Deanne Stillman
@deanne5.bsky.social
Critically acclaimed writer. Books include Twentynine Palms (praised by Hunter S. Thompson as "A strange and brilliant story by an important American writer") and Blood Brothers (starred Kirkus, Newsweek excerpt, praised by Doug Brinkley, Thomas Powers).
This is a new podcast production of my play "Who Walks the Sands," monologues about fathers and sons, mothers and daughters, and longing and desire. They are a mashup of the real and the imaginary. There's also an interview with me following the production. #theatresky
redcircle.com/shows/626558...
redcircle.com/shows/626558...
November 11, 2025 at 3:55 PM
This is a new podcast production of my play "Who Walks the Sands," monologues about fathers and sons, mothers and daughters, and longing and desire. They are a mashup of the real and the imaginary. There's also an interview with me following the production. #theatresky
redcircle.com/shows/626558...
redcircle.com/shows/626558...
NEW TIME: Taos, Metta Theatre, 10/19, 2pm: a reading of my play "Reflections in a D'Back's Eye," directed by Bruce McIntosh. About America and guns, via the incident in which Gabby Giffords was wounded and a little girl who wanted to play baseball was killed. Also: the Grand Canyon. #theatresky
October 4, 2025 at 12:19 AM
NEW TIME: Taos, Metta Theatre, 10/19, 2pm: a reading of my play "Reflections in a D'Back's Eye," directed by Bruce McIntosh. About America and guns, via the incident in which Gabby Giffords was wounded and a little girl who wanted to play baseball was killed. Also: the Grand Canyon. #theatresky
Pete Hegseth just ended the medals review for soldiers involved in the Wounded Knee massacre. Yet even Buffalo Bill tried to make amends with Native Americans, making a film about the incident with Lakota re-enactors. It flopped and vanished from the record. I wrote about this in Blood Brothers.
September 27, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Pete Hegseth just ended the medals review for soldiers involved in the Wounded Knee massacre. Yet even Buffalo Bill tried to make amends with Native Americans, making a film about the incident with Lakota re-enactors. It flopped and vanished from the record. I wrote about this in Blood Brothers.
For 9/11 24, my remembrance:
Shortly before 9/11, something told me that I might never again see my mother who lived in NYC. I changed plans and headed there on 9/10, landing shortly before the attack. "It looks like Hiroshima down here," she soon said on the phone.
www.truthdig.com/articles/911...
Shortly before 9/11, something told me that I might never again see my mother who lived in NYC. I changed plans and headed there on 9/10, landing shortly before the attack. "It looks like Hiroshima down here," she soon said on the phone.
www.truthdig.com/articles/911...
September 11, 2025 at 3:50 PM
For 9/11 24, my remembrance:
Shortly before 9/11, something told me that I might never again see my mother who lived in NYC. I changed plans and headed there on 9/10, landing shortly before the attack. "It looks like Hiroshima down here," she soon said on the phone.
www.truthdig.com/articles/911...
Shortly before 9/11, something told me that I might never again see my mother who lived in NYC. I changed plans and headed there on 9/10, landing shortly before the attack. "It looks like Hiroshima down here," she soon said on the phone.
www.truthdig.com/articles/911...
Taos, Metta Theatre, 8/17, 2pm: a reading of my play "Reflections in a D'Back's Eye," directed by Bruce McIntosh. About America's love affair w/guns, via the incident in which Gabby Giffords was wounded and a little girl who just wanted to play baseball was killed. With the Grand Canyon. #theatresky
August 15, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Taos, Metta Theatre, 8/17, 2pm: a reading of my play "Reflections in a D'Back's Eye," directed by Bruce McIntosh. About America's love affair w/guns, via the incident in which Gabby Giffords was wounded and a little girl who just wanted to play baseball was killed. With the Grand Canyon. #theatresky
Sometimes mail is fun! Just in from USPS: the 2025 @lapressclub.bsky.social Award for online political commentary, national, for my @washingtonmonthly.com piece, "Mothers, Sons, and Guns," published last year. It's my second LAPC award; the 1st was in 2013 for nonfiction, my book Desert Reckoning.
July 18, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Sometimes mail is fun! Just in from USPS: the 2025 @lapressclub.bsky.social Award for online political commentary, national, for my @washingtonmonthly.com piece, "Mothers, Sons, and Guns," published last year. It's my second LAPC award; the 1st was in 2013 for nonfiction, my book Desert Reckoning.
Star light, star bright. My latest piece, "Alligator Alcatraz: The New ICE Detention Center Is a Sin Against Nature," in which I talk about Big Cypress National Preserve as a Dark Sky Park, and how the new floodlights are obliterating #starlight. #astronomy
washingtonmonthly.com/2025/07/15/a...
washingtonmonthly.com/2025/07/15/a...
July 15, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Star light, star bright. My latest piece, "Alligator Alcatraz: The New ICE Detention Center Is a Sin Against Nature," in which I talk about Big Cypress National Preserve as a Dark Sky Park, and how the new floodlights are obliterating #starlight. #astronomy
washingtonmonthly.com/2025/07/15/a...
washingtonmonthly.com/2025/07/15/a...
My latest piece, "Alligator Alcatraz: The ICE Detention Center Is a Sin Against Nature," in which I talk about Marjory Stoneman Douglas and her role in Big Cypress National Preserve, bringing attention to a place that had been written off. @therevelator.org
washingtonmonthly.com/2025/07/15/a...
washingtonmonthly.com/2025/07/15/a...
July 15, 2025 at 12:16 PM
My latest piece, "Alligator Alcatraz: The ICE Detention Center Is a Sin Against Nature," in which I talk about Marjory Stoneman Douglas and her role in Big Cypress National Preserve, bringing attention to a place that had been written off. @therevelator.org
washingtonmonthly.com/2025/07/15/a...
washingtonmonthly.com/2025/07/15/a...
For July 4th, from Mustang.
July 4, 2025 at 8:16 PM
For July 4th, from Mustang.
Also see my book Mustang on this subject. In it, I lay out the scientific evidence that links today's wild horses with Ice Age horses, quoting noted scientists. Book was an LAT "best book of the year," praised by Tony Hillerman, Pam Houston, others. Pic of me (left), Frances Fisher (right) w/book.
July 3, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Also see my book Mustang on this subject. In it, I lay out the scientific evidence that links today's wild horses with Ice Age horses, quoting noted scientists. Book was an LAT "best book of the year," praised by Tony Hillerman, Pam Houston, others. Pic of me (left), Frances Fisher (right) w/book.
It's a little more complicated than this and the Wild Horse Caucus has recently formed in Congress. Some reps do care about wild horses. The entire story is in my book Mustang, an LA Times "best book of the year."
July 3, 2025 at 5:54 PM
It's a little more complicated than this and the Wild Horse Caucus has recently formed in Congress. Some reps do care about wild horses. The entire story is in my book Mustang, an LA Times "best book of the year."
I spoke with retired Marine colonel Steve Fischer about Marines in LA. "Using any military force against Americans can only result in loss of respect and dignity that our military has earned in foreign conflicts to defend our Nation," he said. Read on:
journaloftheplagueyears.substack.com/p/marines
journaloftheplagueyears.substack.com/p/marines
June 15, 2025 at 12:58 AM
I spoke with retired Marine colonel Steve Fischer about Marines in LA. "Using any military force against Americans can only result in loss of respect and dignity that our military has earned in foreign conflicts to defend our Nation," he said. Read on:
journaloftheplagueyears.substack.com/p/marines
journaloftheplagueyears.substack.com/p/marines
The suspect in the Palm Springs bombing lived in #TwentyninePalms. Wrote about it 20 plus years ago.
"History doesn't matter out here; it's space that counts, space that whispers make bombs and bring down the government all by yourself." @latimes.com "best book of year", rave from Hunter Thompson.
"History doesn't matter out here; it's space that counts, space that whispers make bombs and bring down the government all by yourself." @latimes.com "best book of year", rave from Hunter Thompson.
May 18, 2025 at 6:49 PM
The suspect in the Palm Springs bombing lived in #TwentyninePalms. Wrote about it 20 plus years ago.
"History doesn't matter out here; it's space that counts, space that whispers make bombs and bring down the government all by yourself." @latimes.com "best book of year", rave from Hunter Thompson.
"History doesn't matter out here; it's space that counts, space that whispers make bombs and bring down the government all by yourself." @latimes.com "best book of year", rave from Hunter Thompson.
Some news: My @washingtonmonthly.com piece, "Mothers, Sons, and Guns," about Lee Harvey Oswald and his mother, Jesse James and Zerelda, and Ma Barker and the Barker Gang, is a finalist for the @lapressclub.bsky.social Award
in natl political commentary. Winners announced on 6/22.
lapressclub.org
in natl political commentary. Winners announced on 6/22.
lapressclub.org
May 13, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Some news: My @washingtonmonthly.com piece, "Mothers, Sons, and Guns," about Lee Harvey Oswald and his mother, Jesse James and Zerelda, and Ma Barker and the Barker Gang, is a finalist for the @lapressclub.bsky.social Award
in natl political commentary. Winners announced on 6/22.
lapressclub.org
in natl political commentary. Winners announced on 6/22.
lapressclub.org
Coming soon: my play "On Such a Winter's Day". "The festival lineup features a wave of genre-bending work, including Deanne Stillman’s 'On Such a Winter’s Day,' offering a poetic tapestry of monologues from women navigating California’s dreamlike promise."
www.presstelegram.com/2025/05/08/t...
www.presstelegram.com/2025/05/08/t...
May 9, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Coming soon: my play "On Such a Winter's Day". "The festival lineup features a wave of genre-bending work, including Deanne Stillman’s 'On Such a Winter’s Day,' offering a poetic tapestry of monologues from women navigating California’s dreamlike promise."
www.presstelegram.com/2025/05/08/t...
www.presstelegram.com/2025/05/08/t...
Today is the 250th anni of #PaulRevere's ride. We all know the Longfellow poem and the steed who "kindled the land into flame." In Mustang I recount the rest of this little-known story. The horse's name was Brown Beauty. When the ride was over, she was captured by the British. #America had arrived.
April 18, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Today is the 250th anni of #PaulRevere's ride. We all know the Longfellow poem and the steed who "kindled the land into flame." In Mustang I recount the rest of this little-known story. The horse's name was Brown Beauty. When the ride was over, she was captured by the British. #America had arrived.
Excited to announce that my monologue, "Mr. Fireman, Can You Help Me Get Home?", will be part of The Morgan-Wixson New Works Festival: The LA Chapters, which is running from May 17th to May 25th. Tickets will be on sale very soon so stay tuned for more information. @morganwixson
April 8, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Excited to announce that my monologue, "Mr. Fireman, Can You Help Me Get Home?", will be part of The Morgan-Wixson New Works Festival: The LA Chapters, which is running from May 17th to May 25th. Tickets will be on sale very soon so stay tuned for more information. @morganwixson
Excited to announce that my monologue, "Mr. Fireman, Can You Help Me Get Home?", will be part of The Morgan-Wixson New Works Festival: The LA Chapters, which is running from May 17th to May 25th. Tickets will be on sale very soon so stay tuned for more information. @morganwixson
April 8, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Excited to announce that my monologue, "Mr. Fireman, Can You Help Me Get Home?", will be part of The Morgan-Wixson New Works Festival: The LA Chapters, which is running from May 17th to May 25th. Tickets will be on sale very soon so stay tuned for more information. @morganwixson
Today kicks off Wild Horse Protection Month in Colorado - and under Project 2025 they need it more than ever. Anjelica Huston narrates the intro to my book Mustang, an LA Times "best book of the year" which launched the convo about #wildhorses in the West. rarebirdbooks.bandcamp.com/album/mustan...
March 2, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Today kicks off Wild Horse Protection Month in Colorado - and under Project 2025 they need it more than ever. Anjelica Huston narrates the intro to my book Mustang, an LA Times "best book of the year" which launched the convo about #wildhorses in the West. rarebirdbooks.bandcamp.com/album/mustan...
"The time has come to speak of the animals in attendance at the Nativity, especially the burro, the stubborn, steadfast, and hardy little four-legged who has served us well through the ages." Pic of me and Jasper at Return to Freedom, taken by Neda DeMayo, founder.
www.huffpost.com/entry/the-la...
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December 25, 2024 at 6:09 PM
"The time has come to speak of the animals in attendance at the Nativity, especially the burro, the stubborn, steadfast, and hardy little four-legged who has served us well through the ages." Pic of me and Jasper at Return to Freedom, taken by Neda DeMayo, founder.
www.huffpost.com/entry/the-la...
www.huffpost.com/entry/the-la...
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year from me and Bugz, survivor of the 1998 Christmas massacre of wild horses outside Reno, rescued during a blizzard in a gulley, and avatar of freedom for all. Pic by Betty Lee Kelly, one of those who took her in.
December 24, 2024 at 6:47 PM
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year from me and Bugz, survivor of the 1998 Christmas massacre of wild horses outside Reno, rescued during a blizzard in a gulley, and avatar of freedom for all. Pic by Betty Lee Kelly, one of those who took her in.
Sitting Bull was assassinated 134 years ago today. The horse at his cabin danced at the sound of gunfire, trained thusly in Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. Cody gave the horse to Sitting Bull after a tour w/the show. It led me to write Blood Brothers, for which I consulted Chief Arvol Looking-Horse.
December 15, 2024 at 10:19 PM
Sitting Bull was assassinated 134 years ago today. The horse at his cabin danced at the sound of gunfire, trained thusly in Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. Cody gave the horse to Sitting Bull after a tour w/the show. It led me to write Blood Brothers, for which I consulted Chief Arvol Looking-Horse.
Yes & told the full story in my book Mustang, which helped launch this convo. LAT "best book of the year," raves from the Atlantic to PW to Indian Country Today, praised by Tony Hillerman, Michael Blake ("Dances with Wolves"). Here's pic of me, Neda deMayo, Wendie Malick, and Frances Fisher w/ book.
December 5, 2024 at 11:26 PM
Yes & told the full story in my book Mustang, which helped launch this convo. LAT "best book of the year," raves from the Atlantic to PW to Indian Country Today, praised by Tony Hillerman, Michael Blake ("Dances with Wolves"). Here's pic of me, Neda deMayo, Wendie Malick, and Frances Fisher w/ book.
I might not have finished Twentynine Palms w/out the Rose. Had just decided to step away; was having a coffee. A muscle car skidded to a halt. The door flew open and a woman called out "My babies!" The car took off; I was back in. The plates said "Joshua Tree." #books
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December 3, 2024 at 8:43 PM
I might not have finished Twentynine Palms w/out the Rose. Had just decided to step away; was having a coffee. A muscle car skidded to a halt. The door flew open and a woman called out "My babies!" The car took off; I was back in. The plates said "Joshua Tree." #books
www.latimes.com/archives/la-...
www.latimes.com/archives/la-...