Adventurer · Poet · Host

Chad Faries

Writing at the edge of memoir, place, and the strange ordinary.

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Publications

Faries’ project is not only to retell, but to rescue and remake the stories—to write something more real than “pamphlet” and “find a home in the white space.”
— Kimberly Blaeser, author of Ancient Light
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Amasa Speaker Factory

A book-length symphony echoing about Michigan's Upper Peninsula with a mining helmet, a pickaxe, and dizzying movements.

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Drive Me Out of My Mind

A memoir of road, recklessness, and the long education of a restless American boyhood.

Memoir2011
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The Book of Knowledge

Poems and design drawn from a 19th century children's encyclopedia through the lens of a Blakean exploration of innocence and experience

Poetry2009
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The Border Will Be Soon

A debut collection navigating the contested territories of family, landscape, and American myth through the lens of Yugoslavian civil war.

Poetry2005
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Creative Pursuits

Iron Family Documentary

Loomings

I am snow hill, roll

and wallow, salt lick for dream;

wed of water wish.

Inlander magnet.

Meditation-sway-grim-mouth;

my belly, story.

Other Works

What Kind of Animal Is a PatriotPoem
Twilight TriadPoem
Iron FamilyDocumentary
Dr. Chad's Storytelling TimeRadio
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The Spaces

Diamond Oaks Treehouse

Diamond Oaks Treehouse

Diamond Oaks Glam Camp

Diamond Oaks Glam Camp

Come Stay

Two extraordinary properties in Savannah, Georgia — a treehouse retreat and a glamping village — each designed for rest, wonder, and a little wildness.

Diamond Oaks · Savannah, Georgia · Six Unique Spaces

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