Events
Resonant Rez Readers May Book Club
📚 May/T’aatsoh Book Club Announcement! 🌄 Join the Resonant Rez Readers this May for a 3-part book club series featuring “The Missing Morning and Other Stories” by Stacie Shannon Denetsosie — a collection confronting the lasting impacts of settler-colonialism in Native lives through creative storytelling. 🗓️ Wednesdays – May 14, 21, & 28 🕢 7:30 PM (MST) 📍 Microsoft Teams ✨ Exciting news! Stacie will join us during our final session on May 28! She is from Kayenta, AZ, of the Tódích’íí’nii (Bitterwater Clan) and born for Naakaii (Mexican Clan). 🌿 Sign up through the link in bio and be part of this interesting storytelling. Let’s read, reflect, and build community together. 💜💜💜💜
2025 5 Under 35 Ceremony
DOORS 6:15PM | SHOW 7PM
Join the National Book Foundation’s 2025 5 Under 35 honorees for an evening of readings and celebration!
The 2025 honorees Stacie Shannon Denetsosie (The Missing Morningstar and Other Stories), Megan Howell (Softie), Maggie Millner (Couplets: A Love Story), Alexander Sammartino (Last Acts), and Jemimah Wei (The Original Daughter) will read from their debut works of fiction. The honorees will be introduced on stage by their selectors—five literary luminaries previously honored by the National Book Foundation: Mona Susan Power, Deesha Philyaw, C Pam Zhang, George Saunders, and Morgan Talty. Read more about this year’s honorees and selectors at the Foundation’s website.
Books will be available on site thanks to Books Are Magic. This is a 21+ event, and tickets are available for sale on Littlefield’s website.
For accessibility requests and questions, please email awards@nationalbook.org.
The National Book Foundation’s 5 Under 35 program is supported by Amazon Literary Partnership.
Well Read Native Discussion & Author Q+A
Join Well-Read Native on December 5th for our virtual book club featuring author Stacie Shannon Denetsosie as we dive into The Missing Morningstar: And Other Stories. This collection confronts long-reaching effects of settler-colonialism on Native lives in a series of gritty, wildly imaginative stories. Stacie will share insights into her work, followed by an interactive Q&A. Whether you've read the book or are curious to learn more, this is a unique opportunity to connect with a rising voice in Indigenous literature. All are welcome!
River Styx: Indigenous Writer Series
Please join us October 22 at 8:00pm (CST) for the Fall 2024 reading in our ongoing Indigenous Writers Series. River Styx is thrilled to present CMarie Fuhrman and Stacie Shannon Denetsosie, who will each read from their work, followed by a Q&A. Streaming link provided the week of the event. Help spread the word by sharing!
Ally Condie and Stacie Denetsosie
Join us in celebrating a night of reading with local authors Ally Condie and Stacie Denetsosie, whose books were selected by the Utah Center for the Book for the “Great Reads from Great Places” list for the 2024 National Book Festival!
Help us celebrate this incredible achievement and catch our talented authors at this special book event.
Copies of both authors’ books will be available to purchase at the event. You may also pre-order your signed copies by either calling the store at 801-484-9100 or ordering online. Places in the signing line are reserved for those who purchase a copy from The King’s English.
This event is free and open to the public but registration is required. Register at the events calendar link in our bio!
The Missing Morningstar Writing Workshop
Join Stacie and Shania Nez for an engaging workshop. The session will center around Stacie’s book and will be followed by a reading. Registration required.
Indigenous Open Mic Poetry Night
In partnership with the Indigenous Innovation Initiative, the Labriola National American Indian Data Center will kick off the semester with our biannual Indigenous Open Mic Poetry Night, led by Stacie Denetsosie (Diné). Stacie Denetsosie is a fiction writer and poet from Kayenta, Arizona, who currently resides in Northern Utah with her husband and cat. She received her Master of Fine Arts degree from the Institute of American Indian Arts and her Master of Arts degree from Utah State University. Her work has appeared in Yellow Medicine Review, Phoebe Magazine and Cut Bank, among other publications. She is a recipient of the UCROSS Native American Fellowship and the Prague Summer Program Poetry Fellowship. Torrey House Press released her debut short story collection, “The Missing Morningstar and Other Stories,” on Sept. 12, 2023. Her book “The Missing Morningstar and Other Stories” was named a 2024 Southwest Book of the Year, was a 2024 PEN/Robert W. Bingham Prize finalist, and a Gold Forward INDIES award winner.
Along with Stacie, four local featured poets, Chris Hoshnic (Diné), Tyler Mitchell (Diné), Zedan Xelef (Yazidi) and Su:k Chu:vak (Akimel O'Odham, Piipaash, Tlingit, Aleut and Pomo), will be reading original poetry.
Between readers, volunteers are welcome to read either their own poetry or from our Open Stacks. We welcome alternative performances as well, such as music, rap and spoken word. Volunteers can sign up for reading at the Welcome Desk the night of the Open Mic.
Short Story Workshop
The Labriola National American Indian Data Center invites you to a Short Story Workshop with fiction writer and poet Stacie Denetsosie (Diné). Denetsosie received her Master of Fine Arts from the Institute of American Indian Arts and her Master of Arts from Utah State University. Her work has appeared in Yellow Medicine Review, Phoebe Magazine and Cut Bank, among other publications. Recently, Torrey House Press released her debut short story collection, “The Missing Morningstar and Other Stories,” on Sept. 12, 2023.
The theme for this workshop will encircle the heart using poetry to address self-healing and self-love practices. Community members are welcome to bring their lunch and join us for the afternoon. The workshop will take place in Hayden Library, room 354.
We are excited to have Stacie provide a workshop for students!
Northern Arizona Book Festival
The Northern Arizona Book Festival presents Natalie Diaz, Stacie Denetsosie, Chelsea T. Hicks, and Deborah Taffa as Key Note Readers at the Museum of Northern Arizona.
Tuscon Festival of Books: Diné Literary Debuts
Stacie Shannon Denetsosie, a member of the Navajo Nation whose clans are Todích'íí'nii (Bitterwater), born for Naakaii Dine'é (Mexican), and Brendan Shay Basham (Diné) who is Tó Ts’ohnii (Big Water) and Bit’ahnii (Folded-Arms People), born for bilagáana (Irish, Scottish, English, German) discuss themes of loss and hope in their respective first book.
Tuscon Festival of the Books: First Draft
Join authors Sarah Tomlinson, Jennifer Croft, Ashley Elston and Stacie Denetsosie as they discuss the conception and process of creating their first books. From the spark of an idea to the final product, find out what it means to be a writer.
Tucson Festival of Books: Celebrating Southwest Books of the Year: Fiction
The Pima County Public Library’s Southwest Books of the Year committee members read dozens of novels each year, choosing only a very few of them to honor for their excellence. Please join us as this year’s honorees—Brendan Shay Basham (Swim Home to the Vanished), Stacie Shannon Denetsosie (The Missing Morningstar), Tod Goldberg (Gangsters Don’t Die), and Manuel Muñoz (The Consequences)—read from and discuss their prizewinning work. Please come with questions for them!
Signing Area:
Sales & Signing Area - Integrated Learning Center
UCR Writers Week Festival
47th UCR Writers Week Festival: Brendan Shay Basham, Erik Bitsui, Stacie Denetsosie | Session 3 Thursday | Rachell Enriquez & Joaquin F. Tarango, Hosts
Brendan Shay Basham (Diné) poet, novelist–SWIM HOME TO THE VANISHED
Erik Bitsui–Navajo Headbanger Extraordinaire 3000–Mosh PIt Etiquette Vol 1: Secrets of a 21st Century Navajo Headbanger
Stacie Denetsosie–(Diné)–Debut–The Missing Morningstar and Other Stories
Register for Virtual attendance https://www.crowdcast.io/c/6yd877exq19u
Crossroads: Change in Rural America
Crossroads: Change in Rural America offers small towns a chance to look at their own paths to highlight the changes that affected their fortunes over the past century. The exhibition will prompt discussions about what happened when America’s rural population became a minority of the country’s population and the ripple effects that occurred.
Despite the massive economic and demographic impacts brought on by these changes, America’s small towns continue to creatively focus on new opportunities for growth and development. Economic innovation and a focus on the cultural facets that make small towns unique, comfortable, and desirable have helped many communities create their own renaissance. The future is bright for much of rural America as small towns embrace the notion that their citizens and their cultural uniqueness are important assets.
A Night of Indigenous Literary Stars: An Open Mic Community Celebration
Thursday, November 30 — 5:00pm at Marmalade Library
A Night of Indigenous Literary Stars: An Open Mic Community Celebration
Featuring: Kinsale Drake (Diné; author of The Sky Was Once a Dark Blanket and founder/director of NDN Girls Book Club), Stacie Shannon Denetsosie (Diné; author of The Missing Morningstar and Other Stories), and Darcie Little Badger (Diné; author of Elatsoe and A Snake Falls to Earth) alongside open mic readings from workshop participants and other writers from Utah's Native and Indigenous communities.
An Evening with IAIA: Carla Crudijo, Stacie Denetsosie, Deborah Taffa
Portland, Oregon at Bishop and Wilde Bookstore.
Torrey House Press presents Karin Anderson, Stacie Shannon Denetsosie, Betsy Gaines Quammen, moderated by Anne Holman—“Women Writing the West”
Torrey House Press presents Karin Anderson, Stacie Shannon Denetsosie, Betsy Gaines Quammen, moderated by Anne Holman—“Women Writing the West” at Church and State in Salt Lake City.
Maria’s Bookstore Reading
Author Talk & Book Signing: Stacie Denetsosie “The Missing Morningstar and Other Stories”
The Missing Morningstar Book Launch with Kali Fajardo-Anstine
Monday, September 11 at 6PM, join Stacie Shannon Denetsosie and Kali Fajardo-Anstine, author of the national bestselling novel Woman of Light, to celebrate the launch of Stacie's debut short story collection The Missing Morningstar. We can't wait to send this gorgeous and profound collection into the world with you. This virtual book celebration takes place on Zoom, after the event occurs, the Youtube recording of the launch will be linked here.
