Sam Pakan has spent the last thirty-six years pursuing his passion of raising range-fed beef cattle and working with Quarter Horses. Operating the ranch he grew up on, his love of the land is equaled only by his ardor for great books and powerful stories.
He received his MFA in English literature from West Texas A&M University and taught freshman composition at his alma mater for two years. For three years, he wrote and edited for Accent West, a regional magazine for the Texas, Oklahoma and New Mexico High Plains.
Between 1985 and 1988, he taught college preparatory English to high school seniors. He has had short fiction and poetry published in Images from the High Plains, WTSU Review of the Arts, and Separate Doors. JESSE'S SEED, the first
BASHO is an acclaimed travel writer, digital storyteller, and recognised AI ethics leader. At the height of his career, he and his partner, Cesca, left their jobs to spend a year living out of backpacks. Their journey through twelve countries—from the Australian outback to sacred Chinese peaks—changed them forever and invites readers to discover what it truly means to come home.
