IAIA MFA in Creative Writing

Congratulations to Deborah Jackson Taffa/@deborahtaffa (21), whose MacDowell-supported memoir, WHISKEY TENDER, is on the longlist for the 2024 #NBAwards!

Ready for the conjuring by these magicians tonight: @rokwon, Chris La Tray, and our local powerhouse @SherwinBitsui #SantaFe #IAIA

We’re kicking off the IAIA MFA CW residency this summer w our friends from CAL ARTS and @in_na_po 🪄📚Welcome to Gabrielle Civil, Anthony McCann, and Kim Blaeser. See our website for the livestream link! Reading starts at 6pm MT.

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Long live Heart Berries!

NEVER WHISTLE AT NIGHT has moved onto its 36th week on the ABA's Indie Bestsellers List. The book's sales have been extraordinary, and we couldn't be prouder of all the contributors. You all have made this amazing thing a reality. Forever grateful. NeverWhistleAtNight.com

The Ucross Fellowship for Native American Writers is accepting applications until 7/15. Residencies are open to Native American contemporary writers of fiction, nonfiction, poetry, playwriting, & screenwriting. Learn more: buff.ly/2RuqubB

📣 Call for Nominations: Know someone who's made a difference in their community? New Mexico Magazine seeks True Heroes who have made a difference in our state. Read more 🔗 l8r.it/9bPo

Located in the No. 1 town on our list of the Best Places to Live and Work as a Moviemaker, SFIFF has a best-of-both worlds appeal: It feels far from the pressure of the coasts, but New Mexico is fast becoming one of the world’s great film hubs. moviemaker.com/50-film-festiv…

Literary powerhouses @museumofnaz last night and @IAIA_MFAProgram represented with Stacie Denetsosie, Chelsea T. Hicks and IAIA MFA CW Director @deborahtaffa … and then Natalie Diaz blew our minds. Buy their books! Amazing. #noazbookfest

Jamie Figueroa, author of MOTHER ISLAND, will be Live with Nancy Viera at Aspen Grove tomorrow at 5:30pm! Can't wait to see you all! 🗓️ tatteredcover.com/events/jamie-f…

As an act of data sovereignty, Erica Lord transforms diseases affecting Indigenous communities into intricate beaded art. Watch ¡COLORES! Saturday at 4pm and stream on the PBS App: bit.ly/3xJk407 #Indigenous #Beadwork #Dogsledding

Join IAIA on Thursday, April 11, 5:30–7:30 pm at the opening reception for “Origins,” the 2024 Spring IAIA Graduating Senior Exhibition. Learn more at iaia.edu/event/2024-spr….

@NatalieGDiaz And kill beautiful sea creatures

fawc.org/books-that-mat… Check out the speakers in this amazing line up!

CALLING ALL WRITERS 📝 Did you know Red Hen Press accepts unsolicited manuscripts? Year-round! You're running out of excuses to not send us that book. Save this post so you can easily find it when you finish that manuscript. redhen.org/submission-gui…

"The Good Friday Cruise, in Española, is a special opportunity to check out what makes people so crazy about lowriders," says Rob Vanderslice. "There will be tons of classic cars, a hydraulics show, and the streets will be crawling with lowriders." l8r.it/aBZ4

In 'Whiskey Tender' by @deborahtaffa, Taffa frames her own coming-of-age as a child of two Indigenous nations against the generational trauma and lasting scars wrought by colonialism and ignored by history. #BookOfTheDay: on.nypl.org/4cvVAdK

Join IAIA on Thursday, April 11, 5:30–7:30 pm at the opening reception for “Origins,” the 2024 Spring IAIA Graduating Senior Exhibition. Learn more at iaia.edu/event/2024-spr….

Did you know that there are over 1,000 species of #bees in #NewMexico and not all of them sting?! Olivia Carril shares her discoveries about the amazing bees of New Mexico. Watch ¡COLORES! Saturday at 4pm and stream anytime on the PBS App: bit.ly/32dPP59