Guest Post – When an Old Friend Comes Back To Haunt You
I was recently asked by my friends at LGBTQ Reads to write a guest post on their site. WHEN AN OLD FRIEND COMES BACK TO HAUNT YOU: A GUEST POST […]
Bart Yates
Bart Yates (aka Noah Bly) is the award-winning author of seven novels, including Leave Myself Behind, The Language Of Love And Loss, The Third Hill North Of Town, and The Very Long, Very Strange Life Of Isaac Dahl. He is also a professional musician, and plays clarinet, saxophone, and bass guitar.
ABOUT ME
I was born in Cheyenne, WY, raised in Lamoni, IA, educated in Boston, MA, and now live in Iowa City, IA, with the world's finest and most discerning cat. I sometimes teach writing workshops at the University of Iowa's Summer Writing Festival, and I also teach private music lessons in my home studio.
” When I’m not writing or teaching, I usually can be found with a book in one hand and a glass of wine—or a cup of coffee—in the other.”
BLOG UPDATE
From my blog
Article – The best books with funny, wiseass narrators and ridiculously dysfunctional families
I wrote a list of book recommendations for Shepherd.com that was just published recently. The best books with funny, wiseass narrators and ridiculously dysfunctional families
Recordings
For those of you who were not able to make some of my readings or chats, you’re in luck! We have recordings of some of them. Please see the links […]
BOOKS
Read My Books
The Very Long, Very Strange Life of Isaac Dahl
COMING JULY 23, 2024
Both sweeping and exquisitely intimate, award-winning author Bart Yates blends historical fact and fiction in a surprising, thought-provoking saga spanning 12 significant days across nearly 100 years in the life of a single man, beginning in 1920s Utah.
The Language of Love and Loss
AVAILABLE NOW
From the acclaimed author of the award-winning Leave Myself Behind comes a witty, touching, deeply satisfying new novel about a man who has no choice but to turn back and find himself . . .
Leave Myself Behind
Meet seventeen-year-old Noah York, the hilariously profane, searingly honest, completely engaging narrator of Bart Yates’s astonishing debut novel. With a mouth like a truck driver and eyes that see through the lies of the world, Noah is heading into a life that’s only getting more complicated by the day.
The Brothers Bishop
With his stunning debut novel, Leave Myself Behind, Bart Yates announced his arrival as a major new talent in fiction. Now, with that same searing wit and heartbreaking lyricism, he explores the explosive, unshakable bond between two brothers and the one summer that changes their lives forever.
The Distance Between Us
Award-winning author Bart Yates has established himself as a formidable writer gifted with rare insight, depth, and talent. Now, in an unforgettable new novel, he presents a blistering portrait of a troubled family, of bonds that can be battered but never broken, and of the friendships that can make us whole again.
The Third Hill North of Town
Set against the turbulent backdrop of the 1960s, Noah Bly’s evocative debut explores prejudice, loss, and redeeming courage through the prism of an unlikely friendship.
White Creek: A Fable
A witty, haunting tale of family and friendship, regret and redemption, set on a remote Wyoming cattle ranch in the dead of winter.
One of the strengths of Yates’s writing is his ability to work out complicated plot points and weave together the threads of the story in a dramatically effective manner.
Bay Area Reporter
Brilliantly written and funny as hell.
EDGE BOSTON
Yates effectively captures the honest, sometimes silly, often tender interactions between his fragile characters.
BOOKLIST
Imaginative and thought-provoking.