Fri, Jan 09
|Collected Works Bookstore & Coffeehouse
Julian Brave NoiseCat, "We Survived the Night"
From the Oscar®-nominated director of "Sugarcane," & one of today’s most compelling young writers at the height of craft, this stunning narrative blends oral history, incisive journalism, & a deeply personal father-son journey, creating a powerful portrait of Indigenous survival, love, & resurgence.
Date, Time & Location
Jan 09, 2026, 6:00 PM MST
Collected Works Bookstore & Coffeehouse, 202 Galisteo St, Santa Fe, NM 87501, USA
About the Event
This event is a co-presentation with the Santa Fe International Literary Festival. With thanks to the Institute of American Indian Arts (IAIA) and Hotel Santa Fe for their support.
Julian Brave NoiseCat will be in conversation with Deborah Jackson Taffa, author of the multi-award-winning memoir, Whiskey Tender, and director of the MFA Creative Writing Program at the Institute of American Indian Arts
Join us in-store or register to watch on Zoom here.
Order We Survived the Night online from CWB here or call the store to order (505) 988-4226.
Julian Brave NoiseCat’s childhood was rich with culture and contradictions. When his Secwépemc and St’at’imc father, an artist haunted by a turbulent past, abandoned the family, NoiseCat and his non-Native mother were embraced by the urban Native community in Oakland, California, as well as by family on the Canim Lake Indian Reserve in British Columbia. In his father’s absence, NoiseCat immersed…