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AI destroyed both By Trace Hentz, founder of BHB I can only speak for myself - I WILL NEVER EVER use AI to generate any writing. I never have, and never will. First, I would feel so duped (cheated, scammed) to find out a book was written by artificial intelligence (AI) but has some famous author's name on it. (I really don't read much fiction but this affects all types of books. Publishers out to make a quick buck could find ways to create new fake authors,too.) Secondly, AI is not human. Sad to say, I think AI has already destroyed book publishing. AI has been around awhile. We don't really know how many authors have already used it - or will even admit it. It could be widespread already.  When I found out google and microsoft bing, (even wordpress) are using AI, I stopped searching with them. DUPED? How would you feel if your favorite writer didn't write his last book but you spent good money to buy it? Wouldn't you be ANGRY? If a writer DOES use AI to create a bo

 UPDATE: Poet Laureate Carol Rose GoldenEagle coming to share her works in Humboldt GoldenEagle's novel a vengeful twist on Missing and Murdered issue Walking her dog around Regina Beach every day, Carol Rose GoldenEagle would mull over how to dispose of dead bodies. Ashley Martin  •  Regina Leader-Post Oct 03, 2019  •  GoldenEagle's new novel Bone Black is about a woman who takes justice into her own hands when her sister becomes one of the many Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women.   Walking her dog around Regina Beach every day, Carol Rose GoldenEagle would mull over how to dispose of dead bodies. She thought about all the ice fishers who drive onto not-quite-frozen parts of Last Mountain Lake and nearly lose their vehicles. “If you went on the lake a little earlier than probably what’s safe, the lake would actually take care of the forensic evidence,” said GoldenEagle. “And so I walked around thinking about ways of murdering (so

    Cherokee culture, history, and values have influenced our writing.  Cherokee novelist Faith Phillips created a new literary subgenre, Okie Noir, with her true-crime novel “Now I Lay Me Down.”  Andrea L. Rogers’ “Mary And The Trail Of Tears: A Cherokee Removal Survival Story” made NPR’s 2020 “Books We Love” list.  And last year, Oscar Hokeah’s “Calling for a Blanket Dance” was named in Time’s “100 Must-Read Books of 2022.”   Jennifer Loren hosts conversations that will feature valuable insights from Principal Chief Chuck Hoskin Jr., Deputy Principal Chief Bryan Warner, children’s authors Traci Sorell, Andrea L. Rogers and Brad Wagnon, novelists Faith Phillips and Oscar Hokeah.

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 Soon to be on BOOKSHOP! One Small Sacrifice, Second Edition is BACK! Republished Oct. 11, 2022. AMAZON has the paperback and ebook. Ten years had passed since it was first published. You have to read this memoir! See the reviews on Amazon. READ THIS $10.99 paperback, $3.99 ebook

  Potent stories that offer a forceful vision of contemporary Navajo life, by an American Book Award winner  An ex-con hired to fix up a school bus for a couple living off the grid in the desert finds himself in the middle of their tattered relationship. An electrician's plan to take his young nephew on a hike in the mountains, as a break from the motel room where they live, goes awry thanks to an untrustworthy new coworker. A night custodian makes the mistake of revealing too much about his work at a medical research facility to a girl who shares his passion for death metal. A relapsing addict struggles to square his desire for a white woman he meets in a writing class with family expectations and traditions. Set in and around Flagstaff, the stories in Sinking Bell depict violent collisions of love, cultures, and racism. In his gritty and searching fiction debut, Bojan Louis draws empathetic portraits of day laborers, metalheads, motel managers, aspiring writers a

  🎉Congratulations @morgan_j_talty ! Winner of the 🏆2022 New England Book Award for Fiction! @neibabooks #NEIBA #NEIBAAwards pic.twitter.com/J3ZTr0tLU2 — Tin House (@Tin_House) September 23, 2022   @Morgan_J_Talty  Writer / pαnawάhpskewi from the Penobscot Indian Nation / NIGHT OF THE LIVING REZ out now from @tin_house   reviews: While soaked in pain and broken promises, Night of The Living Rez delivers with a grace and dignity on par with the writings of Craig Lesley, Dawn Dumont, James Welch and Joseph Dandurand. Morgan Talty delivers on so many levels and proves that this is why Indigenous Literature continues to be its own unique and sacred blessing. I loved this book. Loved it. And I can't wait to see what Morgan Talty does next. I am a fan for life. Mahsi cho, Morgan!--Richard Van Camp, author of The Lesser Blessed   A collection of stories set in a Native community in Maine, Talty's book centers questions of what it means to be Penobscot today--what it me

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  our old BHB bookmark Hybrid Author Events: Ideas for Promoting a Book by Penny C. Sansevieri Bowker | Tue Aug 23, 2022 I’ve always loved doing events, and when it comes to ideas for promoting a book, there’s really nothing better than doing in-person author events. But 2020 changed how events are managed, and even with lots of events still coming back online, many conferences and book-centric events are transitioning to the hybrid format. One thing I’ve heard repeatedly from speakers was that it’s often hard to monetize an online event, and hybrid events are no different. In this blog post, we’re going to look at how to get more events but also how to monetize them. Understanding Hybrid Author Events So, what is a hybrid author event? Well, it’s an event that combines both in-person and virtual elements. Your event pulls in an in-person crowd and is broadcasted over Zoom or some other video conferencing format. Th

  Journalist Brandi Morin tells her own difficult stories in debut memoir Brandi Morin opens her debut memoir, Our Voice of Fire: A Memoir of a Warrior Rising, with her visit, along with a New York Times reporter and photographer, to the home of Tina Fontaine’s great-aunt Thelma Favel for a piece on Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls (MMIWG). Tina Fontaine was the 15-year-old Sagkeeng First Nations girl whose body was found in Winnipeg’s Red River in 2014, and her murder ignited the MMIWG movement. Sitting in the girl’s great-aunt’s home, Morin realized that she herself could have easily gone missing and been murdered. Morin, a French/Cree/Iroquois journalist from Treaty 6 territory in Alberta, has made a name for herself in journalism, with stories for Al Jazeera , National Geographic , Aboriginal Peoples Te

It is bittersweet to leave the reservation. The home you are so familiar with You see news from home and feel guilt by association It is the only place you have ever known That has been the one place you can call home There is that feeling when you leave It is for the best you want to believe You hope that is what others perceive You don’t want to be that “City Indian” That feels guilt within But then you see your friends dying You see their grandmothers crying You see tribal council talking in circles They wear their Indian print shirts and get real verbal Break promises like the government taught them Talk about what can’t be done instead of what can Yes, you feel guilty when you leave the reservation But go child, and get that education Because the only way you can help your people Is when you learn to fly like an eagle Home will always be there Waiting for those who care Go child, do what you have to do Generations depend on you Your ancestors are proud o

  Words of Black Elk #INDIGENOUS #TAIRP pic.twitter.com/N5FooiLk4D — Indigenous (@AmericanIndian8) July 11, 2022 (that photo above is John Fire Lame Deer.) Ada Limón is our new U.S. poet laureate! “I am humbled by this opportunity to work in the service of poetry and to amplify poetry’s ability to restore our humanity and our relationship to the world around us." Read more: https://t.co/sgIGU9vAzq pic.twitter.com/apINEPdbHB — Poets & Writers (@poetswritersinc) July 12, 2022 Merilyn French’s From Eve to Dawn (all 3 original volumes), a shocking history of the treatment of women in many societies from the get-go, is very useful for those who want to do deep dives into the past. — Margaret E. Atwood (@MargaretAtwood) July 12, 2022 Wendell Berry pic.twitter.com/hTBVqG7QHy — Dr. Joshua Bennett (@SirJoshBennett) July 11, 2022   Bookstores are roaring back in "a rally like we've never seen before" -- and as the number of stores has grown, the business