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SOMOS Holiday Open House
Alexandra Fuller
TWC Keynote Speaker
Alexandra Fuller is the keynote speaker and guest instructor for the Taos Writers Conference, 7/24-7/26/26.
Alexandra Fuller is the author of four memoirs, including DON'T LET'S GO TO THE DOGS TONIGHT --- a New York Times Notable Book for 2002, the 2002 Booksense Best Non-fiction book, a finalist for the Guardian’s First Book Award, and the winner of the 2002 Winifred Holtby Memorial Prize --- and the New York Times bestselling COCKTAIL HOUR UNDER THE TREE OF FORGETFULNESS, two books of nonfiction, and the novel QUIET UNTIL THE THAW. Her writing has appeared in The New Yorker, National Geographic, Granta, The New York Times, The Guardian and The Financial Times.
She is also the author of Fi: A Memoir of her Son, who died suddenly in his sleep at the age of twenty-one. After decades of writing memoir, longtime area resident Alexandra Fuller reached a milestone in the genre.
On Monday, 11/17/25, she was announced as a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in that category.
“Fi: A Memoir of My Son” is described by Pulitzer officials as “an elegiac meditation on motherhood and grief, written from the rage and pain of losing a child, but in a voice that ultimately resonates with beauty and hard-won acceptance.”
When the awards and finalists were announced from New York, Fuller was hunkered down in her Tetonia yurt, working on a new project. Her phone was turned off.
Earning critical acclaim and breakout success in 2001 with “Don’t Let’s Go to the Dogs Tonight: An African Childhood,” Fuller followed the debut with seven other books, all memoir or biography.
Miguel Santistevan
Poet Laureate
Beginning 1/1/24 through 12/31/25
Miguel Santistevan has a Bachelors of Science in biology from the University of New Mexico and a Masters of Science in Ecology from the University of California, Davis. His research interests are food systems of the upper Rio Grande and Sangre de Cristo Mountains. Santistevan is certified in permaculture and xeriscape design and has directed youth in agriculture programs. He has dozens of publications in local papers like Green Fire Times and has delivered professional presentations to meetings of the Bioneers, the Green Festival, and the International Ethno-Biology Congress. He produced a public radio program called "Que vivan las acequias!" with the NM Acequia Association and KCEI-FM Radio, Taos County. He is a parciante and has served both as a mayordomo and president. Santistevan is a teacher, storyteller, musician and an amazing poet. For the 2024-25 theme of "Poetry with Youth," he will use his position as a guest lecturer in the public schools and other venues to recruit young people to submit poetry, artwork, and photographs for a project called "Querencia en Poesisa." This project will result in a DIY publication of a zine that will be something that can be shared in print or digitally. When the zine is completed, there will be a reception with reading and projection of the featured poems, art, and photos of the young people who are willing to perform their pieces.
Upcoming Events
Open Tues-Sat 12pm-4pm 575.758.0081 108 Civic Plaza Drive
Mailing Address: P.O. Box 3225, Taos, NM 87571
THANK YOU TO OUR FUNDERS
SOMOS programs are made possible in part by these organizations: New Mexico Arts, a Division of the Department of Cultural Affairs, and by the National Endowment for the Arts • Taos Community Foundation • The McCune Foundation • The National Endowment For The Arts • The Virginia Wellington Cabot Foundation • Taos County Lodgers Tax • TaosNetLLC for high speed internet service • Lions Club • Milagro Rotary Club • New Mexico Humanities Council • Nusenda Foundation • Witter Bynner Foundation • Amazon Literary Partnership • Literary Emergency Fund