Writing in the Wild: A Literary Day Trip

Monday May 20, 2024 | 9 am to 12 noon

$125 per person

Join Natalie Goldberg and Katie Arnold for a morning of walking and writing on Santa Fe’s hiking trails. Together, participants will explore the connection between silence, movement, nature, and their imaginations. Walking through the natural world is a form of story-gathering and telling, as well as a moving meditation. The deeper one goes into the silence of forest and mountains, the deeper one goes into the mind. Join Natalie and Katie to walk the trails in search of ideas and inspiration, foraging for stories. 

Longtime friends and Zen practitioners, Katie and Natalie will share their way of walking in nature as a way of writing. This is a generative, process-oriented walking and writing workshop that will include periods of silence. Bring a pen and a notebook and your curiosity, as the group will be stopping often along the trail for writing exercises and prompts. All levels of hikers, walkers, and writers are welcome.

Katie Arnold is the author of the critically acclaimed memoir Running Home, an ultra running champion, and a frequent contributor to Outside magazine and The New York Times. Her new book, Brief Flashings in the Phenomenal World, was published in April. Natalie Goldberg has written 15 books, including the international bestseller Writing Down the Bones, Wild Mind, and Three Simple Lines. Her next book, Writing on Empty, comes out in July.

School for Advanced Research: Literary Days

Friday May 17, 2024 | 10 am or 2 pm

$15 per person

Monday May 20, 2024 | 10 am to 2 pm, 12 PM to 4 pm

$75 per person

In celebration of the third annual Santa Fe International Literary Festival, the School for Advanced Research (SAR) invites you to join them on one of their SAR Literary Days in honor of Santa Fe’s continuing heritage of the written word.

Literary Tour: Friday, May 17, 2024, come on a morning (10 am) or afternoon (2 pm) Literary Tour of the SAR campus featuring writers who walked where we will walk such as Alice Corbin, N. Scott Momaday, Witter Bynner, Fray Angélico Chávez, Peggy Pond Church, Will Shuster, and Rina Swentzell. Registration required. $15/person.

SAR Literary Day: Monday, May 20, 2024, Option 1: 10 am – 2 pm: Arrive just before 10 am. Begin with a Literary Tour of the campus. Then join us at noon for a provided lunch (wraps, salad, dessert) in our historic Chapel (Dobkin Boardroom) while listening to readings by Santa Fe Poet Laureate Tommy Archuleta, Diné writer and filmmaker Ramona Emerson, and Santa Fe native and indigenous poet and performer Natachee Momaday Gray. Stop by the SAR Press table to view a selection of titles including poetry and art books by Native American authors. One gift book included with your registration. $75/person.

SAR Literary Day: Monday, May 20, 2024, Option 2: 12 pm to 4 pm: Arrive just before noon. Begin with a provided lunch (wraps, salad, dessert) in our historic Chapel (Dobkin Boardroom) while listening to readings by Santa Fe Poet Laureate Tommy Archuleta, Diné writer and filmmaker Ramona Emerson, and Santa Fe native and indigenous poet and performer Natachee Momaday Gray. Stop by the SAR Press table to view a selection of titles including poetry and art books by Native American authors. One gift book included with your registration. Then go on a Literary Tour of the campus starting at 2 pm. $75/person.

Questions: Kat Bernhardt, bernhardt@sarsf.org, (505) 954-7230

Food Memoir Workshop

Monday May 20, 2024 | 1-3 pm

$50 per person

Join award-winning writer and foodie Gina Rae La Cerva at a local restaurant for an afternoon of snacks and food writing. Learn the art of the gastronomic memoir and explore personal stories of your own through a series of writing prompts, sharing, and discussion.

In this generative memoir-writing workshop, we’ll use the subject of food as a starting point to explore our inner worlds, access deep memories, and examine all the ways we nourish ourselves. We will highlight techniques for writing about food, and share practices to capture the sensory and emotional details of an eating experience. Whether you want to write a restaurant review, a reflection on your favorite food memory, or the life history of a family recipe, get ready to cook up some piquant prose. All levels of writers welcome.

Gina Rae La Cerva is a writer, painter, and environmental anthropologist originally from Santa Fe, New Mexico. She is the author of the critically acclaimed book "Feasting Wild: In Search of the Last Untamed Foods.” Gina Rae loves to eat, cook, garden, and help people to tell their stories. She has spent the last three years renovating an old adobe house, Casa Spiriti. You can find more information at www.ginaraelc.com