Jon Hickey
@jonvhickey.bsky.social
San Francisco. Novel BIG CHIEF (Simon & Schuster) available now wherever books are sold! Anishinaabe (LDF). Repped by Michelle Brower at Trellis Literary.
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BIG CHIEF is one of Amazon’s Best Books of 2025!
November 13, 2025 at 9:45 PM
BIG CHIEF is one of Amazon’s Best Books of 2025!
Off to Austin for the Texas Book Festival! Come see me talking BIG CHIEF with Brandon Hobson (his novel THE DEVIL IS A SOUTHPAW JUST CAME OUT) and Deb Olin Unforth at the Kirkus Tent!
November 7, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Off to Austin for the Texas Book Festival! Come see me talking BIG CHIEF with Brandon Hobson (his novel THE DEVIL IS A SOUTHPAW JUST CAME OUT) and Deb Olin Unforth at the Kirkus Tent!
The Blue Jays took on a team with some of the greatest players to have ever played the game and they took them to seven, and that one was a duel until the end. So much respect
November 2, 2025 at 5:48 AM
The Blue Jays took on a team with some of the greatest players to have ever played the game and they took them to seven, and that one was a duel until the end. So much respect
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Happy Indigenous Peoples’ Day!
If you haven’t read Big Chief by @jonvhickey.bsky.social yet, you need to! It’s a political thriller that takes place on a reservation in Wisconsin. Powerful themes on what it means to belong. Couldn’t put it down, couldn’t stop thinking about it. Highly recommend! 📚
If you haven’t read Big Chief by @jonvhickey.bsky.social yet, you need to! It’s a political thriller that takes place on a reservation in Wisconsin. Powerful themes on what it means to belong. Couldn’t put it down, couldn’t stop thinking about it. Highly recommend! 📚
October 13, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Happy Indigenous Peoples’ Day!
If you haven’t read Big Chief by @jonvhickey.bsky.social yet, you need to! It’s a political thriller that takes place on a reservation in Wisconsin. Powerful themes on what it means to belong. Couldn’t put it down, couldn’t stop thinking about it. Highly recommend! 📚
If you haven’t read Big Chief by @jonvhickey.bsky.social yet, you need to! It’s a political thriller that takes place on a reservation in Wisconsin. Powerful themes on what it means to belong. Couldn’t put it down, couldn’t stop thinking about it. Highly recommend! 📚
Talking BIG CHIEF at the Central Wisconsin Book Festival in Wausau. And gesticulating wildly apparently.
September 28, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Talking BIG CHIEF at the Central Wisconsin Book Festival in Wausau. And gesticulating wildly apparently.
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tonight I gloriously end my tour in San Francisco at green apple @booksonthepark.bsky.social at 7 pm!!!!!!!!!!! in conversation with @jonvhickey.bsky.social!!!!!!!!!!! I demand your presence
August 20, 2025 at 4:47 PM
tonight I gloriously end my tour in San Francisco at green apple @booksonthepark.bsky.social at 7 pm!!!!!!!!!!! in conversation with @jonvhickey.bsky.social!!!!!!!!!!! I demand your presence
So excited to be included jn this! Thanks to @pw.org!
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 7:09 PM
So excited to be included jn this! Thanks to @pw.org!
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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
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
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Our own event manager, Kar Johnson, will be on @kqedforum.bsky.social tomorrow morning to talk summer reading recs! Tune in at 9am!
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What’s on Your Summer Reading List? | KQED
We’ll talk about new releases, old favorites and classics that have earned their place on your bookshelf.
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June 26, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Our own event manager, Kar Johnson, will be on @kqedforum.bsky.social tomorrow morning to talk summer reading recs! Tune in at 9am!
www.kqed.org/forum/201010...
www.kqed.org/forum/201010...
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June 16, 2025 at 2:00 PM
This sounds like the heavily researched book version of every conversation I’ve had with my brothers over the last 35 years
If you need a laugh this week, here's the first chapter of STUPID TV, BE MORE FUNNY. It's about all the influences that went into The Simpsons. Book's out tomorrow! www.theringer.com/2025/06/09/t...
Watching Too Much TV Can Rot Your Brain. Or Lead to the Creation of ‘The Simpsons.’
In the first chapter of his soon-to-be-released book, ‘Stupid TV, Be More Funny: How the Golden Era of “The Simpsons” Changed Television—and America—Forever,’ Alan Siegel traces the many influences of...
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June 9, 2025 at 3:36 PM
This sounds like the heavily researched book version of every conversation I’ve had with my brothers over the last 35 years
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Gotta ❤️ ANOTHER #newbooksday at the library! #librarylife 💙📚
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June 3, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Amazing rec! Thanks @judicialjunkie.bsky.social!
What happens when the fixer needs fixing? Jon Hickey’s “Big Chief” is a master class in when your fancy law degree meets an election, a casino, tribal politics and the FBI. A must read! (Full review on Medium. Link in bio.)
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May 27, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Amazing rec! Thanks @judicialjunkie.bsky.social!
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This week @ City Lights LIVE!
🟣 5/6, 7pm: @hzeavin.bsky.social w/ Juliana Spahr
@mitpress.bsky.social
🔶 5/7, 6pm: @jonvhickey.bsky.social w/ @tomasmmoniz.bsky.social
@simonandschuster.bsky.social
🟦 5/8, 7pm: @sarahschulman.bsky.social w/ @caroderobertis.bsky.social
@penguinbooksusa.bsky.social
🟣 5/6, 7pm: @hzeavin.bsky.social w/ Juliana Spahr
@mitpress.bsky.social
🔶 5/7, 6pm: @jonvhickey.bsky.social w/ @tomasmmoniz.bsky.social
@simonandschuster.bsky.social
🟦 5/8, 7pm: @sarahschulman.bsky.social w/ @caroderobertis.bsky.social
@penguinbooksusa.bsky.social
May 5, 2025 at 9:02 PM
This week @ City Lights LIVE!
🟣 5/6, 7pm: @hzeavin.bsky.social w/ Juliana Spahr
@mitpress.bsky.social
🔶 5/7, 6pm: @jonvhickey.bsky.social w/ @tomasmmoniz.bsky.social
@simonandschuster.bsky.social
🟦 5/8, 7pm: @sarahschulman.bsky.social w/ @caroderobertis.bsky.social
@penguinbooksusa.bsky.social
🟣 5/6, 7pm: @hzeavin.bsky.social w/ Juliana Spahr
@mitpress.bsky.social
🔶 5/7, 6pm: @jonvhickey.bsky.social w/ @tomasmmoniz.bsky.social
@simonandschuster.bsky.social
🟦 5/8, 7pm: @sarahschulman.bsky.social w/ @caroderobertis.bsky.social
@penguinbooksusa.bsky.social
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@britt-kathryn.bsky.social rounds up five iconic books edited by Toni Morrison.
Five incredible books edited by Toni Morrison.
Header image via Bernard Gotfryd photograph collection (Library of Congress) This month, Farrar, Straus and Giroux is reissuing a spiky, forgotten jewel of a book. You may not know the author by na…
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April 27, 2025 at 3:01 PM
@britt-kathryn.bsky.social rounds up five iconic books edited by Toni Morrison.
BIG CHIEF slyly makes it into the Washington Post book review!
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Review | ‘Big Chief’ is a sly debut about drama in Native American politics
Jon Hickey’s novel follows a tribal president and his Ivy League-educated lawyer-slash-fixer in the days before an election.
www.washingtonpost.com
April 23, 2025 at 7:29 PM
BIG CHIEF slyly makes it into the Washington Post book review!
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www.washingtonpost.com/books/2025/0...
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Big Chief
I just reviewed Big Chief by Jon Hickey
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April 23, 2025 at 3:45 AM
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went to Barcelona & wrote about it for Travel + Leisure, & the piece is out in this month’s issue
April 23, 2025 at 1:09 AM
went to Barcelona & wrote about it for Travel + Leisure, & the piece is out in this month’s issue
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“Once the Earth is toast, will someone rebuild it?”
Our next letter in the mail comes from author @jonvhickey.bsky.social. Jon’s letter recounts a family vacation turned existential, and explores the roles of hope and writing in rebuilding the world.
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Our next letter in the mail comes from author @jonvhickey.bsky.social. Jon’s letter recounts a family vacation turned existential, and explores the roles of hope and writing in rebuilding the world.
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April 19, 2025 at 4:02 PM
“Once the Earth is toast, will someone rebuild it?”
Our next letter in the mail comes from author @jonvhickey.bsky.social. Jon’s letter recounts a family vacation turned existential, and explores the roles of hope and writing in rebuilding the world.
➡️ buff.ly/3GxPD41
Our next letter in the mail comes from author @jonvhickey.bsky.social. Jon’s letter recounts a family vacation turned existential, and explores the roles of hope and writing in rebuilding the world.
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Check out Kyle Edwards writing about a small-town hockey tournament and his novel SMALL CEREMONIES! Then, you know, get the book too
“For us Indians, the feeling of coming-of-age—of becoming aware of the world around us and our place in it—can feel more like a dark initiation.” How a hockey childhood can lead to both camaraderie and exclusion.
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“Indian Hockey Kicks Ass.” On Finding Meaning in Another Nation’s Pastime
As a kid I went to the same hockey tournament every year. It was part of a large Indigenous festival and though hockey was only a small part of it, it was probably the most exciting part. Apart fr…
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April 21, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Check out Kyle Edwards writing about a small-town hockey tournament and his novel SMALL CEREMONIES! Then, you know, get the book too
BIG CHIEF got a nod from the New York Times Book Review!
April 11, 2025 at 9:04 PM
BIG CHIEF got a nod from the New York Times Book Review!
BIG CHIEF hits the shelves in London at @waterstones.bsky.social!
April 10, 2025 at 8:42 PM
BIG CHIEF hits the shelves in London at @waterstones.bsky.social!
I shared my TBR pile with Lit Hub!
@jonvhickey.bsky.social’s TBR includes work by Katie Kitamura, Denis Johnson, Kyle Edwards, and more!
The Annotated Nightstand: What Jon Hickey Is Reading Now, and Next
The American government and its white citizens have made it a centuries-long project to destroy these tribes through violent physical and cultural genocide most explicit in massacres and “Ind…
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April 10, 2025 at 6:41 PM
I shared my TBR pile with Lit Hub!
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April 10, 2025 at 6:10 PM
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#BookBuying
Absolutely had to get a copy of this one! @jonvhickey.bsky.social #BigChief
"The great Native American political novel. A tremendous debut."
#ScribnerBooks
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Absolutely had to get a copy of this one! @jonvhickey.bsky.social #BigChief
"The great Native American political novel. A tremendous debut."
#ScribnerBooks
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April 10, 2025 at 11:57 AM
#BookBuying
Absolutely had to get a copy of this one! @jonvhickey.bsky.social #BigChief
"The great Native American political novel. A tremendous debut."
#ScribnerBooks
💙📚
Absolutely had to get a copy of this one! @jonvhickey.bsky.social #BigChief
"The great Native American political novel. A tremendous debut."
#ScribnerBooks
💙📚