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Oscar Hokeah

@OscarHokeah

11 months

This is what it’s all about. Mom’s proud of the new paperback. #CallingforaBlanketDance

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Oscar Hokeah

@OscarHokeah

4 months

My little sister passed away in early January and a few nights later I was having random dreams with various images moving quickly and then there was a brief moment when everything paused and I had sudden clarity and calm and my sister said, "I'm just here to say goodbye."

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Oscar Hokeah

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4 months

When it rains it pours. I’ve had better days, y’all. Car wreck. Dr. says vitals look good so far. On a brighter note, when they wheeled me into the ER the first thing the nurse said was, “I have your book!”

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Oscar Hokeah

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4 months

I'm just beyond words at all the experiences shared here. Wado to everyone! I'm so grateful. There is so much power in our shared experiences, across cultures, across communities, across the world: we all love. And bond through a common heart.

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Oscar Hokeah

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10 months

Dark skinned kid drops out at 13yo. The last grade I complete is the 6th grade. Expected for prison, an early grave, and once told, "You'll be working hard labor your entire life." Rez kid grows to help other Rez kids. Gets a Masters. Writes a book. Wins the PEN/Hemingway Award.

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Oscar Hokeah

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1 year

‼️ We won! ‼️ I’m so honored my debut, CALLING FOR A BLANKET DANCE, received the PEN/Hemingway Award! Thank you to the judges Gina Apostol, Oscar Casares, and Matthew Salesses. I’m also celebrating my fellow finalists who wrote amazing novels. What a humbling experience. Wado! 🎉

PEN America

@PENamerica

1 year

The 2023 PEN/Hemingway Award for Debut Novel goes to Oscar Hokeah ( @OscarHokeah ) for CALLING FOR A BLANKET DANCE ( @AlgonquinBooks ). Congratulations! #PENLitAwards

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Oscar Hokeah

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4 months

@profstalina I'm happy you get to see your mother. That's so special. Thank you, Stalina. 🧡

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10 months

Brand new and sweet. She arrived yesterday. Grandpa’s heart has grown three sizes too big. ❤️

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@OscarHokeah

10 months

It's time for grandpa to pace nervously. My daughter-in-law is now in the hospital with the new baby on the way.

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Oscar Hokeah

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3 months

Fyi, it was illegal for me to return to Georgia--bc of the Indian Removal Act of 1830--until 1980. So for 150 years Cherokees and other tribes weren't allowed to return to our original homeland. Btw, I was 5 yrs old in 1980.

Oscar Hokeah

@OscarHokeah

3 months

Let me say this one time right quick: We need Native voices recognized for Southern literature. So...in two weeks I'll be headed to Georgia for the first time. I'm excited to talk about my debut novel, CALLING FOR A BLANKET DANCE. You'ns come on out and we'll talk a good one.

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Oscar Hokeah

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3 months

Be fearless when you write. We're never going to please everyone and at the end of the day you have to live with yourself and what you've created. So write for your heart and for the folks who'll need your words.

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Oscar Hokeah

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9 months

Listen, if you're trying to book a Native author to present for Native American Heritage Month, then pay them. I mean for real pay them. In general, pay writers for their time. And don't exploit a Native author during the time of the year when we should be adequately compensated.

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Oscar Hokeah

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2 months

I'm sitting there signing books and then someone hands me a copy of my debut and it's filled with sticky tabs along the side and the pages are marked with pen, pencil, and/or highlighter. A big smile spreads across my face, and my stomach fills with butterflies.

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Oscar Hokeah

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4 months

Resurrected from the brink of extinction. After the car wreck, I ended up back in the hospital again—this time with pneumonia. I’m currently finishing doses on two antibiotics, and feeling better and better as each day passes. Wado to everyone’s healing thoughts and prayers. 🧡

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Oscar Hokeah

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3 months

I’ve come a long way. It’s been a blessing. Rez kid makes good. RT, read, share, support, and all the good things one can do. Wado. 🙏🏽 Too, support your local bookstore here:

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Oscar Hokeah

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4 months

@BarExamTutor Thank you, Sean. I agree. 🧡

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Oscar Hokeah

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1 year

I just got the green light from my editor on book #2 . It’s about to get real. Really real. 🎉

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Oscar Hokeah

@OscarHokeah

1 year

I wrote the earliest chapter of my debut in 2008 and went through two writers blocks (one from 2010 to 2012 and the other 2013 to 2015). I've had countless rejections and pitched multiple books. My debut was released in 2022 and I won the PEN/Hemingway Award. Keep writing.

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Oscar Hokeah

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4 months

It's scary to think as a father of two trans kids (adult and school age) my children being physically attacked for being who they are. I live, work, and love in Oklahoma, and my heart is with the family of Nex Benedict. I pray for healing and justice, and most of all protection.

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Oscar Hokeah

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3 months

If you think publishing a book makes you rich, then let me remind you that I still work a day job as a social worker to feed my kids and pay my bills.

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Oscar Hokeah

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1 year

‼️ I’m excited to share. My debut novel, CALLING FOR A BLANKET DANCE, won the Reading the West Book Award for Debut Fiction! Thank you everyone for your vote, and to @MPIBA and all the independent bookstores for giving my first book such a warm reception. 🎉

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Oscar Hokeah

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3 months

Literature is the only place I can hide everyone I love.

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Oscar Hokeah

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3 months

Let me say this one time right quick: We need Native voices recognized for Southern literature. So...in two weeks I'll be headed to Georgia for the first time. I'm excited to talk about my debut novel, CALLING FOR A BLANKET DANCE. You'ns come on out and we'll talk a good one.

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Oscar Hokeah

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10 months

I was 2yo when my tribal communities obtained the freedom to practice our religions.

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Oscar Hokeah

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1 year

‼️ The new news is in! I’m excited to announce my debut, CALLING FOR A BLANKET DANCE, has been long listed for the 2023 Mark Twain American Voice in Literature Award! What an honor to be listed with such wonderful writers! 🎉

The Mark Twain House & Museum

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1 year

The Mark Twain House & Museum is excited to announce the Long List of titles for this year’s Mark Twain American Voice in Literature Award!

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Oscar Hokeah

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4 months

@scamfreehealth What a lovely experience. It's so very calming. Thank you for sharing this, Stevie. 🧡

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Oscar Hokeah

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4 months

My son, Joseph, spotted my debut, CALLING FOR A BLANKET DANCE, at a B&N in Albuquerque! And it’s next to my literary hero, N. Scott Momaday. 💔❤️🧡 His recent passing still leaves me feeling empty. Momaday’s voice continues to guide us, and will live with us forever. 💯

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Oscar Hokeah

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9 months

After my second—two year long—writers block, someone told me, “You think you’re an artist? You’re not a real writer.” So I restarted on my debut, and transformed it. Then I landed an agent. Next I landed a publisher. All writers are real writers the moment we begin to write.

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Oscar Hokeah

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4 months

The last grade I completed was the 6th grade. I got a GED at 17 yrs old. I didn't go to college until I was 29. I never thought of myself as smart enough to be successful in a university. I got my Bachelors at 33 yrs and then a Masters at 36. Sometimes you surprise yourself.

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Oscar Hokeah

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11 months

Today’s my paperback book birthday! 🎂📚🎉

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Oscar Hokeah

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3 months

There were a few unbelievable things that happened my debut year, like my novel, CALLING FOR A BLANKET DANCE, displayed on Amazon Book's six story billboard for a week in October 2022. Not bad for a rez'd out Oklahoma boy. Never give up on your dreams!

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Oscar Hokeah

@OscarHokeah

11 days

Everything is hard. You're going to struggle no matter what you do. So do what you love: write.

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Oscar Hokeah

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10 months

My debut has been in the world for 12 months. I love the new paperback. I keep one on my desk at work and pick it up sometimes. Run my fingers over the award symbol, flip through the fresh smell of the pages, and my heart lifts. So much has changed. So many new memories.

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Oscar Hokeah

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3 months

My favorite super hero is Bartleby, the Scrivener.

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Oscar Hokeah

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10 months

It was a long day driving to NM today. But the new granddaughter makes it all worth it. 🧡

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Oscar Hokeah

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11 months

In @nytimes , y’all! 🎉

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8 months

Mom’s hooking it up with some fresh tortillas today!

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Oscar Hokeah

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3 months

So Gabriel Garcia Marquez is coming out with a new book. His sons are releasing it. Makes me want to pick up One Hundred Years of Solitude again. It's been a few years. The new book is called Until August and it releases next week.

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Oscar Hokeah

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4 months

I remember the first time I got a short story published in a small literary journal and how energized I was and eager to show peers and instructors at the Institute of American Indian Arts back in 2007. It was a major thing for me at the time and told me I was on the right path.

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Oscar Hokeah

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9 months

It was a packed house at Pearl’s Books in Fayetteville tonight! Standing room only! What a great crowd! 🧡

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Oscar Hokeah

@OscarHokeah

1 year

I received this beautiful email a few moments ago. This makes it all worth it. 🧡❤️🧡

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Oscar Hokeah

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2 months

First day in Vail, CO and I ate duck for the first time and my hotel suite has two bedrooms, two full baths, a full kitchen, dinning room, living room, and patio. It’s been a blast hanging with kind book folks in a beautiful town. Now I’m both tired and grateful at the same time.

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Oscar Hokeah

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3 months

The best thing to do when your social media is hacked is to run to your local bookstore and buy several to one thousand books.

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Oscar Hokeah

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3 months

I started working with at-risk Native youth 20 years ago bc I was also a Native kid who was abused and went to a group home at 10 yrs old. Then at 13, mom took us to live in a women's shelter. I know what it's like to be confused, hurt, and angry. It can get better. And it does.

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Oscar Hokeah

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11 months

✨ A dream come true. My debut, CALLING FOR A BLANKET DANCE, sitting alongside one of my literary heroes, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, in the award winners section at a bookstore.

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Oscar Hokeah

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3 months

If you think you're not a token, start talking about white supremacy and watch how fast your supposed allies jump ship.

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1 year

I earned out, y’all! 🎉

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Oscar Hokeah

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2 months

I was in Tulsa today scouting venues for training, and stopped at libraries. The staff was surprised and were eager to engage. They bought extra copies of my debut. Oh, my novel was selected for One Book, One Tulsa starting this summer. And the excitement is already a buzz! 🎉

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Oscar Hokeah

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4 months

@LoukiaBorrell Wow, that’s very heartfelt. Thank you for sharing this. It gives me comfort. I’m happy you got to visit with your brother. 🧡

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8 months

‼️ Brooklyn, y’all! It’s an honor to have my debut, CALLING FOR A BLANKET DANCE, as a finalist for the #BKLYNBookPrize ! Congratulations to all the amazing writers. 🎉

Brooklyn Public Library

@BKLYNlibrary

8 months

We're thrilled to announce the 2023 #BKLYNBookPrize Shortlist—congrats @OscarHokeah ( @AlgonquinBooks ), @kuangrf ( @WmMorrowBooks ), @_catherinelacey ( @fsgbooks ), @chenchenwrites ( @boaeditions ), @lamyaisangry (Dial Press), @lindavillarosa ( @VintageAnchor )!

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Oscar Hokeah

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4 months

When everyone at the event is white, and my co-presenter is insecure about her identity and she culture shames me for being half Mexican within the first few seconds of meeting me (with my daughter present). Racism is real and ever present.

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1 year

I'm still amazed that Native students can't wear an eagle feather during graduation in Oklahoma. We have 39 tribes in our state. This should be a given.

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1 year

This is the look of defeated father relegated to carrying his teen daughter’s graduation dress as she shops for matching shoes after hours in and out of dressing rooms knowing many more hours are to come. 😭

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3 months

This is the best thing about coming home. Seeing my babies. 🧡

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9 months

Because of my student debt, I've been unable to obtain a home loan. I've never owned a home and I'm 47 years old. I have a successful debut book, a long running career in social services, and pay my rent and bills without fail. But student debt penalizes me for bettering myself.

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11 months

Spotted at O’Hare Airport in Chicago. #CallingforaBlanketDance

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11 months

💥Unboxing! The paperback for my debut, CALLING FOR A BLANKET DANCE, has arrived! They hit the shelves in two weeks, July 25th. Grab a preorder, share with a friend, experience Native life in raw form. Like Reservation Dogs meets Little Fires Everywhere.

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Oscar Hokeah

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1 year

My daughter, Hadley, is on vacation with her mother, Leah Hitcher, and they stopped at @Powells in Portland, Oregon. Look what they found! A big wa’do to Powell’s for having my debut, CALLING FOR A BLANKET DANCE, in the award winners section. Hadley was so excited to show me. 🧡

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4 months

One of my first trips out of Oklahoma back in the mid 90s, I mentioned to someone how I grew up in poverty. The guy responded with, "No you didn't. Indians have casinos. Y'all are rich." Often I'm perplexed at how disconnected folks are to the reality of modern Indigenous life.

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3 months

I fear there’s a waning of working class writers being able to write working class characters into a working class narrative. Power wants all the empathy and has nothing left over for the rest of us. We’ll do what we’ve always done: go underground. 💯

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2 months

It’s important to learn how to not let one racist incident ruin an entire trip. I just wish folks wouldn’t feel so threatened by my existence. They may wish me harm but I only want the best for them.

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Oscar Hokeah

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19 days

My debut, CALLING FOR A BLANKET DANCE, was chosen for the One Book, One Tulsa event this summer. Here are some opportunities to discuss my award winning novel, and I'll have a live reading on July 19 at 6pm at Central Library.

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8 months

I can't even look at the news anymore. It's heartbreak after heartbreak.

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8 months

I’m lovin the time with my grand babies. ❤️

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10 months

Happy birthday to James Baldwin! 🎂 "… the trick is to love somebody…. If you love one person, you see everybody else differently." --James Baldwin

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11 months

There are so many examples of how Natives have been robbed of generational wealth. So I'm looking forward to seeing how audiences react to 'Killers of the Flower Moon.'

Film Updates

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11 months

New trailer for Martin Scorsese’s ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’ starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Robert De Niro, Lily Gladstone and Jesse Plemons. In theaters October 6, 2023.

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6 months

My daughter, Sadie Hokeah, rocking the bass guitar at the Stilwell High School basketball game tonight 🎉

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4 months

When I write, it's the only time I can be fully human. I'm allowed to be vulnerable, flawed, and courageous. In fact, I'm expected to be those things, and more, with every and any emotion, so it becomes the most euphoric state I've ever experienced.

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9 months

Hey, it’s cool to see my debut popped back onto Oklahoma’s bestsellers list this week. 😊

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3 months

Developing as a writer takes time, reflection, self-awareness, and more time. It's a craft we hone continuously throughout a lifetime.

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3 months

Do you know what it's like to have a seat at the table but not be able to speak?

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9 months

It's exciting to watch Tahlequah, Oklahoma double in size for Cherokee National Holiday. Cherokees by the thousands coming together to celebrate in culture and community. We're grateful for our ancestors. Their fight and sacrifice brought us together in family-by-sovereignty. 🧡

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5 months

In Ireland: @IrishTimes "Calling for a Blanket Dance resounds with universal wisdom. It is a tender account of love, resilience and a demonstration of how life’s ragged threads can be woven back into the tapestry, repurposed within a greater existence."

Calling for a Blanket Dance by Oscar Hokeah: A relentless and wise debut novel about indigenous...

The devastating effect cultural erasure and historical trauma resonates profoundly even as it remains unspoken

www.irishtimes.com

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4 months

While the last grade I completed was the sixth grade, I always had a book with me. It was a fascination with literature and the desire to write that gave me opportunities many of my peers didn't have. Books gave this rez kid a way out of poverty. And I'm grateful. Day'on'day.

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2 months

Loving the CSU campus! I’m getting ready to talk to students. It’s great to be back in Colorado!

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4 months

When I was a kid, I stopped going to a friend's house when his grandmother told me "Indians are dirty and disgusting." And no one believed me. The friend's mother told folks I stopped coming over bc they bought a pit bull and I was scared. Yet somehow everyone believed her.

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11 months

I had a great first day in NYC! 🧡

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4 months

It’s a good day to be Native. 🐢🌎

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3 months

When I was 18, I finally had the money for a Robert J. Conley book haul--a Cherokee author who validated my experiences on the Cherokee rez. I'd see him in Tahlequah and fan boy out. To own his books was empowering for me as a Cherokee author. For the writers who inspire us. 📚

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4 months

I had a horrible writing day today. I wrote what I needed to write but I didn’t write it the way I wanted it written. Maybe tomorrow will be better.

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2 months

I believe in you. I trust what you're capturing and your reason for doing it. I know your characters are in the flux of becoming more and more complex and they will learn from each other the deeper they travel in the story, their story, your story, our story. Keep writing, please

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11 months

My debut on the landing page of @nytimes ! 🎉

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10 months

Somebody lost a tooth today in school! 🦷

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1 year

Today is the day, y'all. #SCOTUS rejected all challenges to the Indian Child Welfare Act! The statute remains entirely intact! #ProtectICWA Native children and tribal communities remain protected and together! 🎉👇🏾🙏🏾🧡💯😊❤️

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1 year

My debut novel, CALLING FOR A BLANKET DANCE, has been out for 10 months, and I cherish memories like winning the PEN/Hemingway Award, cover on Amazon's six story billboard in NYC, numerous mentions in media like NYT... ...and most of all: reading for my Native communities. ✊🏾

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11 months

🎉 The paperback of my debut, CALLING FOR A BLANKET DANCE, was listed in The New York Times’s “Paperback Row!” The paperback releases in just 12 days on July 25th. A big wa’do to @nytimes ! I’m grateful. 🙏🏽

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9 months

For my baby. Daddy loves you. ❤️

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11 months

It’s been a great last day in NYC! Despite being drench in rain while walking through Central Park headed to The MET, lol. Now I’m headed back to Oklahoma. It’s been an adventure.

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1 year

‼️ I'm excited to announce my debut novel, CALLING FOR A BLANKET DANCE, has been longlisted for @PENamerica 's PEN/Hemingway Award for Debut Novel. It's wonderful to see such talented authors, like Ramona Emerson ( @reelindian ) and @leilamottley . Congratulations to all the writers!

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9 months

Made it to Colorado! Such a beautiful place! 🧡

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My daughter, Sadie, in the Stilwell Marching Band this year! They won 1st place in the Cherokee National Holiday Parade this morning! 🥇

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10 months

One of the memories that'll stay with me for a long time is the cloaked threat I received after winning the PEN/Hemingway. Directed at my writing career. I'm nobody's token--nor will I ever be. It was important to me to make my own way into the literary field.

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11 months

I'm excited to visit NYC for the first time this weekend! 🎉

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NYC, y’all. I had the best train ride back to my hotel tonight.

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11 months

Tomorrow's the big day. I'm headed to NYC, y'all! It'll be my first time. Any tips?

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3 months

Some Natives speak English. And some Natives speak Spanish. When America comes to terms with this reality, Indigenous peoples will finally be heard.

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10 months

It's time for grandpa to pace nervously. My daughter-in-law is now in the hospital with the new baby on the way.

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2 months

I love reading books because it gives me an opportunity to find a common humanity. Like when I sit down to write, I read to find a deeper sense of myself among the pages.

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3 months

A big thank you to Indian Country Today for posting this article about my favorite local bookstore, Too Fond of Books, in my hometown of Tahlequah, Oklahoma. And I'm very grateful for the display of my debut novel, CALLING FOR A BLANKET DANCE.

Tahlequah book stores strive to create more readers

One way that Too Fond of Books is helping propel more readers is by highlighting authors with a number of them being Cherokee

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My little girl, Sadie, graduated from 8th grade today! 🎉😢😭🎉😭😭😭

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Oscar Hokeah

@OscarHokeah

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‼️ I’m honored to have my debut, CALLING FOR A BLANKET DANCE, as a finalist for the @latimesbooks award for first fiction: The Art Seidenbaum Award! Congratulations to Sidik Fofana, Maayan Eitan, Morgan Thomas, and Aamina Ahmad. 👉🏽

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