Brandon Hobson is the author of the novel Where the Dead Sit Talking, which was a finalist for the 2018 National Book Award for Fiction and winner of the Reading the West Book Award. His other books include Desolation of Avenues Untold and the novella Deep Ellum. His work has appeared in the Pushcart Prize anthology, The Believer, the Paris Review Daily, Conjunctions, NOON, and McSweeney’s, among other places. He is an assistant professor of creative writing at New Mexico State University and teaches in the MFA program at the Institute of American Indian Arts. Hobson is an enrolled citizen of the Cherokee Nation Tribe of Oklahoma.
“Extraordinary…. Pulling out all the stops, [Hobson’s] carved a
striking new benchmark for fiction about Native Americans.” — Los
Angeles Times
“[A] mythic, sweeping novel.” — New York Times Book
Review
“Deeply resonant and profound, and not only because of its
exquisite lyricism. It's also a hard and visceral entrance into our
own reckoning as a society and civic culture with losses we
created, injustices we allowed, and family separations we ignored….
The Removed is powerful storytelling.” — NPR
“A subtle, powerful novel that connects the Echotas’ immediate
struggles with loss and memory to a wider swath of Cherokee
history, from the Trail of Tears to the present. It’s a
surprisingly magnetic and eerie book, like a concrete brick that
cracks open to reveal a sparkling geode, throwing off a strange
light.” — USA Today
“A funny, sensual, realistic, thoughtful, horrific, and ultimately
truthful account of the ongoing scourge of racism in American
life…. Intelligent and compassionate.” — LA Review of Books
"Blurring the boundaries between the tangible and the spiritual,
Brandon Hobson’s latest novel draws on Cherokee folklore to offer a
moving meditation on family, home, and ancestral trauma." —
Harper’s Bazaar
"A soul-stirring saga... very much about the power of
storytelling, how telling tales—true or otherwise—can be
bittersweet but a necessary balm." — O, the Oprah
Magazine
“Spirituality is woven into the story like a soft thread of silk,
binding the everyday lives of the characters with otherworldly
warnings and messages of strength…. This gut-wrenching tale of
broken hearts and shattered dreams spotlights the devastation
caused by ongoing racism in our country, while also providing a ray
of hope on the distant horizon.” — Washington Independent
Review of Books
“Though rooted in—and inseparable from—the Cherokee culture, the
book is also a complex, inventive and thoughtfully universal tale
of love and longing.” — Bookreporter.com
"Stunning.... Hobson uses Cherokee folklore to great effect in this
profound, powerful look at the ways in which trauma — both recent
and generational — infuses every aspect of our lives, but that it
is possible to heal, to recover without ever forgetting what
happened and what is still owed in order to reach a place of true
understanding." — Refinery 29
“Splendid…. Hobson, a National Book Award finalist for his
novel Where the Dead Sit Talking, weaves strands of the past
and present so skillfully that events that would be improbable in
the hands of another author are inevitable in The Removed.
More than anything, in the case of the beleaguered Echota family,
Hobson understands William Faulkner’s adage, ‘The past is never
dead. It’s not even past.’” — BookPage
"If we tell ourselves stories to expand our worldview, then modern
literature is one of society’s most powerful tools.... Rich in
Cherokee folklore."
— San Francisco Chronicle
“Hobson uses magical realism to deftly draw a line connecting the
historical atrocities committed against Indigenous people to how
this violence is manifested today, while also challenging us to
consider the power of grief, love and family in the face of
immeasurable loss.” — Time
“If you’re looking for a powerful read that explores the
generational impacts of trauma, The Removed is the book
for you…. Hobson’s tale will leave readers wiser in many ways.” —
New York Journal of Books
"A disconnected web of tragedies—loss, loneliness, dementia, and
drugs—draw together a disparate Cherokee family in this powerful
novel that blurs the lines between spiritual and earthly. Pulling
from centuries-old Cherokee folklore to ground this
present-day tale, Brandon Hobson has built a grave and
unforgettable legend." — Elle
“A beautiful, elegiac narrative that seamlessly blends the real and
supernatural…. [A] wondrous, deeply felt book.” — Minneapolis Star
Tribune
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