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“One night, two friends, a terrible flood” Iván Brave and Rosarito Rodríguez-González present . . . In collaboration with Texas Southern University’s Theatre Program . . . Awake & Asleep A play based on the novel by the same name Adapted for the stage and directed by university professor and […]
Very super excited to announce the first of three shows surrounding my newest novel, Awake & Asleep. Details below. Excitement everywhere. “Experience a novel come to life in different art mediums.” Inprint House 1520 W Main St. 6/23 @ 6:30 PM Collage Art by Glassel/MFA Houston Artist […]
Dear faithful reader, I am happy to announce that systematizing my submission process back in February has just bared its first fruit. Below is a now published story I wrote, about a lawyer husband angry at his lawyer wife, and their impending blow-up fight soon to occur as soon […]
Novel Excerpt: They Lived They Were at Brighton Beach by Ivan Brave This book launch gives me the chance to meet some of the most interesting personalities on the web. There are just too many cool people out there, doing good by us indie authors. Sharing posts, sharing announcements, and […]
Last month, I finished a book called Start with Why, written by entrepreneur and motivational speaker Simon Sinek. His TED talk and insightful Q&As had been popping up on my YouTube for a while. But it wasn’t until his book was chosen for our company’s book club that I gave […]
We could use some magic in our lives! Seriously! Thank you to Lily and the gang over at The Faerie Review. They do an awesome job of sharing the love of books with readers. Check them out. You are sure to discover something that will sparkle.
The cutest blog on the block? What’s good! Big thank you to Autumn for sharing her digital real estate with a fellow blogger, reader, and writer. If you happen to land on the spotlight, be sure to snoop around her site. There’s always something cool going on there, […]
WHAT IS THIS POST? Ladies and Gentlemen, The next novel is out for pre-sale. K thanks bye. WHY THIS POST? O.o That’s it? O.o No way! My whole life I’ve hated commercials, and here I am engaged in commerce. Spreading the word. Raising […]
After interminable edits, formatting marathons, and emails during breaks between class to lay down the marketing bricks of this project, it is done. Everything that is not writing is finished. Anything that is left to be, will be left to be. The novel, ladies and gentlemen, is out now. You […]
The Summer Abroad — now available on KINDLE. Purchase here. Did you buy it? Good. On the fence? Let me tell you a story. Perhaps it’ll help you make up your mind. So, storytime. Gather ’round the fire. (Wood crackles. Embers spark. And a wolf howls in brisk autumn […]
Three dark themes stalk this journey into self-publishing: Bursts of tinkering, troubleshooting, and anxiety. Of course there are luminous elements holding hands with me as we progress. But those lights shine in between and at the end of the journey. Last Friday, I received the edited draft from […]
This week, I met with an ex-workshop peer from way back (from last year). She is currently working on her own thesis project, which explores the current fiction-workshop model, how it fosters or damages originality, and what universities can do about it. Having participated in the same workshop ourselves, she […]
Ice cream. Outer space. Reflex. Lombok, Indonesia. LCD Soundsystem. Bullseye. Zeker. Mosque. Date. По-русски. Brighton Beach. Vial. Malachite. Autobiography. Vanidades. Superman. Zelda. Sk8ter boi. Summer. Twentysomething. Yawp. Kebab. Kiss. Two-hundred hungry loud Texans. Moons. Gray-whiskered and rough. Argos. Estrangement. Imperceptible smile. Low gravity. Cigarette. Astronomy. Burnt-orange bag. Black Hercules. Queso. Parallax […]
For the prompt and for featuring my poem August 7th on the following article: https://theamericanscholar.org/how-to-cheat/#.W3g0AcInbIU ∀ Clothes pins, presumably, because of how these poems were pinned up one by one
For publishing the following story: http://www.acentosreview.com/august2018/ivan-brave.html ∀Dime on quien andas by Letisia Cruz
Art: From NASA, an “earthrise.” Project: This is the result of my two years at The New School, as a graduate student in the Master of fine arts program. Intention: to put everything I care about academically into one essay. Hope: that it help you in some small way, along […]
Click here for PDF — Mario Levrero’s The Luminous Novel (Preface) Above you will find my translation for Levrero’s preface to his 564-page book, The Luminous Novel. Below you can read the letter I attach to all my proposals to agents and publishing houses that specialize in translated work. […]
Welcome to the new website layout design schema to upload new material for you. What do you think? Below is a link for more Spring info: Veneral Equinox (by Telegraph.uk) (Spontaneously, the key jumped two years ahead, under “Why I Write.”)