The International Literary Quarterly
has published an extract from Wildwood, Tanyo Ravicz's novel-in-progress, in Issue 5, November 2008. The quarterly is available online at www.interlitq.org.
Book Club & Reading Group Kits for Alaskans
are now available through Kristen Galles at Book Club Classics.
Palm Springs Appearance
Tanyo Ravicz will discuss Alaska and sign copies of his new book Alaskans at the Palm Springs Public Library on Tuesday, January 27, 2009 at 6:30 p.m. Call 760-322-READ.
Pacific Palisades
Meet the author of Alaskans during a talk / booksigning at Village Books in Pacific Palisades, California on September 18, 2008 at 7:30 p.m. Call 310-454-4063. www.palivillagebooks.com
Book Club Kits Now Available
Book Club / Reading Group kits are now available for Tanyo Ravicz's novel A Man of His Village at Book Club Classics.
Kodiak Island
Tanyo Ravicz will discuss and sign copies of his new book Alaskans at The Next Page in Kodiak, Alaska on July 12, 2008 at 12 noon. Call 907-481-PAGE.
What beer goes best with Alaskans? (4/21/08)
Alaskans is included by Jeff VanderMeer in his "Book-Beer Pairings" feature for Amazon. Click here>
Announcing the Publication of Alaskans (3/28/08)
Tanyo Ravicz's new book Alaskans is now available. View the Publication Poster"Fishes and Wine" (12/23/07)
"Fishes and Wine," published in the Winter 2007 issue of Conte, can be read at Conte Online. The short story "puts us squarely in the midst of the tenuous bonds shared by a group of Alaskan cannery workers."
Photos Added to Mixtecindian.com (9/24/07)
More still photos, these culled from old 16 mm footage, have been added to the Mixtec Foto Album.
"Riding the Swords" (August 21, 2007)
Tanyo Ravicz's "Riding the Swords" appears in the latest issue of Bellowing Ark (Vol. 23 No. 4).
www.mixtecindian.com (July 1, 2007)
Readers of A Man of His Village might be interested in the just-launched www.mixtecindian.com, a satellite to this website. Tanyo Ravicz's new short story "Riding the Swords" can be accessed through the Mosaic page.
ForeWord Magazine Gold Award (June 6, 2007)
A Man of His Village has won the Gold Award in Literary Fiction in ForeWord Magazine's Book of the Year Awards. Winners were announced June 1 at Book Expo America in New York City.
Eric Hoffer Book Award (April 18, 2007)
A Man of His Village is the winner of the 2007 Eric Hoffer Book Award in General Fiction. Hoffer Award.
"Why Hunt"
A meditation on hunting, sex, and civil disobedience. Bellowing Ark Vol. 23 #2 (March/April 2007). $4 to Bellowing Ark, Box 55564, Shoreline, WA 98155.
"Two Hunts"
The author's personal account of two Alaskan deer hunts, ten years apart. Now out in Bellowing Ark Vol. 22 #6 (Nov/Dec 2006). Orders at www.bellowingark.org.
"The Lying Tongue"
Tanyo Ravicz's essay "The Lying Tongue" appears in the September/October 2006 issue of Bellowing Ark (Volume 22 #5). Copies available at www.bellowingark.org.
Bookviews.com Selection
Bookviews.com editor Alan Caruba has chosen A Man of His Village as a recommended novel of the month for October, 2006.
September 14, 2006
The author discusses and sign copies of A Man of His Village at Village Books in Pacific Palisades, California at 7:30 p.m. Call 310-454-4063. www.palivillagebooks.com
September 19, 2006
Meet the author for a booksigning and discussion of A Man of His Village at Peppertree Bookstore in Palm Springs, California at 7:00 p.m. Reception at 6:30 p.m. Call 760-325-4821. www.peppertreebookstore.com
"What I Think About The New Yorker"
Tanyo Ravicz's essay "What I Think About The New Yorker" appears in the July/August 2006 issue of Bellowing Ark (Volume 22 #4). Copies available from www.bellowingark.org.
"Celebrating 40 years of Advocacy"
The author attended the California Rural Legal Assistance Los Angeles Tardeada on September 9, 2006 as an invited guest. Copies of A Man of His Village were among the gifts awarded to Tardeada honorees George Ramirez, Maria Medina and Simon Silva.
August 6, 2006
The author signs copies of his new novel A Man of His Village at The Next Page in Kodiak, Alaska. 1 p.m. Call 907-481-7243. His turnout proves as respectable as Governor Murkowski's later the same day at the Kodiak Inn.