He is a member of the Cherokee Nation Tribe." Where the Dead Sit Talking is a sensitive and searching exploration of a youth forged in turbulence, in the endless aftermath of displacement and loss. He teaches writing in Oklahoma, where he lives with his wife and two children. He is the author of Desolation of Avenues Untold, Deep Ellum, and The Levitationist. Sequoyah’s voice is powerfully singular-both wounded and wounding-and this novel is a thrilling confirmation of Brandon Hobson’s immense gifts on the page.”īrandon Hobson is a recipient of the 2016 Pushcart Prize, and his writing has appeared in such places as Conjunctions, NOON, The Paris Review Daily, and The Believer. “Where the Dead Sit Talking is a sensitive and searching exploration of a youth forged in turbulence, in the endless aftermath of displacement and loss. “Hobson has a remarkable ability to travel deep into a very dark place and come out plausibly on the side of light.” OTTESSA MOSHFEGH, NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF HOMESICK FOR ANOTHER WORLD
If you've ever had a homecoming laced with sadness and longing, you'll relate to. Sequoyah and Rosemary bond over their shared Native American background and tumultuous paths through the foster care system, but as Sequoyah’s feelings toward Rosemary deepen, the precariousness of their lives and the scars of their pasts threaten to undo them both. At least until he meets seventeen-year-old Rosemary, another youth staying with the Troutts.
Literally and figuratively scarred by his mother’s years of substance abuse, Sequoyah keeps mostly to himself, living with his emotions pressed deep below the surface. Set in rural Oklahoma during the late 1980s, Where the Dead Sit Talking is a startling, authentically voiced and lyrically written Native American coming-of-age story.With his single mother in jail, Sequoyah, a fifteen-year-old Cherokee boy, is placed in foster care with the Troutt family.
Deep Vellum Books is very excited to host Brandon Hobson in a discussion and reading of his newest book WHERE THE DEAD SIT TALKING.
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