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Michael Branch, Writer

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

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Media for Mike includes video, audio, interviews, and images.

Video

See the trailer for Mike’s new book! https://vimeo.com/679257267

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.

On the Trail of the Jackalope (Official Trailer) 

How to Cuss in Western (Official Trailer)

Rants from the Hill (Official Trailer)

Raising Wild (Official Trailer)


TV promo for Literary Death Match (July, 2017)


Literary Death Match Promo Outtake: Mike on Cats

Snow College Convocation (September 7, 2017):

Audio

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

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)

Find cover images for Mike’s previous books here.

Images

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Readings in Support of Raising Wild, Rants from the Hill, and How to Cuss in Western

  • The Avid Reader (Sacramento, CA) on July 9, 2022
  • Eastern Oregon University (LeGrande, OR) on July 17, 2022 8:30 pm
  • MWD Book Group (Reno, NV) on July 20, 2022
  • Downtown Reno FUMC Book Group (Reno, NV) on August 29, 2022
  • Nevada Humanities Literary Crawl (Reno, NV) on September 10, 2022
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