January 2012
Happy new year, yo. In addition to my monthly column at the Santa Fe Reporter (http://bit.ly/wTPyPq), my weekly Daddy Needs A Drink Minute on KBAC FM (http://www.santafe.com/kbac) and other wily pursuits, here are some upcoming events where I’ll face the music:
March 11, 2012 Tucson Festival of Books (http://tucsonfestivalofbooks.org/)
July 15-20 2012 Taos Summer Writers’ Conference (http://www.unm.edu/~taosconf/)
Welcome to My Revamped Website (September 2011)
It’s been a while I know. Hope all is well-ish with you and yours. Thanks to Garret at Array, the site is much cleaner and has no STDs as far as we know. As for me, True Believers, I am still writing my column at the Santa Fe Reporter, writing articles (last one was in Plum Hamptons), working on a novel, being chatty on The Big Show With Honey Harris and the Madeleine Brand Show, teaching teenagers about books and stuff, and driving my cargoyles around.
More news to come about book festivals, green chile, my son London’s new postcards and whatever else flies into my windshield.
December News
Starting Monday, December 15, Daddy Needs a Drink will be featured in the Nonfiction category of DearReader.com’s book club. Click here to sign up or just take a peek.
Robert Wilder is the celebrity judge for Hallmark’s Father’s Day card contest. Click here to check it out.
The Teacher Daddy Team has just updated where Wilder will be teaching this spring & summer. Click here to see if he’s close to you & your brood.
Wilder’s latest Daddy Needs a Drink column “Straight Talker” can be viewed here and his interview with MesoAmerican Super Scholar David Carrascocan be viewed here.
Finally, for those of you living in the 505, London Wilder’s new Ghostrider postcard can be purchased at True Believers. Click here for directions.
Sucker
Check out “Sucker”, the new Daddy Needs a Drink column here.
Stay tuned: Daddy Needs a Drink has been optioned for film production.
If you are interested in MFAs for writers, check out the three-part Wilder interview in the blog “Life on the High Wire”:
Wilder TV
Robert Wilder will be on KNME’s “New Mexico In Focus” this Friday August 15 at 7pm with a rebroadcast on Sunday at 6:30 am. KNME is Channel 5 in New Mexico or click here to see the episode on line.
Tales About Tales
Tales From The Teachers’ Lounge has been voted one of the best books of the year by the Santa Fe Reporter’s “Best of” poll. Click here to find out who took first place (Damn you CIA Spy and your lovely hair!)
Tales From the Teachers’ Lounge will be available in paperback on August 26, just in time for that Back to School Gifty. No better way to grease the pole than to give your teacher this book! Click here to buy now!
The latest Daddy Needs a Drink column is out! Click here to read all about it.
Happy Summer!
Big News: Tales From The Teachers’ Lounge has just been optioned for sitcom adaptation! Stay tuned for details.
Click here to read “Culture Clash”, the latest Daddy Needs a Drink column in the Santa Fe Reporter.
Are you listening? The Daddy Needs a Drink Minute broadcasts on Tuesdays and Thursdays on The Big Show With Honey Harris on KBAC FM.
EVENTS
Wilder TV
Robert Wilder will be on KNME’s “New Mexico In Focus” this Friday August 15 at 7pm with a rebroadcast on Sunday at 6:30 am. KNME is Channel 5 in New Mexico or click here to see the episode on line.
Teacher Teacher
Finally, Robert Wilder will be teaching in Taos, New Mexico, in the summer and Sedona, Arizona, and Stockbridge, Massachusetts in the fall. Click here to find out more.
Events in May
May 22-25 Wesleyan University, Middletown CT
From Junior Varsity Soccer to Literary, Uh, Stardom: Writers Steve Almond ’88 and Rob Wilder ’88
An informal discussion about the not-so-incredibly glamorous literary life, led by two extremely irresponsible humorists who also happen to have been JV soccer teammates at Wesleyan. Aspiring writers, new mothers and fathers, and anyone with a sense of humor are encouraged to attend.
Introduction: Anne Greene, adjunct professor of English and director of writing programs, a 2006 recipient of the Binswanger Prize for Excellence in Teaching, and director of the Wesleyan Writers Conference
Presenters: Steve Almond ’88, author of five books, including My Life in Heavy Metal and, most recently, the essay collection Not that You Asked, lives outside Boston with his wife and baby daughter Josephine; Rob Wilder ’88, author of the essay collections, Daddy Needs a Drink and Tales from the Teachers’ Lounge, who has written for Newsweek, Details, and Parenting, is raising two kids with his wife, while working as a high-school English teacher in Santa Fe.
May 28 11:00 am Silver Creek Alternative School, Sun Valley, Idaho
Robert Wilder will be the commencement speaker for the 15th graduating class. Wilder was invited by his inspirational 5th grade teacher, Barge Levy.
Wilder in Houston
Come hear Robert Wilder live at the Poison Pen Reading Series on Feb 28th at the Poison Girl Bar in Houston Texas.
Wilder Teaches
Click here to find out the next time you can study with Robert Wilder. Workshops in December and June!
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