NOVELS
They Lived They Were at Brighton Beach – a story about the power to move on.
Reviewed in the United States on June 24, 2020
The Summer Abroad – After graduating college, Mikaíl faces two options: Grow up or go to Europe. Which would you choose? Follow three best friends on a backpacking adventure that leads to one of them staying behind, one of them disappearing, and another to discovering his destiny.
PEER-REVIEWED ARTICLES
“Ficción de campus hoy,” Intersecciones Hispánicas, No. 2 (print, digital), 2025
FICTION
“Wajdan,” flash fiction in Every Day Fiction (online), forthcoming
“You Never Told Sam,” novel excerpt in Black Works (online), 2024
“Kurt Cobain,” micro fiction in Rue Scribe (online), 2024
“IVF,” micro fiction in New Flash Fiction Review (forthcoming), 2024
“So High You Know Spanish,” novel excerpt on Latino Book Review (print), 2024
“Rotten Egg,” flash fiction in Wilderness House Literary (online), 2024
“Karass,” flash fiction in Literally Stories (online), 2024
“The Princess and the Butterfly,” flash fiction in Brief Wilderness (online), 2024
“The Trouble with Speed,” short story in Litbreak (online), 2023
“Singapore,” novel excerpt in Eunoia (online), 2023
“Waste,” short story in Sky Is Land Journal (online), 2023
“One of the Last Strolls North,” micro fiction in The Purpled Nail (online), 2022
“The Drop,” novel excerpt in Revolution John (online), 2021
“Knowing When to Quit,” short story in Wilderness House Literary (online), 2021
“Blanco Brown,” flash fiction in Tilted House (print), 2021
“Grozny,” short story in Copperfield Review (print), 2021
“Flipped Candy Kitty Snow Seal” novel excerpt in Corev.ink (online), 2021
“Draught of Munchen,” novel excerpt in Malarky Books (online), 2021
“Snow Impatient,” flash fiction in Bureau of Complaint (online), 2021
“Orpheus and Eurydice,” novel excerpt in The Lily Café (online), 2020
ESSAYS
“Op-Ed: AI chatbots do more harm than good,” The Daily Cougar (online), 2024
“Todo sobre mi Quentin: Por qué Tarantino Admira Almodóvar,” Suburbano (online), 2023
“Los muertos le dictan a Ariel Dorfman,” Suburbano (online), 2022
“Dos odas al idioma español,” Recovering the the US Hispanic Literary Heritage Blog (online), 2021
“Twelve YouTube Channels,” Bookshine&Readbows (online), 2020
“Bad is Bad and Bad is Good,” Eucom Blog (online), 2020
“How to Apologize to Your Father in Spanish,” The Acentos Review (online), 2018
“A Short Autobiography,” NYLC Blog (online), 2018
POETRY
“Oda a tu voz” / “Ode to your voice,” Latino Book Review (print and digital), 2022
“July to August,” How to Cheat, American Scholar (featured online), 2018
“Adorned Inscription,” Artlines Poetry Anthology, Museum of Fine Arts Houston (print), 2015
TRANSLATION
“No One to Blame,” story by Julio Cortázar (El final del juego, 1956), in Cutbank (print), 2024
Un caso es siempre un caso, children’s book by René Saldaña (Arte Público Press, in print), 2023
“I,” poem by David Rosennman-Taub (Tílimtilín, 2022), on Asymptote (online), 2022
“XII,” poem by David Rosennman-Taub (Tílimtilín, 2022), on Asymptote (online), 2022
“CXXXIV,” poem by David Rosennman-Taub (Tílimtilín, 2022), on Asymptote (online), 2022
“CXXXV,” poem by David Rosennman-Taub (Tílimtilín, 2022), on Asymptote (online), 2022
“CXXXIX,” poem by David Rosennman-Taub (Tílimtilín, 2022), on Asymptote (online), 2022
“Presentando el proyecto digital Latino Catskills,” article on Recovery Blog (online), 2021
INTERVIEWS
Interviewer, “Where Language Meets Learning . . .,” NYLC Blog (online), 2018
Interviewer, “A Student Shares Her Thoughts . . .,” NYLC Blog (online), 2017
Interviewer “A Conversation . . .,” NYLC Blog (online), 2017
Publicity & Promotion
Contributor, “The Unassessed Life: Why We Assess at Eucom,” Eucom (online), 2020
Contributor, “Sounds from the World Showcases,” SXSW (online), 2014
Contributor, “Cafe Tacvba Showcase on Auditorium Shores,” SXSW (online), 2013
Contributor, “Latin Music Press Release,” SXSW (online), 2012
RADIO
Writer/Producer/Voice, “SoundSpace at the Blanton Museum of Art,” KUTX (online), 2013
Writer/Producer/Voice, “Ditch the Fest 2013,” KUTX (online), 2013
Executive Producer/Writer, all aired episodes of Local Live, KVRX (FM), 2012 – 13
VIDEOS
Visit youtube.com/@ivanbrave_ for author readings, class materials, booktube, 2020 – Current
Writer/Voice, “Agile Learning Journey,” for Eucom (YouTube), 2020
Writer/Director/Actor, “How to Speak Assertively,” for Eucom (YouTube), 2020
Writer/Producer, “Thre3style DJ Competition in Austin,” for RedBull (YouTube), 2013
Visit vimeo.com/iivahn for archive of videos produced as student TV executive, 2013
Music and Lyrics
Co-Writer/Producer, “Black Beauty (Cacophony Edit),” for a rock band, The Abstract, 2012