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Michael Branch, Writer

Creative nonfiction and humor on the environment and life in the American West

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VIDEO: Book Trailers


On the Trail(er) of the Jackalope from fil corbitt on Vimeo.

How to Cuss in Western (Official Trailer)

Rants from the Hill (Official Trailer)

Raising Wild (Official Trailer)

VIDEO: Readings and Interviews


Snow College Convocation (November 11, 2022)


“Great Basin College Book Club: Virtual Author Visit with Michael P. Branch.”
September 22, 2022.


“Meet the Author: Michael P. Branch in Conversation with Moira Marsh.”
Nevada Humanities. August 25, 2022.

Trailer for reading at Sigma Tau Delta national conference. March 27, 2021.

Reading as part of Music to Save Earth’s Songs. February 18, 2021.

“Bandit Queen,” with Hannah Branch. Nevada Writers Hall of Fame. November 12, 2020

C-SPAN BOOK TV. Interview. June 1-2, 2019.


TV promo for Literary Death Match (July, 2017)


Literary Death Match Promo Outtake: Mike on Cats

Snow College Convocation (September 7, 2017):

Audio

“On the Trail of the Jackalope with Michael Branch.” Books, Shows, Tunes and Mad Acts (podcast). December 16, 2022.

“We Love Small Towns & the Legendary Jackalope.” Winds of Change (podcast). December 2, 2022.

“What Are the Threads that Connect Us to a True Path? Authors John Searles and Michael Branch.” The Artful Periscope (podcast). November 11, 2022.

“Tale of the Jackalope.” 99% Invisible (podcast), produced by Fil Corbitt. September 27, 2022. 

“You Don’t Know Jack(alopes)! Michael Branch and the Art of the Hoax.” Squaring the Strange (podcast). June 30, 2022.

Interview on You Don’t Know Lit Podcast (May 9, 2022)

Interview on KJZZ/NPR Phoenix (April 7, 2022)

Interview on The Current Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (March 29, 2022)

Interview on NPR/RadioWest (March 18 2022)

Interview on A Book & Its Author Podcast (March 10, 2022)

Interview on Book Cougars Podcast (March 1, 2022)

Interview on A Book & Its Author Podcast (October 1, 2020)

Reading of “Planting the Dog” on The Bucket of Blah Blah

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Interview on Book Cougars Podcast. (September 17, 2019)

Interview on The Bucket of Blah Blah (February 11, 2019)

Interview on Ecotopia Radio (KZFR 90.1, Chico, California) (July 31, 2018)

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Author reading of “How to Cuss in Western” (from How to Cuss in Western), with some hilarious trick sound editing by Dondo Darue

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Interview on Hollywood & West Napa (KSVY 91.3, Sonoma, CA) (July 10, 2018)

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Interview on Edge Effects (April 3, 2018)

Interview on Ecotopia Radio (KZFR 90.1 Chico, CA) (June 27, 2017)

Interview on The Creative Edge (KUNR 88.7 Reno, NV) (October 21, 2016)

Author lecture: “Laughing Matters: Humor in an Age of Resistance and Resilience” (ASLE Conference plenary; June 20, 2017)

Author reading of “Lawn Guilt” (from Rants from the Hill) Terrain.org (June 20, 2017)

Author reading of “Freebirds” Orion Magazine (2012)

Author reading of “The Adventures of Peavine and Charlie” Orion Magazine (2011)

Author reading of “Pleistocene Rewilding”High Country News (September, 2012)

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Author reading of “I Brake for Rants” High Country News (July, 2012)

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Author reading of “Sorry Utah”High Country News (June, 2012)

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Print Interviews

Outdoors Unlimited (Summer, 2022, pages 18-20)

Salt Lake City Weekly (May 18, 2022)

Nevada Today (April 7, 2022)

Terrain.org (April 1, 2022)

Writers Digest Spotlight Series (March 21, 2022)

The Usonian (March 17, 2022)

Sierra Nevada Ally (February 27, 2022)

Live Science (December 4, 2021)  

Planet Forward (March 8, 2018)

Nevada Today (October 30, 2017)

The Hopper (June, 2017) 

Orion Magazine (May 8, 2017)

Outside Magazine (November 22, 2016)

Foreword (September 15, 2016)

Whole Terrain: Reflective Environmental Practice (August 8, 2016)

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Readings in support of On the Trail of the Jackalope, How to Cuss in Western, Rants from the Hill, and Raising Wild

  • South Dakota Festival of Books (Deadwood, SD) on September 22, 2023
  • Mount Marty University (Yankton, SD) on September 25, 2023
  • Laramie County Library Jackalope Festival (Cheyenne, WY) on January 13, 2024
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