® Southwest Festival of the Written
Word, October 1-4, 2015
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THURSDAY OCTOBER 1, 2015 |
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7
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KICK-OFF EVENT Venue: Webb Theater, WNMU Virus Theater interprets the poetry of Bonnie Buckley Maldonado |
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FRIDAY OCTOBER 2, 2015 |
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2:00-3:00 |
Format: talk Venue: Old Elks
Lodge Publishing
industry Peter Riva |
Format: reading/q
& a Venue: Seedboat Gallery Fiction
Night at the fiestas Kristin Valdez
Quade |
Format: poetry
reading Venue: Javalina Poetry
Elise Stuart &
Bonnie Maldonado
& Orlando White |
Format: talk Venue: Church of
Harmony Outdoor
writing Evolution, Ethics, Exposure and Extreme Exaggeration John Fayhee |
Format: talk Venue: S.C.
Library History Chasing History; The Trials,
Tribulations and Joy of Researching, Writing, and Publishing History Thomas E Chávez |
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3:30-
4:30 |
Format: talk Venue: Seedboat Gallery Writer’s
Life My New Mexican Rural Roots: A Source of Literary
Inspiration Nasario Garcia
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Format: talk Venue: Javalina Memoir Leaving Out the Boring Parts Phil Connors |
Format: talk Venue: Church of Harmony Writer’s
Life: In conversation with … Sharman Apt
Russell |
Format: talk Venue: S.C.
Library Historical
fiction Historical fiction: A Story by Any Other Name Melody Groves |
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5:00-
6:30 |
OPENING CEREMONY Venue: Light Hall Welcome, opening remarks, book launch JJ
Amaworo Wilson |
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7:30-8:30 |
Venue: Webb Theater, WNMU Virus Theater interprets
the poetry of Bonnie Buckley Maldonado |
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SATURDAY
OCTOBER 3, 2015 ® Southwest
Festival of the Written Word
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10:00-11:00 |
Format: panel Venue: Old Elks Lodge Writer’s life:
Three Wise Men Simon J. Ortiz & Nasario Garcia & Felipe de Ortego
y Gasca |
Format: panel Venue: Seedboat
Gallery Nature/environment Susan Zakin
& Susan Tweit |
Format: talk Venue: Javalina Fiction Lily Hoang
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Format: workshop Venue: Church of Harmony Editing Scalpel
and Thread: the art of fine-tuning your writing Mary Sojourner |
Format: talk Venue: S.C. Library Grade 5-7 fiction +
readings by young writers The
Journey of Writing Jennifer Cervantes |
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11:30-12:30 |
Format: panel Venue: Old Elks Lodge Crime & mystery
writing Jonathan
Miller & Judith
van Gieson |
Format: talk Venue: Seedboat
Gallery Spiritual/self-help The
Experience of Spiritual Research Ambika Wauters
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Format: poetry performance Venue: Javalina Poetry Tanaya Winder & Logan Phillips |
Format: workshop Venue: Church of Harmony Fiction How to be a GPS Storyteller Stella Pope Duarte |
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SATURDAY,
OCTOBER 3, 2015 ® Southwest
Festival of the Written Word
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SATURDAY AFTERNOON & EVENING |
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1:30-2:30 |
Format: talk Venue: Old Elks Lodge Writer’s life: In conversation with
... Demetria Martinez |
Format: talk Venue: Seedboat
Gallery Writer’s life: In conversation with
... VB Price |
Format: performance piece Venue: Webb Theater, WNMU Performance piece based
on the poetry of Bonnie Maldonado Virus Theater |
Format: talk Venue: Church of Harmony Food writing Rob Connoley & Carolyn Niethammer |
Format: activities Venue: S.C. Library Children’s workshops and readings Betsy James |
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3:00-4:00 |
Format: talk Venue: Old Elks Lodge Narrative non-fiction Midnight
in Mexico: searching and writing for truth against time Alfredo Corchado |
Format: poetry performance Venue: Seedboat Gallery The poetry of… Simon J. Ortiz & Jules Nyquist |
Format: talk Venue: Javalina
Writer’s life Writing
and Reading the Border: A Tardeada with Denise Chávez Denise Chávez |
Format: talk Venue: Church of Harmony Self-publishing Self-publishing:
how to take your book from dream to reality Richard Mahler |
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4:30-6:00 |
Venue: Old Elks Lodge Round Table with
Writers |
Venue: “A” Space Open mic/Poetry/Flash
fiction Open mic |
Venue: Yankie
Creek Coffee House Theater “Love Letters” by A.R. Gurney
Performed by Phyllis and Jim McQuaide |
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7:00- 9:00 |
Format: Dinner + talk Venue: Light Hall Dan Chacon The Politics and Realities of Living on the Border--with
a dash of humor (Ticket purchase required, $30 per
person) |
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SUNDAY,
OCTOBER 4, 2015 ® Southwest
Festival of the Written Word
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SUNDAY MORNING |
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10:00-11:00 |
Format: talk Venue: Old Elks Lodge Publishing industry A
Quick Tour of Writing and Publishing in 2015 Lisa
Lenard-Cook |
Format: talk Venue: Seedboat Gallery Fiction Evangeline Parsons-Yazzie |
Format: panel Venue: Church of Harmony Book Design The
Art of Book Design: Illustrations, Photographs, & Options Paul Hotvedt & Ann Lowe |
Format: talk/demonstration Venue: S.C. Library Electronic literature Sandy Baldwin |
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11:30-12:30 |
Format: panel Venue: Old Elks Lodge Freelancing Tim Matthes & John Gist |
Format: panel Venue: Seedboat Gallery Writer’s life: Three Wise Women Denise Chávez & Stella Pope
Duarte & Evangeline
Parsons-Yazzie |
Format: talk Venue: Church of Harmony The Short Story Lee Abbott
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Format: panel/performance Venue: S.C. Library Song lyrics Greg Renfro & Melanie Zipin & Jack Crocker |
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1:00- 2:00 |
Format: panel Venue: Old Elks Lodge Round Table with
Writers |
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