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He showcases the complex emotions of a teenager with emotional and physical trauma laboring to find a sense of belonging in the world.

Hobson explores this transformative time for an individual where the struggle with identity is a huge part. At the foster home, he finds other troubled teens but Rosemary catches his eye and they instantly develop a deeper connection. Akin to the other kids, Sequoyah has trauma mostly inflicted by his parents who include an absent father and a negligent mother.

The narrative follows a fifteen-year-old named Sequoyah from the Cherokee Nation Tribe who is displaced and put under foster care. Told from the perspective of an adult about his younger self, the narrative focuses on themes that have an emotional impact on teenagers such as early abandonment, identity, and sexual awakening. Moreover, it explores the social sphere of Native Americans specifically the younger populace trying to find their identity and place in society. The novel delves into the domain of the foster care system in how troubled kids navigate the different aspects of their past and present. Written by people who wish to remain anonymous

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2020 International Dublin Literary Award longlist.

Writer Ottessa Moshfegh included his novel Deep Ellum on her list of six favorite books. His fiction has won a Pushcart Prize and has appeared in Best American Short Stories 2021, McSweeney's, NOON, Conjunctions, and many other places. He is an enrolled citizen of the Cherokee Nation Tribe. Hobson received his PhD in English from Oklahoma State University and teaches creative writing at New Mexico State university and at the Institute of American Indian Arts. His novel, Where the Dead Sit Talking, was a finalist for the National Book Award and he has been awarded the 2022 Guggenheim Fellowship. Oklahoma State University Oklahoma City Universityīrandon Hobson is an American writer.