[New-Poetry] Re: Santa Fe Writers' Conference July 21-25 2008

Thu Apr 10 21:42:20 EDT 2008

In a message dated 4/9/2008 5:08:59 PM Eastern Daylight Time,  
jgharib at recursos.org writes:

Santa  Fe Writers’ Conference   
Women  Write 
July  21-25, 2008

“I consider myself a  performance writer. I feel, as a Chicana writer, that I 
am capturing the voice  of so many who have been voiceless for years. My work 
is rooted in the  Southwest, in heat and dust, and reflects a world where 
love is as real as the  land. In this seemingly harsh and empty world there is 
much beauty to be  found. That hope of the heart is what feeds  me…” 
- Denise  Chávez

“A quality I’ve often  encountered in the great women leaders of our time, 
as well as in the amazing  novels that we write (is) largeness of spirit, 
generosity, a quality of  respect and regard…” 
- Sallie  Bingham

Program 
Here in  the Southwest, a beautiful and a harsh land has fostered a centuries 
old  heritage of storytelling: women’s narratives, indigenous stories, the 
stories  of the antepasados, ancestral stories ancestors from our many cultures 
that  resonate with love, food, drama and triumph. Women writers honoring this 
 legacy will gather in Santa  Fe to share and listen. Performance writer 
Denise  Chávez will host a “Taco-rama,” with repast of celebratory family and 
food  stories, Elena Díaz Bjorkqüist will offer a Corrido (ballad) writing 
workshop.  Sources of inspiration including the land, families and dreams will be  
explored. 
There will  be opportunity to hear from respected authors who live and work 
in the  Southwest, including author Natalie Goldberg, on memoir; Sallie 
Bingham,  fiction; Julie Shigekuni, fiction, Lisa Dale Norton, narrative non-fiction; 
 Leigh Haber, super agent and other well known professional authors.   
This  conference will explore the necessity of stories: your own, others; 
finding a  narrative that makes sense of a torn and chaotic world; and the 
particular  role of women in knitting together stories all kinds of stories from the 
 heartland of women’s lives. It is arranged rather like a sampler, set up so  
that writers may explore new forms of writing and expand their creativity.  
Register for the entire conference or for an intriguing one or two-day  session.

Faculty 
ELLEN BERKOWITZ has written  art criticism for Art in American and Art  News. 

SANDRA BLAKESLEE is an  award-winning science writer for the New York Times. 
For the last ten years,  she has carved out a specialty in neuroscience, 
although her “Science Times”  articles cover many topics. 
SALLIE BINGHAM is an author,  playwright, poet and feminist. She is the 
author of seven books, including the  best known, Passion and Prejudice: A Family 
Memoir, an account of the breakup  of her family publishing empire. She has 
also penned more than a dozen plays.  Her latest book, Red Car, is a collection 
of short  stories. 
ELENA DÍAZ BJORKQUIST is the  author of a collection of short stories about 
Morenci, Arizona, entitled Suffer Smoke, and a  collection of young adult 
stories, Water From the Moon. Elena is also a  Chautauqua performer, an artist, and 
a  historian. 
DENISE CHÁVEZ is a  performance writer, novelist and Director of the Border 
Book Festival in  Mesilla, NM. Her books include The Last of the Menu  Girls, 
Face of an Angel, Loving Pedro Infante, and her most recent, a memoir  entitled 
A Taco Testimony: Meditations on Family, Food and Culture.   
NATALIE GOLDBERG, whose  latest book, Old Friend from Far Away, is the most 
recent addition to a long  list of books. Writing Down the Bones: Freeing the 
Writer Within, broke open  the world of creativity and started a revolution in 
the way we practice  writing in this country. The book has sold over one 
million copies and has  been translated into 13 languages. Natalie has been 
practicing Zen meditation  and teaching seminars in writing as a practice for the 
last twenty-five  years. 
NANCY LORENZA GREEN is an  Afro-Chicana performance and recording artist from 
Cd. Juárez/El Paso who uses  poetry, percussion and flute music as a medium 
for communication and cultural  expression. She has three CD’s and has 
performed at the Border Book Festival,  and been published in Border Senses and  
Chrysalis. 
LEIGH HABER is vice-president  and editorial director of a new imprint, 
Modern Times. The imprint is a  division of Rodale, publishing a wide range of 
non-fiction, including current  affairs, journalism, politics, memoir and 
narrative non-fiction. Over the  course of her career, she has worked with Steve 
Martin (three books, including  Shopgirl), Al Gore (An Inconvenient Truth, and a 
forthcoming book on solutions  to the climate crisis), Bill Maher, Laurie 
Garrett, Peter Jennings, Marcus  Mabry, Brooks Hansen and William Greider. 
BARBARA HARRELSON is a  writer, lecturer living in Santa  Fe.

Applications 
To reserve  your place, apply online at  
_www.santafewritersconference.com_ (http://www.santafewritersconference.com/) 
  or send a letter of application that  includes: 
Your name,  address, telephone number and e-mail address. A non-refundable 
deposit of $200  (check to Santa Fe Writers Conference or MD/Visa number, 
expiration date and  authorizing signature). 
Mail  registrations to: 
Ellen  Bradbury-Reid 
826 Camino  de Monte Rey A/3 
Santa  Fe, NM 87505 
The fee of  $575 includes all workshops, talks and receptions. The one-day 
fee is $150.  See website www.santafewritersconference.com for daily schedule 
and  cancellation and refund policy. 
Santa  Fe has always  attracted artists and writers to its stunning setting 
and vibrant literary  community. Participants in the conference will have a 
first hand chance to  meet and enjoy some of the best Latina writers  in the 
country, as well as savor the unique mix of cultures that characterizes  New 
Mexico.  At 7,000 feet, Santa  Fe days are warm and the nights cool, a wonderful  
environment for your visit. Cancellation and Refund Policy. See website for  
details. 
Hotel  reservations should be made directly with Hotel St. Francis where a 
special  conference rate is offered for a limited number of rooms. Hotel St. 
Francis,  an historic inn with restaurant, bar and group meeting facilities, is 
just one  block south of the old Santa Fe Plaza, ringed with museums, shops and 
 restaurants. Renovated in 1986, the original hotel was built in 1923 and has 
a  unique charm created by the combination of 1920s style and distinctly  
Southwestern elements such as clay tile floors, grand fireplaces and wrought  
iron chandeliers in the spacious lobby. A limited number of rooms have been  
set-aside for conference participants at a special rate. Spanish Market is a  busy 
time so please make your reservations early. If you plan to extend your  stay 
at the St. Francis do mention it when you book your room…this is a very  
popular weekend.  
Contact  Sales/Catering Manager, 210 Don  Gaspar Ave., Santa Fe, NM, 87501 
(505) 992-6354 or (800)  529-5700 or  reservations at hotelstfrancis.com.

Sessions 
This year  we have a flexible format. There will be talks, given by a varied 
faculty, and  a chance for individual sessions, one-on-one with the faculty, 
for an  additional fee. There will be readings and panels, but every attendee 
will  have an opportunity to hear every speaker. To sign up for an intensive 
with  any of the faculty please submit ten pages of a manuscript at least two 
weeks  before the conference so it can be sent on to your particular mentor. All 
of  the faculty are accomplished writers and teachers, prepared to assist  
participants ranging in experience from beginning to advanced writers, on an  
individual basis.  
This years  dates take advantage of the July 25-26, ending in Spanish Market. 
This is one  of Santa Fe’s  many festival markets, where local and regional 
artists, tinsmiths and weavers  display their best work. Many of the items seen 
at Spanish Market today could  have been seen in the Spanish Colonial period 
of the 1600’s. There is also a  Contemporary Spanish Market section, 
showcasing wonderful pieces with new  trends and materials.

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