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3rd Annual USPiM Poetry Workshops & Festival
Playa del Carmen, Quintana Roo, Mexico
January 2-9, 2011
Rae Armantrout, Carolyn Forché, Diane Wakoski, Mark Weiss, Susan Rich, Jen Hofer
Featuring discussions with Jerome Rothenberg and readings by Luis Cortés Bargalló, Alberto Blanco, all Faculty and others!
With our 3nd annual event, we again bring esteemed contemporary American and Mexican poets together in Mexico to conduct poetry workshops within an intimate community of writing professionals. Workshops focus on writing, improving one's craft and expanding personal creative boundaries. New work and cultural exchange collaborations are encouraged. The program also provides lively nightly readings featuring our faculty and visiting Mexican poets, and an especially lively end of week reading that includes everyone. We also embark upon excursions to Mayan archaeological sacred sites, ecological sites or cultural venues around the Yucatan Peninsula. Spanish lessons are available through a language school established in 1974 which has hosted many American students.
Our second annual Mérida Fellowship Award will be judged by poet Maureen Owen and awarded to one American poet (a U.S. citizen). The Award includes workshops, a reading on the same night as one of our distinguished faculty members, optional Spanish lessons, day trips and lodging. Annually, we award up to five scholarships to writer residents of Mexico to participate in our program.
Special activities include excursions to Tulum & Coba and an exploration the Sian Ka'an Biosphere Reserve by boat.
Tulum
Coba
Sian Ka'An Biosphere Reserve (A World Heritage Site)
1.3 million protected acres consisting of Caribbean shoreline and coral reefs, mangroves, tropical jungle and Maya sites
About our logo: The Maya hieroglyph AJ tz'i-b'a(aj tz'iib') (pronounced tz' éeeb) meaning "he of the writing," or "scribe"; artist's title; designates the occupation of scribe, painter, or artist in general
Questions? Kindly email: uspoetsinmexico@verizon.net