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Aaron John Curtis
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Debut novel Old School Indian coming May 6th from Hillman Grad.

Akwesasne Mohawk (wakeniáhton)

Award-winning chili maker

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My Uncle Alex is ONE VOTE AWAY from the bookjacketbracket finale!
Please help support a 73-year-old Mohawk artist’s first book cover.

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Book Jacket Bracket – Weekly Book Cover Tournament
A reader-powered book cover tournament. You vote for your favorite. The winner ascends. Celebrate design. Discover new books. Help worthy stories rise.
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March 23, 2026 at 5:00 PM
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Championship Round 2! PLEASE vote for my Uncle Alex’s gorgeous cover of Old School Indian at Book Jacket Bracket!

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Book Jacket Bracket – Weekly Book Cover Tournament
A reader-powered book cover tournament. You vote for your favorite. The winner ascends. Celebrate design. Discover new books. Help worthy stories rise.
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January 26, 2026 at 3:39 PM
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Appropriate for a post on disability in writing, it features the large print version of “Old School Indian!”

Thanks Brian Trapp and Electric Lit.
October 24, 2025 at 6:01 PM
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Happy #newbooksday! 🥳
Fresh fiction titles! Towers of TBR!
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Books, stack on the left from the top: Twice by Mitch Albom, The Secret of Secrets by Dan Brown, Photograph by Brian Freeman, Mate by Ali Hazelwood, The Scammer by Tiffany Jackson, The Intruder by Freida McFadden, and Snow Kissed by RaeAnne Thayne. On the left a stack of four copies, with one standing...November book club title, Old School Indian by Aaron John Curtis. Stack of books, from top: The Dogs of Venice by Steven Rowley, Menu of Happiness by Hisashi Kashiwai, The Graceview Patient by Caitlyn Starling, Remain by Nicholas Sparks and M. Night Shyamalan, And the River Drags Her Down by Jihyun Yun, Queen Demon by Martha Wells, A Moment to Love by Tracie Peterson, Boleyn Traitor by Philippa Gregory in Large Print, The Haunting of Paynes Hollow by Kelley Armstrong, Sharp Force by Patricia Cornwell, and Gone Before Goodbye by Reese Witherspoon and Harlan Coben.
October 21, 2025 at 4:47 PM
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Registration for the Kweli International Literary Festival ends TONIGHT at midnight - hope to see you there!
October 16, 2025 at 6:26 PM
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pacftb.bsky.social Pennsylvania Center for the Book @pacftb.bsky.social · Oct 13
📚 Celebrate Indigenous Peoples' Day with a book by an indigenous or First Nations author:

📖 Find Her by Ginger Reno

📖 Legendary Frybread Drive-In edited by @cynleitichsmith.bsky.social

📖 A Body More Tolerable by @jayesimpson.bsky.social

📖 Old School Indian by @aaronjohncurtis.bsky.social
October 13, 2025 at 10:17 PM
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Just finished reading Old School Indian by @aaronjohncurtis.bsky.social. Easily one of the most thought provoking fiction novels I’ve read this year. And the cover art is incredible, too. If you have not read it yet, there’s still time.
This is a photo of the cover of the novel titled Old School Indian, written by Aaron John Curtis.
August 19, 2025 at 11:30 AM
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My top 10 horror books! In no particular order.
The Reformatory by @tananarivedue.bsky.social
Sisters of the Lost Nation by Nick Medina
The Devil Takes You Home by @gabino.bsky.social
The Eyes Are The Best Part by Monika Kim
Bury Your Gays by @chucktingle.bsky.social
#booksky💙📚 #diversebooksky
August 18, 2025 at 4:33 PM
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The July/August issue of Poets & Writers First Fiction feature includes OLD SCHOOL INDIAN!

The featured debut authors are having a Zoom event TONIGHT: me, Jon Hickey, Carrie R. Moore, Sarah Yahm, and Jemimah Wei.

See you tonight!

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First Fiction 2025 Reading and Celebration
Celebrate this issue’s First Fiction 2025 debut authors with a virtual reading and conversation with features editor India Lena González on Thursday, July 24, at 7 PM EDT. first_fiction_2025_event_gra...
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July 24, 2025 at 4:39 PM
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In our 25th annual #FirstFiction feature, we spotlight five debut fiction writers you’ll want to know! Delve into the captivating literary worlds of Sarah Yahm, @jonvhickey.bsky.social, Carrie R. Moore, @aaronjohncurtis.bsky.social, and @jemmawei.bsky.social: at.pw.org/FirstFiction2025
July 11, 2025 at 7:02 PM
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“Abe stands on the shaggy living room rug of his great uncle’s trailer, shoes off, stripped to the waist.” Read from @aaronjohncurtis.bsky.social’s new novel, Old School Indian.
Old School Indian
Ahkwesáhsne, 2016 Abe stands on the shaggy living room rug of his great uncle’s trailer, shoes off, stripped to the waist. The coffee table has been pushed aside to make room, but Abe still feels l…
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May 14, 2025 at 8:30 PM
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Listen to longtime @booksandbooks.bsky.social employee @aaronjohncurtis.bsky.social discuss his debut novel OLD SCHOOL INDIAN on the Debutiful podcast!

Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/o...

Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/2MXR... @zandoprojects.bsky.social
May 14, 2025 at 3:52 PM
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The critic Marion Winik adored OLD SCHOOL INDIAN, the debut novel from @aaronjohncurtis.bsky.social. Here's her review from yesterday's @bostonglobe.com
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Tackling the funny and the sad, this debut novel introduces an entrancing new voice - The Boston Globe
Aaron John Curtis is a Mohawk man living in Miami, and his autofictional debut is just what readers need now.
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May 5, 2025 at 4:40 PM
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Old School Indian book tour!
April 8, 2025 at 6:19 PM
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I guess this means books by Native authors are officially a trend.

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How Authors Are Reclaiming Indigenous Histories
New works of memoir, journalism, and fiction speak from experience.
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February 18, 2025 at 7:09 PM
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Like so many of you, my friend @maggiesmithpoet.bsky.social and I have been having a conversation about this country’s future.

Now we’re turning our dialogue into a book featuring poems and essays from Marlon James, Alexander Chee, Ashley C. Ford, Chase Strangio, Imani Perry and more!
Saeed Jones and Maggie Smith's THE PEOPLE'S PROJECT, an anthology of essays, poetry, and art on perseverance, action, and care in the face of political uncertainty to act as a guidebook for the years ahead, from 25 contributors including Marlon James, Alexander Chee, Ashley C. Ford, Chase Strangio, Hala Alyan, Alice Wong, and Imani Perry, to Jenny Xu at Washington Square Press, for publication in fall 2025.
January 21, 2025 at 2:33 PM
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A thing happened 🥲
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November 23, 2024 at 8:57 PM