The Morning News honored Wilder and the Santa Fe Reporter by saying “they mattered in 2009″: “The paper can also boast one of the country’s most non-sequitur parenting columns, titled “Daddy Needs a Drink,” in which Daddy, also known as the preternaturally well-coiffed Rob Wilder, ponders buying a trampoline, his son’s mullock (mullet-dreadlock), and, yes, booze, which in a recent entry came in the form of him alone in a New York City bar, sipping on a drink called the Jane Fonda.” Click here for the cool article by Leah Finnegan.

Then, the very hip site, The Awl, voted Wilder their “second favorite columnist” which was not only hella-cool but prompted quite the snaky comments. Click here to check it out.

Check out “Make It a Double”, the December Daddy Needs A Drink column in the Santa Fe Reporter.

On Friday, October 9, 2009, David Wroblewski, author of The Story of Edgar Sawtelle will visit Santa Fe Preparatory School and give a reading at Collected Works Books at 6 pm.

Check out the latest Daddy Needs a Drink column “The Giving Tree” in the Santa Fe Reporter.

Also check out Wilder’s take on yoga in “Dharma or Bust” in Sweat.

Even if you don’t reside in the 505, you can still listen to the “Daddy Needs a Drink” Minute on KBAC-FM by clicking here. The DND minute is on The Big Show With Honey Harris every Tuesday and Friday at 10:30 am.

Robert Wilder was the only individual awarded the inaugural Innovations in Reading Prize by the National Book Foundation. It is a huge honor by a great organization. For more info, click here.

To check out “Animal House”, the latest Daddy Needs a Drink Column click here.

Want to spend a weekend writing with Robert Wilder and literary superhero Natalie Goldberg this summer in a most lovely setting? Click here.

Father’s Day is coming up! Click here for the perfect gift.

Don’t forget that teacher at the end of the year!. Click here; it’s better than a coffee mug!

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 Carrasco can 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.

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”:

Part I

Part II

Part II

Robert Wilder will be the lunchtime speaker for the 2009 Silent Samaritans Luncheon on Wednesday, September 9 at the Sheraton Uptown. For more info on the Samaritan Counseling Center, click here.

Portland (OR) peeps! Catch Wilder at Wordstock literary festival on Saturday, October 10, at 5:00 pm. Click here for more info.

National Book Awards! Wilder will be a special guest at the National Book Awards this November. Check out his piece on John Cheever for the NBF’s Book a Day Blog here.

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.

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.

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.

Come hear Robert Wilder live at the Poison Pen Reading Series on Feb 28th at the Poison Girl Bar in Houston Texas.