USPiM Poetry Workshops & Festival
Tulum, Quintana Roo, Mexico January 2-9, 2011
Faculty: Diane Wakoski, Paul Hoover, Jen Hofer, Mark Weiss, Susan Rich
Discussions with Jerome Rothenberg
Featured Readings: Luis Cortés Bargalló, Rocío Cerón, Carla Faesler, Feliciano Sánchez Chan
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 new work, improving one's craft and expanding personal creative boundaries. Workshop Descriptions
Our Festival features evening readings by emerging or established Mexican poets, our faculty and workshop participants. Schedule
Optional Spanish lessons are available for all levels. We encourage participants to study Spanish during the week.
We offer optional Day Trips to Mayan archaeological sacred sites, ecological sites or cultural venues around the Yucatan Peninsula for faculty and participants.
Tulum is a 2-hour bus ride south of Cancun (towards Belize). Maps Buses depart hourly directly from the Cancun airport. Travel Info
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 workshop tuition and fees, lodging for the week, a reading on the same night as one of our distinguished faculty members, optional Spanish lessons and day trips.
Annually, we award up to five full Mexico Scholarships to Mexican poets/writers to participate in our program. Recipients are chosen by members of the local academic community or our Director.
Day trips include optional excursions to archaeological sites at Tulum & Coba and a boat trip through Sian Ka'an Biosphere Reserve.
Tulum
Coba
Sian Ka'An Biosphere Reserve (A World Heritage Site)
1.3 million protected acres consisting of Caribbean shoreline, islands and coral reefs, mangroves, tropical jungle
and Maya archaeological sites
and Maya archaeological 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"; designates the occupation of scribe.
Questions? Kindly email: uspoetsinmexico@verizon.net