Where: Hotel St. Francis in downtown Santa Fe.

When: Beginning June 18. Six days of workshops, afternoon talks and free public readings every evening.

Workshops: fiction, creative nonfiction, travel/memoir and poetry.

Workshops: limited to 12 participants.

Faculty and guests include Kate Braverman, Stephanie Elizondo Griest, Allison Hedge Coke, Page Lambert, Lindsay Ahl, Donald Levering, Carol Franco, Barbara Mayfield and publishers of the New Mexico Book Association.

Conference director is Jenice Gharib director of the Southwest Literary Center of Recursos de Santa Fe.

Fees: $525; includes workshops, afternoon talks, private conferences and evening readings.

Admission to the afternoon talks is $7 for non-conference participants. Evening readings are free and open to the public.

Info: (505) 577-1125, litcenter@recursos.org, www.santafewritersconference.com or Jenice Gharib, director,

Southwest Literary Center
826 Camino de Monte Rey/A#
Santa Fe, NM 87505

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Reading Beyond the Classroom

Learn how you can use students' Lexile measures to bridge the reading gap and help all students build literacy skills.

June 18-20 · Orlando, FL

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The Lexile Conference will feature keynote sessions from...

Timothy Shanahan, President of the International Reading Association

Quality Quinn, Author & International Literacy Consultant

A. Jackson Stenner, Chairman & CEO, MetaMetrics, Inc.

Mel Riddile, 2006 MetLife/NASSP National High School Principal of the Year

Joseph Torgesen, Director, Florida Center for Reading Research

PLUS, more than 40 concurrent sessions on using Lexiles across the curriculum, in the library and at home.

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Green Thoughts: Writers on the Environment
7 p.m.: The Cooper Union Great Hall ($15/$10: Smarttix)

Granta's Best of Young American Novelists 2
8:30 p.m.: Tishman Auditorium, The New School

>> Tuesday program details

Conversation: Alain Mabanckou & Dany Laferrière, with Anderson Tepper
1 p.m.: La Maison Française of NYU

History and the Truth of Fiction
1 p.m.: NYU Hemmerdinger Hall

At Home in Europe
3 p.m.: NYU Hemmerdinger Hall

Reading: The World Is a Book
4 p.m.: 192 Books

Conversation: Niccolò Ammaniti & A.M. Homes
5 p.m.: NYU Hemmerdinger Hall

Yasmina Khadra in Conversation
6 p.m.: The French Institute, Alliance Française

Postcolonial Writing in a Globalized World
6 p.m.: Goethe-Institut New York

Leaving Home as a Rite of Passage
6 p.m.: Small Press Center

Catalan Poets Pay Homage to Pedro Pietri
7 p.m.: Nuyorican Poets Café

Circumference Reading: Poetry in Translation
7 p.m.: Housing Works Bookstore Café

Town Hall Readings: Writing Home
8 p.m.: The Town Hall ($15/$10: Ticketmaster)

>> Wednesday program details

Youth on the Frontlines: A Program for High School Students
10 a.m.: Instituto Cervantes New York

Multiple Passports: Writers on Homeland and Identity
1 p.m.: Hunter College Lang Recital Hall

From Page to Stage I
1 p.m.: CUNY Segal Theater

Words Under Confinement: Prison Writing as Political Act
1 p.m.: Instituto Cervantes New York

Make It New: Retranslating Great Literature
2:30 p.m.: Columbia Faculty House

Where on Earth: The Refugee Emergency
3 p.m.: Hunter College Lang Recital Hall

From Page to Stage II
3 p.m.: CUNY Segal Theater

English: An Invasive Species?
4:30 p.m.: Columbia Faculty House

Conversation: Geert Mak & Ian Buruma
5 p.m.: CUNY Segal Theater

Pico Iyer in Conversation with Hal Wake
5 p.m.: Hunter College Faculty Dining Room

Conversation: Neil Gaiman & Marguerite Abouet, with Sean Wilsey
6 p.m.: 37 Arts ($15/$10: Ticketmaster)

Arthur Japin & Eduardo Lago in Conversation
6:30 p.m.: Housing Works Bookstore Café

Dirty Wars: Readings Against Torture, Arbitrary Detention, Kidnapping and Rendition
7 p.m.: Joe’s Pub ($10/$8)

György Konrád in Conversation
7:30 p.m.: Hungarian Cultural Center

Words Without Borders: The World Through the Eyes of Writers
7:30 p.m.: Columbia Faculty House

A Tribute to César Vallejo
8 p.m.: St. Mark’s Church

Prize-Winning Manuscripts from Prison: A Reading
8 p.m.: Housing Works Bookstore Café

An Evening with The Moth
8 p.m. 37 Arts ($30: Ticketmaster)

>> Thursday program details

Postcards: Capturing Place
1 p.m.: Deutsches Haus at NYU

The Clouded Future of Journalism
1 p.m.: Instituto Cervantes New York

Gritty Realism
1 p.m.: The Walter Reade Theater

Conversation: Nabeel Yasin & Jo Tatchell
3 p.m.: Instituto Cervantes New York

Imaginary Geographies
3 p.m.: The Walter Reade Theater

Conversation: Per Petterson & Marilynne Robinson, with Radhika Jones; introduced by Philip Gourevitch
5 p.m.: Walter Reade Theater

World City, NY
5 p.m.: Asian American Writers’ Workshop

Conversation: Guillermo Arriaga & Paul Auster
6:30 p.m.: Donnell Library ($15/$10: Smarttix)

Words Without Borders: Every Day in Africa
6:30 p.m.: Instituto Cervantes New York

Conversation: Kiran Desai & Vikram Chandra, with Rachel Donadio
6:30 p.m.: The Morgan Library & Museum ($15/$10: Smarttix)

Conversation: Dave Eggers & Valentino Achak Deng
8 p.m.: Donnell Library ($15/$10: Smarttix)

Black & Blue: Mediterranean Noir
8 p.m.: The Morgan Library & Museum ($15/$10: Smarttix)

>> Friday program details

Voices from Today’s Iran
12 p.m.: CUNY Elebash Recital Hall

Mixing Art and Politics
12 p.m.: Instituto Cervantes New York

Moving Stories: Writers on Film
12 p.m.: Tishman Auditorium, The New School

Children’s Reading: Finding Peace
1 p.m.: The Rubin Museum of Art ($10)

Conversation: Caryl Phillips & Abdulrazak Gurnah, with Radhika Jones
1:30 p.m.: CUNY Elebash Recital Hall

Conversation: Laura Restrepo & Jaime Manrique
2 p.m.: Instituto Cervantes New York

Conversation: Jean Echenoz & Margriet de Moor with Adam Gopnik
2 p.m.: The Bowery Ballroom ($5/Free; 21+)

Conversation: Tatyana Tolstaya & David Remnick
2 p.m.: Tishman Auditorium, The New School

Poetry Reading
2 p.m.: Poets House

Whose Translation Is It, Anyway? From Page to Stage III
3 p.m.: CUNY Elebash Recital Hall

Reporting on Iraq, Living in Terror: Carolin Emcke & Mark Danner
3:30 p.m.: The Bowery Ballroom ($5/Free; 21+)

Poetry Reading
3:30 p.m.: Poets House

What’s So Funny? Humor Out of Context
3:30 p.m.: Tishman Auditorium, The New School

Will the Boat Sink the Water?
4 p.m.: The Rubin Museum of Art ($10)

Literary Thrillers
5 p.m.: The Bowery Ballroom ($5/Free; 21+)

A Believer Nighttime Event
6 p.m.: Tishman Auditorium, New School

The PEN Cabaret
8 p.m.: The Bowery Ballroom ($25/$20: Smarttix. 21+)

>> Saturday program details

Voyage and Voyeur: Travel and Travel Writing
12 p.m.: New York Public Library ($15/$10: Smarttix)

Spanish Civil War
12:30 p.m.: Instituto Cervantes New York

Internal Exile
2 p.m.: Instituto Cervantes New York

A Tribute to Ryszard Kapuscinski
2 p.m.: New York Public Library ($15/$10: Smarttix)

Ravel: A Conversation with Music
3 p.m.: La Maison Française of NYU ($20)

Sex and Danger
4 p.m.: New York Public Library ($15/$10: Smarttix)

What Makes a Home?
4 p.m.: Instituto Cervantes New York

The Arthur Miller Freedom to Write Lecture
6:30 p.m.: The Cooper Union Great Hall ($15/$10: Smarttix)

>> Sunday program details

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