Iris Jamahl Dunkle

Poet, Biographer, Critic. Author of Riding Like the Wind: The Life of Sanora Babb @ucpress @Colorado_Review @triohousepress @OUPress

[Iris Jamahl Dunkle @irjohnso]

Excited that Riding Like the Wind: The Life of Sanora Babb was named one of 12 New Books for October on Alta! Along with new books from @RubenQuesada and Forrest Gander. Thanks @AltaJournal
https://t.co/SWqixdHtSy

[Iris Jamahl Dunkle @irjohnso]

I'm on a mission to uncover the hidden history of strong women in America. Every dollar brings me closer to the truth. Please share and donate to help make this research happen! https://t.co/44Zx2T2qms

[University of California Press (is on Bluesky) @ucpress]

Thanks to @washingtonpost for including @irjohnso's RIDING LIKE THE WIND: The Life of Sanora Babb in their 50 notable works of nonfiction from 2024! https://t.co/fISRB0jMgH

[Pine State Publicity @PineStatePub]

If you're counting, that's THREE bestseller lists for @irjohnso Riding Like the Wind: The Life of Sanora Babb (which is now a month old!)

& & & Dunkle has just been named to the 2025 @bookcritics board!

https://t.co/fyngrN52nr

[Pine State Publicity @PineStatePub]

There's @irjohnso in Review of Reviews at @theweek for RIDING LIKE THE WIND: THE LIFE OF SANORA BABB!

[Iris Jamahl Dunkle @irjohnso]

@cassmannes 😍

[University of California Press (is on Bluesky) @ucpress]

Thanks to @newrepublic for the review of @irjohnso's "compassionate and respectful biography" RIDING LIKE THE WIND: The Life of Sanora Babb: https://t.co/TKyZJJHkmq

[Pine State Publicity @PineStatePub]

SANORA BABB & @irjohnso in @NorthBayNews

@ucpress

https://t.co/BErWKACYJa

[Iris Jamahl Dunkle @irjohnso]

Thanks for this review of Riding Like the Wind: The Life of Sanora Babb by Scott Bradfield ⁦@newrepublic⁩ https://t.co/gZkPrAxP1E

[Iris Jamahl Dunkle @irjohnso]

https://t.co/3sDEmb65UG via @lareviewofbooks

[D. A. Powell @Powell_DA]

No rhyme can be said
where reason has fled

--June Jordan

[Iris Jamahl Dunkle @irjohnso]

@Plathbiography Me too

[Pine State Publicity @PineStatePub]

Sanora Babb & @irjohnso are USA TODAY BESTSELLERS! ☀️

Get your copy here: https://t.co/JStTfIrLS6

[Iris Jamahl Dunkle @irjohnso]

Finding Lost Voices: The Important Voice of Zitkála-Šá (also known as Gertrude Simmons Bonnin, 1876-1938) https://t.co/H7PWSh1Q2v

[Catamaran Lit @CatamaranLit]

Join us Friday, Nov 1st, to celebrate Iris Jamahl Dunkle’s new biography "Riding Like the Wind" telling the story of Sanora Babb whose interviews and notes informed Steinbeck's "The Grapes of Wrath" and led to the cancellation of Babb's own novel. Details:
https://t.co/jgl3Tw5ziT

[Pine State Publicity @PineStatePub]

🍂 Nothing like a Great Fall Book Preview at the_millions! 🍂 AND featuring @irjohnso Riding Like the Wind: The Life of Sanora Babb!

@ucpress

https://t.co/m25bokJNgZ

[Prairie Lights Books @Prairie_Lights]

Tonight at 7pm, Iris Jamahl Dunkle who will read from her "heartbreaking and heroic (Ken Burns)" new biography of novelist Sanora Babb, Riding Like the Wind: The Life of Sanora Babb.  She’ll be joined in conversation by UIowa Professor Harry Stecopoulos.

[Iris Jamahl Dunkle @irjohnso]

Ten Facts About the Fearless Writer Sanora Babb - https://t.co/vXWhftb4Jd https://t.co/uC2cAPHIx4

[Iris Jamahl Dunkle @irjohnso]

Dream come true moment!

[Pine State Publicity @PineStatePub]

Oh nothing, just @irjohnso being SMART & looking FABULOUS in @nytimesbooks (in Sanora Babb's coat, no less!)

https://t.co/fLGBugf7Va

[Iris Jamahl Dunkle @irjohnso]

@EmilyRCWilson @EugeniaLeigh @poetshouse This is beautiful!

[Iris Jamahl Dunkle @irjohnso]

Happy belated birthday to #SylviaPlath

[LovingSylviaPlath @LovingSPlath]

Happy 92nd Birthday #SylviaPlath 🌹

"Someone, somewhere, can you understand me a little, love me a little? For all my despair, for all my ideals, for all that – I love life. But it is hard, and I have so much – so very much to learn –"