SOMOS July 12 Weeklies
7:30 PM
At the RANE Gallery, 214 Ledoux Street
$8 and $6 for SOMOS members
A special evening with novelists:
Jonis Agee from Nebraska
& John Dufresne from Florida
UPCOMING READINGS…………………
8/27 Sawnie Morris and Jon Davis – poetry
INTRODUCTION TO SCREENWRITING
with KEVIN Mahoney
Saturday, July 31
10 AM to 1 PM
@ The Taos Public Library
In this 3-hour lecture, attendants will be given an overview of how to write a screenplay, from conception to planning, to the finished script. Topics include structure, dramatic elements, character, and the ability to write visually. Highly recommended for aspiring writers and those interested in film as a unique art form.
$45/person, $40 for SOMOS members. To sign up, call SOMOS at 758-0081 or email
1/2 needs to be paid when registering.
A Special Evening with Sam Shepard – SOMOS FUNDRAISER 2010
Sunday, September 26th
5:30 PM @ the TCA
Tickets: $20.00
CHOKECHERRIES ANTHOLOGY 2009 is coming soon!!!
A special launch party will be held on Sunday, July 18th
at the Mabel Dodge House
3 – 5 PM
See you there!
TAOS SCHOOL OF MUSIC YOUNG ARTISTS CONCERT
SOMOS USED BOOK SALE!!
Every weekday from 10-1 & the first Saturday of each month.
Stop by the SOMOS office to browse.
For memory-impaired and their caregivers
Frolic in the reservoir of your mind and memories through the use of visual imagery and poetry. Innovative sessions on stimulating and activating memory. For the memory impaired and their caregivers. Facilitated by Cathy Strisik, author of the poetry collection, Thousand-Cricket Song. Strisik has been in active in the Taos poetry community for over 27 years and is the recipient of many poetry awards and honors.
Please join us beginning July 13 11:00-12:00 Taos Public Library.
For more information call Kathleen Burg 758-8615 with the CHESED PROJECT.
Writing the Story of Your Life? Memoir Writing Opportunities Abound at the Taos Summer Writers' Conference!
And, it's not too late! A few spaces remain to study with acclaimed writers at this year's
12th annual Taos Summer Writers' Conference
July 11-18
@ the Sagebrush Conference Center
To sign up visit www.edu/~taosconf
Workshops focusing on the craft of memoir, taught by Debra Monroe, Minrose Gwin, Sarah Manguso and Michelle Otero, are still open for registration. These include two weeklong workshops, one weekend workshop and one master class. Workshops are capped at twelve students and take place at the Sagebrush Inn Conference Center in Taos, New Mexico.
2010 Taos Summer Writers’ Conference Schedule of Public Events
All events take place at the Sagebrush Inn Conference Center,
1508 Paseo Del Pueblo Sur, Taos, New Mexico.
All readings are free and open to the public.
SUNDAY, JULY 11, 8 PM
Cristina Garcia, Keynote Speaker.
Dreaming in Cuban, was a finalist for the National Book Award ; The Lady Matador’s Hotel will be released in September.
MONDAY, JULY 12, 5:30 PM
Jon Davis. Full-length collections of poetry include Preliminary Report, Scrimmage of Appetite, and Dangerous Amusements.
John Dufresne. Novels include Louisiana Power & Light, Love Warps the Mind a Little, Deep in the Shade of Paradise, and Requiem Mass.
Priscilla Long. Author of Where the Sun Never Shines: a History of America’s Bloody Coal Industry and The Writer’s Portable Mentor.
Debra Monroe. Author of the memoir On the Outskirts of Normal: Forging a Family Against the Grain and two novels, Newfangled and Shambles.
TUESDAY, JULY 13, 5:30 PM
Jonis Agee. Author of thirteen books, including five novels – Sweet Eyes, Strange Angels, South of Resurrection, The Weight of Dreams, and her most recent, The River Wife.
Jeff Davis. Author of The Journey from the Center to the Page and City Reservoir
Minrose Gwin. Author of a novel, The Queen of Palmyra, and Wishing for Snow, a memoir.
Jesse Lee Kercheval. Author of the memoir Space, the short novel Brazil and the poetry collection Cinema Muto.
WEDNESDAY JULY 14, 5:30 PM
Dorothy Allison is the author of Bastard Out of Carolina; her novel She Who is forthcoming from Penguin
Jane Ciabattari is the author of the short story collection Stealing the Fire and the president of the National Book Critics Circle.
Sarah Manguso. Author of the memoir The Two Kinds of Decay, the story collection Hard to Admit and Harder to Escape, and the poetry collections Siste Viator and The Captain Lands in Paradise.
Rob Wilder. Author of two books of essays: Tales From The Teachers’ Lounge and Daddy Needs a Drink:
Thursday, July 15, 5:30 PM
Jill Bialosky. Author of the novels Life Room and House under Snow and poetry collections, Subterranean and Intruder, she is Executive Editor and Vice President at W. W. Norton
Pam Houston. Author of two collections of linked short stories, Cowboys Are My Weakness and Waltzing the Cat and the novel, Sighthound.
Mark Sundeen. Author of two books of creative nonfiction, Car Camping and The Making of Toro, and is a correspondent for Outside magazine.
Summer Wood. Author of the novel Arroyo, her novel Wrecker will be released in February 2011.
Saturday, July 17, 7 PM
Annie Dawid. Author of And Darkness Was Under His Feet: Stories of a Family, Lily in the Desert: Stories, and York Ferry: A Novel.
Joy Harjo. Author of several poetry books including She Had Some Horses, The Woman Who Fell From the Sky, and How We Became Human, New and Selected Poems.
Pam Houston. Author of two collections of linked short stories, Cowboys Are My Weakness and Waltzing the Cat and the novel, Sighthound.
Valerie Martínez. Author of several poetry books including Absence, Luminescent, World to World, A Flock of Scarlet Doves, And They Called it Horizon, and Each and Her.
Daniel Mueller. Author of a collection of stories, How Animals Mate.
Michelle Otero. Author of Malinche's Daughter.
Mark Sundeen. Author of two books of creative nonfiction, Car Camping and The Making of Toro, is a correspondent for Outside magazine.
Week-long Memoir Workshops:
Advanced Memoir: Challenges and Struggles (Advanced) — Minrose Gwin
For writers at least halfway through a memoir manuscript, the workshop will focus on the unique craft challenges that memoirists tackle. Minrose Gwin's recent novel, The Queen of Palmyra, was selected by Barnes and Noble for their "Discover Great New Writers" series. She is also the author of an acclaimed memoir about her mother, Wishing for Snow.
The Search for an Orderly Story in the Disorderly Tangle of Memory: Memoir (Intermediate)– Debra Monroe
How do you translate the rich landscape of memory into a written story? This workshop will guide you through the process of discovering tension and building structure around the stories of your life. Debra Monroe's new memoir, On the Outskirts of Normal: Forging a Family Against the Grain is receiving rave reviews: Vanity Fair listed the book in its Required Reading list, and Oprah's Magazine, O, will feature the memoir in its August issue. Monroe is also the author of four works of fiction.
Weekend Memoir Workshop:
Writing The New "Normal": Memoir When Life Happens (All Levels) — Michelle Otero
One challenge of writing about one's life is that it keeps happening even as you write. So, this workshop focuses onwriting through life's transitions. Michelle Otero is the author of the essay collection, Malinche's Daughter, based on her time living in Oaxaca, Mexico. Otero is a former Fulbright fellow and a tenth generation New Mexican.
Master Class:
Memoir — Sarah Manugso
A workshop for writers who have completed a full-length manuscript. You'll examine your own writing as well as two published works, and discuss the ways in which omission and repetition function in the craft of memoir. The New York Times Book Review named Sarah Manguso's most recent memoir, The Two Kinds of Decay, an Editor's Choice. She has also published a story collection and two books of poetry, and has been awarded a Pushcart Prize and a Rome Fellowship among many other honors.
Writing Prayers for the Earth:
This group will be a combination writing workshop and ceremony. Finding your own words for the deepest prayers of your heart is healing, empowering and rejuvenating.
Wednesday evenings, in Taos, 7-9 PM, July 7, 14, 21, 28. Come to one or all.
$15.00 per evening.
Led by Debora Seidman, award winning poet and playwright, former Wurlitzer Foundation Writing Fellow. Debora has been leading writing workshops for over 15 years and is the founder of Writing the Prayer of Your Life. For more information call 575-751-0861, debora@writingtheprayer.com, www.writingtheprayer.com
WRITING FROM THE IMAGINATIVE STORM with James Nave Electrify your Writing August 1-5, 2010 in Taos For more information and to register contact info@imaginativestorm.com, toll free 877-994-8267
THIS PROJECT IS MADE POSSIBLE IN PART BY NEW MEXICO ARTS, A DIVISION OF THE DEPARTMENT OF CULTURAL AFFAIRS, AND THE NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS, MAG DIMOND, THE VIRGINIA WELLINGTON CABOT FOUNDATION, THE PETER & MADELEINE MARTIN FOUNDATION FOR THE CREATIVE ARTS, HEALY FOUNDATION and the TAOS COUNTY LODGERS TAX.
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