Upcoming Writing Workshops in Mexico

Mary Morris, author of numerous novels and travel memoirs, including the recently published and thoroughly splendid River Queen, is offering a workshop in Tepoztlan (near Cuernavaca, Mexico) in Magda Bogin's highly regarded Under the Volcano. I know from personal experience--- I was in Mary Morris's workshop when I was a fiction fellow at the Sewanee Writers Conference back in (gasp) 1996--- that this is an unusual and very wonderful opportunity for anyone serious about their writing.

I'm also offering a couple of one day writing workshops via Dancing Chiva in Mexico City.

And stay tuned for more about the workshops in San Miguel de Allende this winter....

In San Miguel de Allende

the other week, Mary Morris (on the left) and Janice Eidus (middle) celebrated the publication of their new books--- both fantastic--- Mary Morris's memoir, River Queen and Janice Eidus's novel The War of the Rosens. So here we are (Yours Truly on the right) at Janice's magical, candy-colored Casa Karmina. (Alas! My right shoulder is covering up Janice's very cool Frida Kahlo cameo.)

The River Queen Rocks

New on my list of favorite literary travel memoirs is Mary Morris's The River Queen. It's a page turner, a heart-felt personal memoir, and a journey to rival Huck Finn's own.