Thursday Oct 21, 2021. 6:00-8:00 p.m. Light Hall, WNMU. Jack Crocker in Conversation with JJ Amaworo Wilson. Silver City and Grant County Poet Laureate emeritus Jack Crocker and WNMU writer-in-residence JJ Amaworo Wilson discuss their latest books: The Algorithm of I (Jack Crocker) & Nazaré (JJ Amaworo Wilson), followed by book sales and signing. Refreshments […] Read More
We are pleased to announce that Southwest Word Fiesta will present the PBS American Masters stunning film Words From a Bear based on the life and times of N. Scott Momaday at Western New Mexico’s Light Hall at 6:30-9:00 pm on October 19, 2021. Readings from some of Mr. Momaday’s works will start the program […] Read More
The Southwest Word Fiesta, a biennial literary festival based in Silver City, NM will host “Hillerman Day” on October 20, 2021, 4:00-6:30 p.m., celebrating novelists Tony Hillerman and his daughter Anne Hillerman, as well as his brother the photographer Barney Hillerman. This virtual event will kick off with Anne Hillerman reading from and discussing her […] Read More
A heads-up to the supporters of Southwest Word Fiesta: Give Grandly is on May 8, 2021. This is an amazing fundraising day, organized by and for local non-profits. Any amount we raise up to $400 will be matched. This is one of the main sources of funds which allow us to keep all of our […] Read More
Dear friends of the Southwest Festival of the Written Word, a heartfelt THANK YOU for your donations during Give Grandly. Your generosity will help us not just to keep the festival going, but to keep it free, and to keep attracting wonderful authors. Of course these are uncertain times. Of course we have no idea […] Read More
A heads-up to the supporters of the Southwest Festival of the Written Word: Give Grandly is on May 9. This is an amazing fundraising day, organized by and for local non-profits. Any amount we raise between $250 and $500 will be matched, so if we raise $300, we get $600. In the current crisis, we […] Read More
We respectfully acknowledge that the entirety of southwestern New Mexico is the traditional territory, since time immemorial, of the Chis-Nde, also known as the people of the Chiricahua Apache Nation. The Chiricahua Apache Nation is recognized as a sovereign Native Nation by the United States in the Treaty of Amity, Commerce, and Friendship of 1 July 1852 (10 Stat. 979) (Treaty of Santa Fe ratified 23 March 1853 and proclaimed by President Franklin Pierce 25 March 1853).
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