@julianzabalbeascoa.bsky.social
Debut novel WHAT WE TRIED TO BURY GROWS HERE published Nov. 12, 2024 by Two Dollar Radio.
https://twodollarradio.com/collections/forthcoming/products/what-we-tried-to-bury
https://twodollarradio.com/collections/forthcoming/products/what-we-tried-to-bury
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A group of militia fighters defending Donosti (San Sebastian) from Francoist forces. The Basque town fell on 13 September 1936.
November 7, 2025 at 8:19 AM
A group of militia fighters defending Donosti (San Sebastian) from Francoist forces. The Basque town fell on 13 September 1936.
I wrote this a year ago today, the morning after the election. Too easy to predict where we'd end up. What will spring us from this mess of our own making? No crystal ball is required either. Thank you, @chicagorevbooks.bsky.social, for publishing this last year!
chireviewofbooks.com/2024/11/14/b...
chireviewofbooks.com/2024/11/14/b...
Beyond 2024: On Resistance and Adversarial Hope - Chicago Review of Books
The morning after the 2016 presidential election, I walked my wife to work along the tree-framed median that splits east-west traffic down Commonwealth Avenue, looking with great suspicion upon those ...
chireviewofbooks.com
November 6, 2025 at 11:22 PM
I wrote this a year ago today, the morning after the election. Too easy to predict where we'd end up. What will spring us from this mess of our own making? No crystal ball is required either. Thank you, @chicagorevbooks.bsky.social, for publishing this last year!
chireviewofbooks.com/2024/11/14/b...
chireviewofbooks.com/2024/11/14/b...
Michael Jerome Plunkett's debut novel ZONE ROUGE is one of my two favorite novels of the year, so it was a joy to be able to discuss it with him for @commonmag.bsky.social!
www.thecommononline.org/stop-being-p...
www.thecommononline.org/stop-being-p...
Stop Being Precious About Process: Julian Zabalbeascoa interviews Michael James Plunkett
MICHAEL JEROME PLUNKETT <br> Years later, while transferring units in the Marine Corps, I kept noticing the strange dissonance between the bureaucratic language of my written orders and the very human...
www.thecommononline.org
November 3, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Michael Jerome Plunkett's debut novel ZONE ROUGE is one of my two favorite novels of the year, so it was a joy to be able to discuss it with him for @commonmag.bsky.social!
www.thecommononline.org/stop-being-p...
www.thecommononline.org/stop-being-p...
A huge loss for the literary landscape of Boston and beyond. Salamander has helped launch countless writing careers. Here is to them finding a new home and being able to continue this noble and necessary work.
Our upcoming Issue 60 marks the end of an era: Salamander is parting ways with Suffolk University after two decades.
Thank you for your patience and understanding as we take a hiatus from reading new submissions during the 2025-2026 reading period, and stay connected with us for updates.
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Thank you for your patience and understanding as we take a hiatus from reading new submissions during the 2025-2026 reading period, and stay connected with us for updates.
🦎❤️
October 3, 2025 at 6:23 PM
A huge loss for the literary landscape of Boston and beyond. Salamander has helped launch countless writing careers. Here is to them finding a new home and being able to continue this noble and necessary work.
Honored to have my novel be among this list of recommendations for those interested in learning more about the Spanish Civil War while visiting the Basque Country!
A quick set of recommendations I've put together of Spanish Civil War sites and memorials for people visiting the Basque Country. Any more suggestions?
thespanishcivilwar.com/tour-themes/...
thespanishcivilwar.com/tour-themes/...
The Spanish Civil War in the Basque Country – Spanish Civil War tours in Barcelona and history of the war
thespanishcivilwar.com
September 23, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Honored to have my novel be among this list of recommendations for those interested in learning more about the Spanish Civil War while visiting the Basque Country!
Mila esker, Nick, for these kind words! You are among my ideal readers, so this means a lot. A thousand thanks!
I want to recommend this beautiful written novel "What We Tried to Bury Grows Here" by @julianzabalbeascoa.bsky.social Set during the Civil War, mainly in the Basque Country, intrically woven tragic stories, the history without impeding the narrative, intimate details making all so believable
September 2, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Mila esker, Nick, for these kind words! You are among my ideal readers, so this means a lot. A thousand thanks!
What We Tried To Bury Grows Here is now an audiobook!
Gary Tiedemann and Raquel Beattie have turned in powerful performances! Many thanks to them and everyone else at Tantor involved in this production.
You can purchase it wherever audiobooks are sold. May it be your song of the summer!
Gary Tiedemann and Raquel Beattie have turned in powerful performances! Many thanks to them and everyone else at Tantor involved in this production.
You can purchase it wherever audiobooks are sold. May it be your song of the summer!
July 1, 2025 at 1:54 PM
What We Tried To Bury Grows Here is now an audiobook!
Gary Tiedemann and Raquel Beattie have turned in powerful performances! Many thanks to them and everyone else at Tantor involved in this production.
You can purchase it wherever audiobooks are sold. May it be your song of the summer!
Gary Tiedemann and Raquel Beattie have turned in powerful performances! Many thanks to them and everyone else at Tantor involved in this production.
You can purchase it wherever audiobooks are sold. May it be your song of the summer!
Mila esker to Scott Schomburg for this thoughtful review in Harvard Review of my novel What We Tried to Bury Grows Here (@twodollarradio.bsky.social)!
www.harvardreview.org/book-review/...
www.harvardreview.org/book-review/...
What We Tried to Bury Grows Here - Harvard Review
In Julian Zabalbeascoa’s debut novel, What We Tried to Bury Grows Here, twenty narrators in twenty chapters navigate the Spanish Civil War, when, in 1936, the electoral victory of a left-wing coalitio...
www.harvardreview.org
June 24, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Mila esker to Scott Schomburg for this thoughtful review in Harvard Review of my novel What We Tried to Bury Grows Here (@twodollarradio.bsky.social)!
www.harvardreview.org/book-review/...
www.harvardreview.org/book-review/...
I don’t often drink blackcurrant sours, but when I do, I drink A Life Anew…a beer brewed by Hot Plate Brewing Co. and inspired by my story in @onestorymag.bsky.social, which appears in a modified form in What We Tried to Bury Grows Here (@twodollarradio.bsky.social).
Stay thirsty, my friends.
Stay thirsty, my friends.
May 21, 2025 at 7:52 PM
I don’t often drink blackcurrant sours, but when I do, I drink A Life Anew…a beer brewed by Hot Plate Brewing Co. and inspired by my story in @onestorymag.bsky.social, which appears in a modified form in What We Tried to Bury Grows Here (@twodollarradio.bsky.social).
Stay thirsty, my friends.
Stay thirsty, my friends.
Fantastic article on my publisher @twodollarradio.bsky.social, who is celebrating their 20th anniversary this weekend! Here's to the next twenty! (and the twenty after that)
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matternews.org/culture/word...
Two Dollar Radio turns 20 – Matter News
The Columbus-based indie publisher will celebrate its 20th anniversary with a bash at Two Dollar Radio Headquarters on Saturday, May 17.
matternews.org
May 18, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Fantastic article on my publisher @twodollarradio.bsky.social, who is celebrating their 20th anniversary this weekend! Here's to the next twenty! (and the twenty after that)
matternews.org/culture/word...
matternews.org/culture/word...
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The Honors College's @julianzabalbeascoa.bsky.social was recently on the PRX/GBH radio show The World with Marco Werman, where he discussed the anniversary of the bombing of Gernika & his debut novel What We Tried to Bury Grows Here.
You can listen to the segment here: theworld.org/segments/202...
You can listen to the segment here: theworld.org/segments/202...
May 15, 2025 at 3:42 PM
The Honors College's @julianzabalbeascoa.bsky.social was recently on the PRX/GBH radio show The World with Marco Werman, where he discussed the anniversary of the bombing of Gernika & his debut novel What We Tried to Bury Grows Here.
You can listen to the segment here: theworld.org/segments/202...
You can listen to the segment here: theworld.org/segments/202...
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Gernika was bombed 88 years ago this week by German and Italian air forces at the behest of Franco, and laid bare for all the world to see the ultimate conclusion of fascism. WHAT WE TRIED TO BURY GROWS HERE author— @julianzabalbeascoa.bsky.social —was on @theworld.org👇
theworld.org/segments/202...
theworld.org/segments/202...
A novelist writes about his family's opposing sides in the Spanish Civil War - The World from PRX
The Spanish Civil War was a conflict that pitted the Republican government against Spanish Nationalists led by General Francisco Franco from 1936-1939. Families were torn apart as people took sides. T...
theworld.org
April 30, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Gernika was bombed 88 years ago this week by German and Italian air forces at the behest of Franco, and laid bare for all the world to see the ultimate conclusion of fascism. WHAT WE TRIED TO BURY GROWS HERE author— @julianzabalbeascoa.bsky.social —was on @theworld.org👇
theworld.org/segments/202...
theworld.org/segments/202...
If you're anywhere in/near LA, I'll be in conversation with three incredible authors at the LA Times Festival of Books at 10:30 this morning.
April 27, 2025 at 1:46 PM
If you're anywhere in/near LA, I'll be in conversation with three incredible authors at the LA Times Festival of Books at 10:30 this morning.
Today is the anniversary of the bombing of Gernika. It was bombed by German & Italian air forces at the behest of General Franco and laid bare for all the world to see the ultimate conclusion of fascism. I was on @theworld.org with Marco Werman to discuss it & my novel.
theworld.org/segments/202...
theworld.org/segments/202...
A novelist writes about his family's opposing sides in the Spanish Civil War - The World from PRX
The Spanish Civil War was a conflict that pitted the Republican government against Spanish Nationalists led by General Francisco Franco from 1936-1939. Families were torn apart as people took sides. T...
theworld.org
April 26, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Today is the anniversary of the bombing of Gernika. It was bombed by German & Italian air forces at the behest of General Franco and laid bare for all the world to see the ultimate conclusion of fascism. I was on @theworld.org with Marco Werman to discuss it & my novel.
theworld.org/segments/202...
theworld.org/segments/202...
I read for this contest. Send them your best!
salamandermag.org/contests
salamandermag.org/contests
We're so excited to announce that the judge for Salamander's 2025 Fiction Contest will be Helen Phillips, author of The Need and Hum, among other works. Submissions open on May 1! Find more information here: salamandermag.org/contests
April 26, 2025 at 4:18 PM
I read for this contest. Send them your best!
salamandermag.org/contests
salamandermag.org/contests
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🌹WHAT WE TRIED TO BURY GROWS HERE author Julian Zabalbeascoa will be at the LA Times Book Prizes Awards Ceremony & the LA Times Festival of Books this weekend — April 25 & 27!
Peep all of @julianzabalbeascoa.bsky.social ‘s upcoming events ⬇️
🔗 www.julianzabalbeascoa.com/tour
Peep all of @julianzabalbeascoa.bsky.social ‘s upcoming events ⬇️
🔗 www.julianzabalbeascoa.com/tour
April 21, 2025 at 4:23 PM
🌹WHAT WE TRIED TO BURY GROWS HERE author Julian Zabalbeascoa will be at the LA Times Book Prizes Awards Ceremony & the LA Times Festival of Books this weekend — April 25 & 27!
Peep all of @julianzabalbeascoa.bsky.social ‘s upcoming events ⬇️
🔗 www.julianzabalbeascoa.com/tour
Peep all of @julianzabalbeascoa.bsky.social ‘s upcoming events ⬇️
🔗 www.julianzabalbeascoa.com/tour
Time was no friend of mine at Bookshop West Portal. The hour with @mrhwm.bsky.social passed in a few minutes. Could have kept it going into the early morning. Many thanks to the Basque Educational Organization for sponsoring the event and to all those who attended!
April 16, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Time was no friend of mine at Bookshop West Portal. The hour with @mrhwm.bsky.social passed in a few minutes. Could have kept it going into the early morning. Many thanks to the Basque Educational Organization for sponsoring the event and to all those who attended!
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We're delighted to announce that we've acquired @twodollarradio.bsky.social, the Midwest's finest publisher of adventurous, boundary-pushing books.
April 15, 2025 at 1:25 PM
We're delighted to announce that we've acquired @twodollarradio.bsky.social, the Midwest's finest publisher of adventurous, boundary-pushing books.
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the cat is indeed out of the bag.
meow.
💖 @sevenstories.bsky.social
Read about it in @publisherswkly.bsky.social ⬇️
🔗 www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...
meow.
💖 @sevenstories.bsky.social
Read about it in @publisherswkly.bsky.social ⬇️
🔗 www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...
April 15, 2025 at 1:39 PM
the cat is indeed out of the bag.
meow.
💖 @sevenstories.bsky.social
Read about it in @publisherswkly.bsky.social ⬇️
🔗 www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...
meow.
💖 @sevenstories.bsky.social
Read about it in @publisherswkly.bsky.social ⬇️
🔗 www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...
For those in the Bay Area, I will be at the SF Basque Cultural Center today, April 13, presenting on & signing copies of my novel at 2:30 pm. Then, tomorrow, I'm over at Book Shop West Portal at 7 pm, where I'll be in conversation with @mrhwm.bsky.social!
April 13, 2025 at 4:54 PM
For those in the Bay Area, I will be at the SF Basque Cultural Center today, April 13, presenting on & signing copies of my novel at 2:30 pm. Then, tomorrow, I'm over at Book Shop West Portal at 7 pm, where I'll be in conversation with @mrhwm.bsky.social!
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Join us Thursday, 5/1 for a virtual reading with our Literary Debutantes hosted by @debutiful.bsky.social, featuring readings from Nini Berndt, @kermichele.bsky.social, Carrie R. Moore, Lucas Schaefer, Jackie Thomas-Kennedy, Lauren K. Watel, and @julianzabalbeascoa.bsky.social. bit.ly/4j7bCxA
April 10, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Join us Thursday, 5/1 for a virtual reading with our Literary Debutantes hosted by @debutiful.bsky.social, featuring readings from Nini Berndt, @kermichele.bsky.social, Carrie R. Moore, Lucas Schaefer, Jackie Thomas-Kennedy, Lauren K. Watel, and @julianzabalbeascoa.bsky.social. bit.ly/4j7bCxA
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Catch WHAT WE TRIED TO BURY GROWS HERE author @julianzabalbeascoa.bsky.social on the West Coast soon!
🔗 www.julianzabalbeascoa.com/tour
🔗 www.julianzabalbeascoa.com/tour
April 8, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Catch WHAT WE TRIED TO BURY GROWS HERE author @julianzabalbeascoa.bsky.social on the West Coast soon!
🔗 www.julianzabalbeascoa.com/tour
🔗 www.julianzabalbeascoa.com/tour
A new interview is up at @onestorymag.bsky.social! Thank you to one of America's greatest literary journals and @mjyidani.bsky.social for the conversation!
one-story.com/2025/03/31/s...
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Shatterproof Hope: An Interview with Julian Zabalbeascoa – One Story
one-story.com
March 31, 2025 at 8:24 PM
A new interview is up at @onestorymag.bsky.social! Thank you to one of America's greatest literary journals and @mjyidani.bsky.social for the conversation!
one-story.com/2025/03/31/s...
one-story.com/2025/03/31/s...
Canary hightails it out of the coal mine.
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www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Yale professor who studies fascism fleeing US to work in Canada
Jason Stanley, who says grandmother fled Berlin with his father in 1939, says US may become ‘fascist dictatorship’
www.theguardian.com
March 27, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Canary hightails it out of the coal mine.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
The Basque Educational Organization has chosen WHAT WE TRIED TO BURY GROWS HERE as their next book club pick, and I'll be joining the conversation! This takes place virtually on Monday, March 31, 5:30-6:30 PDT.
Join the party here: www.basqueeducational.org/event/book-c...
Join the party here: www.basqueeducational.org/event/book-c...
BOOK CLUB / What We Tried to Bury Grows Here
We will be discussing What We Tried to Bury Grows Here with author Julian Zabalbeascoa. Meetings are held via Zoom. If you are not currently a BEO Book Club member, you can learn more and sign up H…
www.basqueeducational.org
March 26, 2025 at 3:37 PM
The Basque Educational Organization has chosen WHAT WE TRIED TO BURY GROWS HERE as their next book club pick, and I'll be joining the conversation! This takes place virtually on Monday, March 31, 5:30-6:30 PDT.
Join the party here: www.basqueeducational.org/event/book-c...
Join the party here: www.basqueeducational.org/event/book-c...