{"product_id":"where-the-dead-sit-talking-paperback","title":"Where the Dead Sit Talking - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eBrandon Hobson\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e2018 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FICTION FINALIST \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eSet in rural Oklahoma during the late 1980s, \u003ci\u003eWhere the Dead Sit Talking\u003c\/i\u003e is a stunning and lyrical Native American coming-of-age story.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e With his single mother in jail, Sequoyah, a fifteen-year-old Cherokee boy, is placed in foster care with the Troutt family. 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. At least until he meets seventeen-year-old Rosemary, a troubled artist who also lives with the family. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 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.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eBrandon Hobson is a recipient of a Pushcart Prize, and his writing has appeared in such places as \u003ci\u003eConjunctions\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNOON\u003c\/i\u003e, The Paris Review Daily, and \u003ci\u003eThe Believer\u003c\/i\u003e. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eDesolation of Avenues Untold\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eDeep Ellum\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Levitationist\u003c\/i\u003e. Beginning Fall 2019 he will be an Assistant Professor of Creative Writing at New Mexico State University. He is an enrolled member of the Cherokee Nation Tribe of Oklahoma.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 288\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 8.2 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 04, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44312556765286,"sku":"9781641290173","price":25.72,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/Ym1UY3ZNazNJRG82cWE5S29BZlQ5dz09.webp?v=1767894646","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/where-the-dead-sit-talking-paperback","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}