Vicente Alfonso
Ficción vs realidad
Special Guests
Our community is enriched year after year by distinguished writers who bring their generous spirit and critical eye to those lucky enough to participate in their master classes. We are delighted to welcome our core faculty for 2027—a combination of much loved returning writers and those joining us for the first time.
Core Faculty
Alberto Chimal
Cómo construir un mundo en 24 horas
Sandra Cisneros
Pajama Talk: Tricks of the Trade & In
Ben Clark
Radiografía de un poema & Las plumas que amo
Jennifer Clement
Pajama Talk: Tricks of the Trade & In
Kwame Dawes
Poetry
Susan Ferriss
Moderator
Reyna Grande
Fast-Track Your Book
Cesar Gutiérrez
El Mundo Editorial de Lengua Hispana
Adalber Salas
Poesía 101
Ricardo Sandoval-Palos
PBS Town Hall: Real vs Fake News
Ayşegül Savaş
The Models for My Novels
Sheree Reneé Thomas
Making It Real: World-Building
Socorro Venegas
El poder de lo no dicho
Guest Writers
Our guest writers enhance the residency with talks, readings and informal conversations that are open to participants across the genres. Confirmed guests for January 2026 include…
Gisela Pérez de Acha
Tricks of the Trade: Detective Journalism
Garance Burke
AI 101
Homero Campa
Investigative Journalism
Alfredo Corchado
Talking Borders with Steve Fisher
Steve Fisher
Talking Borders with Alfredo Corchado
Past Faculty
Russell Banks
David Barstow
Tyrone Beason
Ruth Behar
Breyten Breytenbach
Homero Campa
Francisco Cantú
Elisa Díaz Castelo
Sandra Cisneros
Mark Doty
Alvaro Enrique
Adam Foulds
Carolyn Forché
Betty Fussell
Aracelis Girmay
Francisco Goldman
Reyna Grande
Jessica Hagedorn
Maureen Howard
David Huerta
Joyce Johnson
Angela Kocherga
Keetje Kuipers
Allen Kurzweil
Monica Lavín
Sandra Lorenzano
Jonathan Levi
Valeria Luiselli
Elisabeth Malkin
Sabrina Orah Mark
Paul Muldoon
Verónica Murguía
Sabina Murray
Bob Nichols
Grace Paley
Elena Poniatowska
Alicia Quiñones
Emily Raboteau
Nelly Rosario
Elizabeth Rosner
Francisco Segovia
Rafael Segovia
Owen Sheers
Ginger Thompson
Luisa Valenzuela
Chuck Wachtel
Alison Wearing
Alejandra Xanic