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LET’S GO!

LET’S SHOW!

LET’S RODEO!

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Sarah Bird’s timeless photos offer a rare portrait of the jubilant,

vibrant, vital, nearly hidden and now all-but-vanished world of small-town Black rodeos. “I feel blessed that I have lived long enough to return these images to the communities that created this world, and to see a country where Black cowboys and girls are not only recognized but celebrated for the heroes they always were.”

PUBLISHING JUNE 4, 2024

Advance Praise for Juneteenth Rodeo

“These photos are incredible. The work is stunning.”

Mark Seliger, photographer, The City That Finally Sleeps

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30% DISCOUNT AT THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS PRESS WITH CODE UTXM30

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ABOUT

Sarah Bird

Sarah is the author of 11 novels, along with other books published over an enduring career. Her latest, Juneteenth Rodeo, will be published by the University of Texas Press in June 2024. In addition to novels and other books, Sarah has written screenplays for television and magazine articles for national publications, including The New York Times Magazine, Texas Monthly and the Chicago Tribune. During her 10-year screenwriting career, she worked for Paramount, CBS, Warner Brothers, National Geographic, ABC and TNT, as well as several independent producers. In 2015, she was selected for the Meryl Streep/Oprah Winfrey Screenwriters’ Lab. Sarah and her husband, George Jones, live in Austin, Texas, with their son and, arguably, the cutest corgi in the world.

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Sarah Bird Books

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Last Dance of the Starlight Pier book cover
Recent Studies Indicate book cover
Daughter of a Daughter of a Queen
A Love Letter to Texas Women book cover
Above the East China Sea book cover
The Gap Year book cover
How Perfect is That book cover
The Flamenco Academy book cover
The Yokota Officers Club book cover
Virgin of the Rodeo book cover
The Mommy Club book cover
The Boyfriend School book cover
Alamo House book cover
The One Ann Only book cover
Between Heaven and Texas book cover

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Praise and Reviews

“The finest living Texas novelist…showcases all of her gifts in spades…her unmistakable voice displays warmth, wit, and that rare variety of irreverence that possesses real heart.”

 

The Texas Observer

“Characters come alive on the page… had me variously chuckling, gasping aloud, rubbing the chill bumps on my arms, and holding my breath.”

 

​Lone Star Literary Life

“Sarah Bird is a fiercely original writer who combines an acerbic wit with a genuine affection for humanity… [her novel] shines like a new copper penny.”

 

Chicago Tribune

“Sarah Bird has managed to create a new way of looking at history…one of the most remarkable narrative voices I have encountered in a long time.”

 

S.C. Gwynne, Empire of the Summer Moon

© 2024 SARAH BIRD. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.

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