Jonathan Danielson

The best thing about my new office is how I finally have a place for this nine foot tall Aaron Hill banner that hung outside Chase Field during the 2015 season.

Happy to announce I’ll be teaching at Gateway Community College this year as a visiting One-Year-Only faculty member! Bring on Fall semester!

Stacks Book Club Oro Valley Independent Bookstore and coffee bar

Southern Arizona friends! Stacks Book Club in Oro Valley now carries THE LOWEST BASIN: ARIZONA STORIES (out now from @cowboyjamboree.bsky.social)! www.stacksbookclub.com

This new novel I’m writing is about three brothers belonging to a ranching family near Tombstone: Harrison, Henry (who went by Hank), and Hiram (who took “Hank” as a stage name without asking Henry first, after he got a role on a western soap opera).

I am certain this will not at all be confusing!

I’ve known Alex since our MFA at the University of San Francisco 15 years ago. He’s a great writer, and a great guy with a wonderful family. If you can help, please do.

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Great news!

I love it when some smarmy “intellectual” from the Midwest or East Cost makes the claim that Phoenix shouldn’t exist because everyone needs an AC to survive. Hey, turn your heat off in February and tell me how you’re doing. Also, it uses more energy to heat than cool. Look it up.

captain america is standing in front of a window and says " i could do this all day " ALT: captain america is standing in front of a window and says " i could do this all day "

Officially crossed 10,000 words on this new novel

Damn, I want to take this class!

a man wearing a cowboy hat and sunglasses says it 's my second rodeo ALT: a man wearing a cowboy hat and sunglasses says it 's my second rodeo

This new novel is not at all coming as easy as the last!!!

All of those are knockouts, but THE CACTUS LEAGUE is my favorite.

🎉🎉🎉

So I just finished a 1st draft of this presentation, and I gotta say, this is probably the best lecture on how to craft Arizona regionalist writing you’ll ever see. At least top three. Maybe top five. Hopefully.

Come check it out, Desert Nights, Rising Stars conference (Oct 9-11) at ASU!

This Oct 4th is our 1st ever Desert Grit Reading Series, with:

@shipraagarwal.bsky.social!

@stephanieaustin.bsky.social!

@mdbell79.bsky.social!

@haydenmcasey13.bsky.social!

@sabrinahicks.bsky.social

And me!

At Rift Wine Bar & Taphouse in Scottsdale!

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Hope to see ya there!

Rift Wine Bar and Taphouse
431 North Scottsdale Road
Scottsdale, 85257

More details to come!

Watching this is reeeeeally making me want to break my “no rewrites” rule during this, my year of first drafts, and take a stab at editing that rodeo story I really in January…

When I put rodeo on TV versus when I put rodeo on TV and see the Arizona Ridge Riders are competing

And now add a super awesome surprise reader!

Before my book came out, I could not get my dead horse story published to save my life. Since then, I’ve been fortunate to have about a dozen conversations with people who are from Arizona and who said that’s their favorite story in the whole collection. So mission accomplished!

Couldn’t make the reading, but still rocking the hat! Thanks @johnwaddy.bsky.social for the sweet swag!

Just watched Once Upon a Time in Hollywood for the first time, and all I have to say is, release the six hour director’s cut!

Me watching this when its freaking 113 outside

Thank you @stephanieaustin.bsky.social for all your hard work organizing this!

This is going to be super rad.

I’ve been stewing about this all night and I say why not us? Why can’t Arizonans have our own book prize? Why can’t we have a university press that centers Arizona stories and discourses!

Save the date! This Oct 4th at 3 PM, we’re holding our first ever Desert Grit Reading Series at Rift Winebar & Taphouse, with readings from

@stephanieaustin.bsky.social!

@sabrinahicks.bsky.social!

@shipraagarwal.bsky.social!

@haydenmcasey13.bsky.social!

(And me!)

Hopefully see you then!

I’ve followed the New Mexico/Arizona Book Awards for about 20 years, and now that I FINALLY have a book that’s eligible, guess what? This year they’ve rebranded it the New Mexico Book Award, and it’s only for writers or writing about New Mexico. Because of course.