Joy Harjo

2012 San Miguel Poetry Week

For close to twenty years internationally acclaimed poets have come to San Miguel during the first week of January to teach workshops and give readings.  This year is no exception and the all-star faculty includes Jennifer Clement, Kirsty Gunn, Christopher Merrill, Tomaz Salamun and Robert Wrigley. The literary festival will be held from January 1-6, … Continue reading »

San Miguel Writers’ Conference Video

2012 San Miguel Writers’ Conference Opens Registration

The San Miguel Writers’ Conference is pleased to announce that we have a new website devoted entirely to the 2012 event: www. sanmiguelwritersconference2012.org All the information about the conference is up and ready for your perusal. You can register online for the entire conference or for individual tickets to see bestselling authors such as Margret … Continue reading »

Spotlight Joy Harjo

The Writers’ Conference is excited to announce that Joy Harjo will be coming to San Miguel in 2012, and giving a keynote performance, “Soul Talk, Song Language,” on Friday February 17 which will include music and poetry.  On Sunday February 19 she will be participate in a panel on “Writing in the 21st Century.” Joy … Continue reading »

Writers’ Conference Reading List

With all these great writers coming to town in February 2012 we thought it might be a good idea to come up with a reading list. Luckily, San Miguel resident and writer, Mary Katherine Wainwright, was nice enough to give us a detailed list of some of the writers and their books. If you are … Continue reading »

San Miguel Bi-lingual Writers Conference

Since its inception, the founders of the San Miguel Writers’ Conference have been devoted to putting on an event that is both in English and Spanish. We feel that bringing great authors such as Sandra Cisneros, Barbara Kingsolver, and Margret Atwood to San Miguel to speak should be an event that can be shared by … Continue reading »