Update from Albuquerque, NM August 30, 2011
The big news is that my new book, SATURDAY NIGHT, is now available. Read about it on the Fiction Page. I still teach at Central New Mexico Community College although I’ve reduced my schedule to one class a term. Workshops or lectures at UNM Osher Institute are a priority now.
In May I read at the Saints and Sinners Conference in New Orleans. I met several wonderful writers, including Faranza Doctor and Sally Bellerose. I recommend their books and their websites.
My beloved Mucho had to be put down this summer. Cancer got the best of him, but Mucho’s mothers saw to it that he didn’t suffer. One of his caretakers, my buddy, Adele, continues to grieve for him.
Still playing tennis regularly and enjoying life in the Land of Enchantment. _____________________________________________________________
Book signings and Events
Sunday, October 9, 2011, Creating Fictional Mothers at 3:30-4:00 PM at Palace of the Governors, Santa Fe, NM. Free event.
Sunday, October 30, 2011, SATURDAY NIGHT book launch 3:00-4:00 PM at Casa Clara Community Center between Indian School and Girard NE, Albuquerque, NM. Free event.
Saturday, November 1, 2011, SATURDAY NIGHT book signing at 3:00-5:00 PM at Page One Books at Montgomery and Juan Tabo, Albuquerque, NM. Free event.
Friday, November 4, 2011, Flash Your Fiction at 1:00-4:00 PM at UNM Continuing Education, Albuquerque, NM. Contact www.dce.unm.edu/Osher for information and registration.
Monday, November 21, 2011, Flash Your Fiction at 1:00-4:00 PM at Del Webb Alegria, Bernalillo, NM. Contact www.dce.unm.edu/Osher for information and registration.
Mondays, January 23 through February 27, 2012, The Craft of Creative Writing at 1:00-3:00 PM at UNM Continuing Education, Albuquerque, NM. Contact www.dce.unm.edu/Osher for information and registration.
Monday, April 9, 2012, Poetry as Memoir at 6:30-7:30 PM at Writer2Writer, Hastings on Coors and Montano, Albuquerque, NM. Free event.
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Sunday, October 30, 2011, SATURDAY NIGHT book launch 3:00-4:00 PM at Casa Clara Community Center between Indian School and Girard NE, Albuquerque, NM. Free event.
Saturday, November 1, 2011, SATURDAY NIGHT book signing at 3:00-5:00 PM at Page One Books at Montgomery and Juan Tabo, Albuquerque, NM. Free event.
Friday, November 4, 2011, Flash Your Fiction at 1:00-4:00 PM at UNM Continuing Education, Albuquerque, NM. Contact www.dce.unm.edu/Osher for information and registration.
Monday, November 21, 2011, Flash Your Fiction at 1:00-4:00 PM at Del Webb Alegria, Bernalillo, NM. Contact www.dce.unm.edu/Osher for information and registration.
Mondays, January 23 through February 27, 2012, The Craft of Creative Writing at 1:00-3:00 PM at UNM Continuing Education, Albuquerque, NM. Contact www.dce.unm.edu/Osher for information and registration.
Monday, April 9, 2012, Poetry as Memoir at 6:30-7:30 PM at Writer2Writer, Hastings on Coors and Montano, Albuquerque, NM. Free event.
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Original Author Notes
Born in the Red Hook section of Brooklyn on April Fools’ Day, Dodici Azpadu graduated from St. Joseph’s College in New York, received a Master of Fine Arts from the University of Iowa Writer’s Workshop, and earned her PhD from Pacific Western University.
Her family origins begin in the Kalso, an Arab ghetto in Palermo, Sicily. Heritage plays a significant role in the creation of her characters, gay and straight, who struggle with love, self-worth, family, and exclusion.
Dodici has lived in San Francisco, Oakland, and Iowa City. In Albuquerque, New Mexico, where she currently lives, she teaches creative writing to community college students. She also mentors writers and poets in private workshops and tutorials.
Living Room is her first novel since the publication in the United States and Great Britain of the novels Saturday Night in the Prime of Life and Goat Song. Her short stories and poems are included in several anthologies. Her poetry chapbook, Rumi’s Falcon, was published in 2005.
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