Media Hype

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Announcement of Taffa’s 2024 NEA Fellowship in Prose: https://iaia.edu/deborah-jackson-taffa-receives-national-endowment-for-the-arts-creative-writing-fellowship/

Interview at Santa Fe Magazine: https://santafemagazine.co/article/the-way-to-teach-writing/

WHISKEY TENDER named one of the Top Ten memoirs to read in 2024 by Publisher’s Weekly: https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/new-titles/adult-announcements/article/93873-spring-2024-adult-announcements-memoirs-biographies.html

Read PUBLISHER WEEKLY’S starred review of WHISKEY TENDER: https://www.publishersweekly.com/9780063288515

Read BOOKLIST starred review of WHISKEY TENDER:
https://www.booklistonline.com/Whiskey-Tender/pid=9787912

Whiskey Tender makes Zibby Mag’s “Most Anticipated” book list:
https://zibbymag.com/blog/book-talk-editors-favorite-summer-reads-a3wfe

San Francisco Chronicle’s “New Book to Cozy Up With,” features Whiskey Tender:

These new books could be some of the best reads of 2024

The Millions “Most Anticipated” names Whiskey Tender as a 2024 book to read:

Most Anticipated: The Great Winter 2024 Preview

Electric Lit names WT as a 2024 “Books by Women of Color to Read”

62 Books By Women of Color to Read in 2023

YALE NEWS coverage of Taffa’s participation at the CT Literary Festival: https://yaledailynews.com/blog/2022/03/04/indigenous-writers-share-readings-and-conversation/

IOWA PRESS CITIZEN interview reprinted via Native TImes: https://nativetimes.com/life/people/8759-ui-graduate-writes-of-growing-up-on-reservation

PEN AMERICA Literary Grant Winner Announcement: https://pen.org/literary-awards/grants-fellowships/2022-pen-america-literary-grant-winners/

TIN HOUSE fellow announcement: https://tinhouse.com/th_post_faculty/deborah-taffa/

WASH U IN STL Interview with Taffa: https://artsci.wustl.edu/ampersand/wounding-education

PUBLISHER’S WEEKLY Announcement of New Residency for Indigenous Authors organized by Taffa: https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/publisher-news/article/91354-macdowell-s-new-residency-for-indigenous-authors.html

AUNTIES Performance announcement with NM Magazine featuring Taffa: https://www.newmexicomagazine.org/event/the-aunties%3A-women-of-the-white-shell-water-place/15777/

Ellen Meloy Award announcement with Taffa interview: https://ellenmeloy.com/deborah-taffa

Hedgebrook/Rona Jaffe Foundation Fellow interview with Taffa: https://www.hedgebrook.org/blog/guest-blog-deborah-taffa

Vermont Studio Center Visiting Writer announcement: https://www.vermontartscouncil.org/event/visiting-writer-reading-deborah-taffa/

Tucson Book Festival Announcement: https://tucsonfestivalofbooks.org/?action=display_author&id=66623