Miriam Sagan will be at the UNM Bookstore Wednesday, April 9 at noon to discuss and sign ‘Map of the Lost,’ (Mary Burritt Christiansen Poetry) as part of the UNM Bookstore’s “Wednesdays at Noon Poetry Series” running through the end of April. The UNM Bookstore is located on campus at 2301 Central Ave. N.E.
Book cover: 'Map of the Lost' by Miriam Sagan.
Sagan was born in Manhattan, raised in New Jersey, and educated in Boston. She holds a bachelor’s with honors from Harvard University and a master’s in creative writing from Boston University. She settled in Santa Fe in 1984.
Sagan is the author of more than 20 books. Her most recent is a memoir, ‘”Searching for a Mustard Seed: A Young Widow's Unconventional Story,” (Quality Words in Print, 2004. Winner best Memoir from Independent Publishers, 2004).
Her poetry includes Rag Trade (La Alameda 2004), The Widow’s Coat (Ahsahta Press, 1999), and The Art of Love (La Alameda Press, 1994).
Sagan directs the creative writing program at Santa Fe Community College, and has taught at the College of Santa Fe, University of New Mexico, Taos Institute of the Arts, Aspen Writer’s Conference, around the country, online for writers.com and UCLA Extension.
She has held residency grants at Yaddo and MacDowell, and is the recipient of a grant from The Barbara Deming Foundation/Money for Women and a Lannan Foundation Marfa Residency.
For more information, contact Lisa Walden, general book manager, (505) 277-7494 or e-mail lwalden@unm.edu.
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