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Join us in NYC on Friday 6/5 for our next psychedelic author event: “American Trickster: The Hidden Lives of Carlos Castaneda” with author Ru Marshall in conversation with John Oakes.

“Twenty years in the making, American Trickster: The Hidden Lives of Carlos Castaneda unravels the story of the secretive faux-anthropologist who pulled off one of the greatest literary hoaxes in modern history. Both an investigation of the techniques employed by charismatic narcissists and a study of the cult dynamics that still shape American life, American Trickster defies conventional biography.”

TIX in Bio. 🐺🌵🎟️

Another great BIO panel: The Sixties, Revisited.

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Tamara Payne on Malcolm X. Susannah Cahalan on Timothy Leary. Sam Tanenhaus on William Buckley. Ru Marshall on Carlos Castaneda.

The sixties contained enough material for three centuries. ☮️ 🐇

@itstamarapayne @suscahalan @robtmars @theotherjude

Another great BIO panel: The Sixties, Revisited.

@biographersintl
Tamara Payne on Malcolm X. Susannah Cahalan on Timothy Leary. Sam Tanenhaus on William Buckley. Ru Marshall on Carlos Castaneda.

The sixties contained enough material for three centuries. ☮️ 🐇

@itstamarapayne @suscahalan @robtmars @theotherjude

Another great BIO panel: The Sixties, Revisited.

@biographersintl
Tamara Payne on Malcolm X. Susannah Cahalan on Timothy Leary. Sam Tanenhaus on William Buckley. Ru Marshall on Carlos Castaneda.

The sixties contained enough material for three centuries. ☮️ 🐇

@itstamarapayne @suscahalan @robtmars @theotherjude

it was a fantastic treat to read, along with so many talented, fascinating, and hard hard working biographers at this years BIO convention. thank you @erickwashingtonfor the photo; thank you everyone @biographersintl for an inspiring and fun conference

And that talking coyote was really just a talking dog… 🤦‍♀️

Tix in Bio! 🎟️🌵🐺 with @robtmars

American Trickster: The Hidden Lives of Carlos Castaneda is now available from Orbooks dot com. link in bio. “This enthralls” Publishers Weekly, starred review. See also my essay on the cult wars and the University of California ( link also in bio)#cults #biography #ucla #anthropology #bookstagram

🎙️ This Thursday on Everyone Is Invited

A conversation with writer and artist Ru Marshall about their new book American Trickster: The Hidden Lives of Carlos Castaneda, released by OR Books this May.
Who was Carlos Castaneda?

Tune in tomorrow to hear more about this mysterious figure.

Everyone Is Invited

📻 Thursday — 2:30–3:00 PM (UK time)
📡 Resonance FM 104.4 London
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#everyoneisinvited #rumarshall #carloscastaneda #americantrickster #resonancefm

RU Talk: The Artist as Biographer: Ru Marshall and David Dixon discuss American Trickster: The Hidden Lives of Carlos Castaneda

📍 Residency Unlimited, 360 Court Street (main green church doors), Brooklyn, NY 11231
📅 Wednesday, June 3, 2026 | 6:00 – 8:00 pm

On June 3, artist/writer Ru Marshall (@robtmars) and artist/curator David Dixon (@cathouse_proper) will discuss Ru’s newly released biography American Trickster: The Hidden Lives of Carlos Castaneda (OR Books). Twenty years in the making, American Trickster tells the story of the once world-famous pseudo anthropologist who rose to fame in the 1970s following the publication of his first book, The Teachings of Don Juan. Castaneda, a brilliant plagiarist, became one of the bestselling authors of his era by passing off novels as anthropology; among the topics to be discussed will be the problem of authenticity in writing and the visual arts, and the boundary between fact and fiction.

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American Trickster: The Hidden Lives of Carlos Castaneda. Now available from orbooks dot com. link in bio. “ This enthralls” Publishers Weekly, starred review. #bookstagram #cults #biography #carloscastaneda

Excited to be in conversation with John Oakes, author of The Fast (and publisher of The Evergreen Review). tickets needed for this one ....
American Trickster: The Hidden Lives of Carlos Castaneda. Now available from Orbooks dot com. "This enthralls." - Publishers Weekly, starred review

Now available from Orbooks dot com. Link in bio. "This enthralls." Publishers Weekly, starred review.

Now available from Orbooks dot com, link in bio, soon available elsewhere. "This enthralls." - Publishers Weekly, starred review ...