Several Events Still Have Openings
Though most workshops are closed for the 2007 UNM Taos Summer Writers’ Conference, a nationally recognized intensive writing retreat held July 7-13, spots are still open for several events.
Photo: Author Jonis Agee will read from her novel, "The River Wife" on Saturday, July 7.
Space is still available for two weekend workshops and readings by Jonis Agee and Jill Bialosky. Agee will read from her new novel, “The River Wife” – named a “Hot Read” by USA Today and selected for the Book of the Month Club – at 5 p.m., Saturday, July 7. She will teach a workshop on the “First Five Pages,” 2-4 p.m.
Bialosky, editor at W.W. Norton & Company, poet and fiction author will read from her new novel, “The Life Room,” at 5 p.m., Sunday, July 8, and teach a workshop on “Revision,” 2-4 p.m. Registration for each workshop is $30.
The conference kicks off with a keynote address by Richard Rodriguez at 8 p.m., Sunday, July 8. Rodriguez is a noted contributing editor for Harper’s Magazine and appears as an essayist on PBS’s “The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer.” The talk is free and open to the public.
Other free and open events include:
Editors, agents and publishers will discuss the current climate for writers and books at a publishing panel on Monday, July 9, 5:30 p.m.
Conference faculty will give readings at 5:30 p.m., Tuesday-Thursday, July 10-12, and at 1 p.m., Tuesday-Friday, July 10-13.
The ninth annual Taos Summer Writer’s Conference will host more than 200 students from across North America. Founded by Sharon Oard Warner, novelist and director of UNM’s creative writing program, the conference provides an inclusive community for writers.
“We welcome beginning as well as advanced writers,” Warner said. “Writers are part of a community that stretches back though time. The Taos conference offers an opportunity to come together and learn from one another, to honor our past and to re-imagine our future.”
All events are held at the Sagebrush Inn in Taos. For more information visit Taos Summer Writer's Conference, email taosconf@unm.edu or call (505) 277-5572.
Media Contact: Sari Krosinsky, (505) 277-1593; e-mail: michal@unm.edu
Posted by scarr at June 27, 2007 04:17 PM