollar Radio @twodollarradio.bsky.social · Apr 30

Gernika was bombed 88 years ago this week by German and Italian air forces at the behest of Franco, and laid bare for all the world to see the ultimate conclusion of fascism. WHAT WE TRIED TO BURY GROWS HERE author— @julianzabalbeascoa.bsky.social —was on @theworld.org👇

theworld.org/segments/202...

A novelist writes about his family's opposing sides in the Spanish Civil War - The World from PRX

The Spanish Civil War was a conflict that pitted the Republican government against Spanish Nationalists led by General Francisco Franco from 1936-1939. Families were torn apart as people took sides. T...

theworld.org

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julianzabalbeascoa.bsky.social @julianzabalbeascoa.bsky.social · Apr 27

If you're anywhere in/near LA, I'll be in conversation with three incredible authors at the LA Times Festival of Books at 10:30 this morning.

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julianzabalbeascoa.bsky.social @julianzabalbeascoa.bsky.social · Apr 26

Today is the anniversary of the bombing of Gernika. It was bombed by German & Italian air forces at the behest of General Franco and laid bare for all the world to see the ultimate conclusion of fascism. I was on @theworld.org with Marco Werman to discuss it & my novel.
theworld.org/segments/202...

A novelist writes about his family's opposing sides in the Spanish Civil War - The World from PRX

The Spanish Civil War was a conflict that pitted the Republican government against Spanish Nationalists led by General Francisco Franco from 1936-1939. Families were torn apart as people took sides. T...

theworld.org

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julianzabalbeascoa.bsky.social @julianzabalbeascoa.bsky.social · Apr 26

I read for this contest. Send them your best!
salamandermag.org/contests

Salamander @salamandermag.bsky.social · Apr 25

We're so excited to announce that the judge for Salamander's 2025 Fiction Contest will be Helen Phillips, author of The Need and Hum, among other works. Submissions open on May 1! Find more information here: salamandermag.org/contests

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Two Dollar Radio @twodollarradio.bsky.social · Apr 21

🌹WHAT WE TRIED TO BURY GROWS HERE author Julian Zabalbeascoa will be at the LA Times Book Prizes Awards Ceremony & the LA Times Festival of Books this weekend — April 25 & 27!

Peep all of @julianzabalbeascoa.bsky.social ‘s upcoming events ⬇️

🔗 www.julianzabalbeascoa.com/tour

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julianzabalbeascoa.bsky.social @julianzabalbeascoa.bsky.social · Apr 16

Time was no friend of mine at Bookshop West Portal. The hour with @mrhwm.bsky.social passed in a few minutes. Could have kept it going into the early morning. Many thanks to the Basque Educational Organization for sponsoring the event and to all those who attended!

two writers in conversation at Bookshop West Portal.

Signing copies of the What We Tried to Bury Grows Here.

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Seven Stories Press @sevenstories.bsky.social · Apr 15

We're delighted to announce that we've acquired @twodollarradio.bsky.social, the Midwest's finest publisher of adventurous, boundary-pushing books.

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Two Dollar Radio @twodollarradio.bsky.social · Apr 15

the cat is indeed out of the bag.

meow.

💖 @sevenstories.bsky.social

Read about it in @publisherswkly.bsky.social ⬇️

🔗 www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...

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julianzabalbeascoa.bsky.social @julianzabalbeascoa.bsky.social · Apr 13

For those in the Bay Area, I will be at the SF Basque Cultural Center today, April 13, presenting on & signing copies of my novel at 2:30 pm. Then, tomorrow, I'm over at Book Shop West Portal at 7 pm, where I'll be in conversation with @mrhwm.bsky.social!

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One Story @onestorymag.bsky.social · Apr 10

Join us Thursday, 5/1 for a virtual reading with our Literary Debutantes hosted by @debutiful.bsky.social, featuring readings from Nini Berndt, @kermichele.bsky.social, Carrie R. Moore, Lucas Schaefer, Jackie Thomas-Kennedy, Lauren K. Watel, and @julianzabalbeascoa.bsky.social. bit.ly/4j7bCxA

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Two Dollar Radio @twodollarradio.bsky.social · Apr 8

Catch WHAT WE TRIED TO BURY GROWS HERE author @julianzabalbeascoa.bsky.social on the West Coast soon!

🔗 www.julianzabalbeascoa.com/tour

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julianzabalbeascoa.bsky.social @julianzabalbeascoa.bsky.social · Mar 31

A new interview is up at @onestorymag.bsky.social! Thank you to one of America's greatest literary journals and @mjyidani.bsky.social for the conversation!
one-story.com/2025/03/31/s...

Shatterproof Hope: An Interview with Julian Zabalbeascoa – One Story

one-story.com

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julianzabalbeascoa.bsky.social @julianzabalbeascoa.bsky.social · Mar 27

Canary hightails it out of the coal mine.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Yale professor who studies fascism fleeing US to work in Canada

Jason Stanley, who says grandmother fled Berlin with his father in 1939, says US may become ‘fascist dictatorship’

www.theguardian.com

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julianzabalbeascoa.bsky.social @julianzabalbeascoa.bsky.social · Mar 26

The Basque Educational Organization has chosen WHAT WE TRIED TO BURY GROWS HERE as their next book club pick, and I'll be joining the conversation! This takes place virtually on Monday, March 31, 5:30-6:30 PDT.
Join the party here: www.basqueeducational.org/event/book-c...

BOOK CLUB / What We Tried to Bury Grows Here

We will be discussing What We Tried to Bury Grows Here with author Julian Zabalbeascoa. Meetings are held via Zoom. If you are not currently a BEO Book Club member, you can learn more and sign up H…

www.basqueeducational.org

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