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NPR
“The ancestral home of the Cherokee people sprawls across western North Carolina, a mountainous region thick with yellow birch and red maple forests, Dollar Generals, and ancient ceremonial mounds dating back to at least 1000 BCE. It's also home to first-time author Annette Saunooke Clapsaddle.”
The Bitter Southerner
“Annette Saunooke Clapsaddle’s Even As We Breathe is the story of a young Cherokee man setting out in the world and discovering that he might realize his full potential through returning home to North Carolina. Behind that story is the story of a debut author — the first enrolled member of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians to publish a novel — who did much the same.”
The Cherokee One Feather
“Annette Saunooke Clapsaddle sat alone in the bleachers. She stared at her phone screen, squeaking basketball shoes acting as white noise in the background. She was there for her son’s ball game, but she had to make sure she wasn’t dreaming. She had received an email that had stunned her in the best way possible.”
The Cherokee One Feather
“She began attending the Hindman Settlement School’s Appalachian Writers Workshop in 2018, and she says it has been crucial for getting her to where she is now.”
Our State Magazine
“A Q&A with author Annette Saunooke Clapsaddle, the first member of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians to publish a novel.”
Publishers Weekly
“Both an astonishing addition to WWII and Native American literature, this novel sings on every level.”
WNC Magazine Great Reads
“From gritty and beguiling novels to groundbreaking histories to vibrant kids lit, here are 12 new books by mountain writers who are rocking the literary world.”
The Cherokee One Feather
“I sat down with Annette Saunooke Clapsaddle a week before the official publication date of her new novel ‘Even As We Breathe.’”
Robert Gripe’s Blog
“Annette Saunooke Clapsaddle was also at Hindman this past summer. Her first novel is the story of a young man who grew up on the Qualla Boundary, like Clapsaddle an enrolled member of the Eastern Band of the Cherokee, in western North Carolina.”