General Session Speakers

All General Sessions are bilingual, and included in Conference Registration. Click here for single tickets.

Thursday, February 16 – 1:30 PM. Merilyn Simonds: A Writer’s Place

Friday, February 17, 9:00AM. Michael Schuessler: Two U.S. Women and the Mexican Cultural Renaissance

Friday, February 17 – 1:30 PM. Kristen Iversen: The Art of Fact: Weaving Personal Story into Historical Context.

Saturday, February 18, 9:00: Araceli Ardón: The Memory of Common People: the Core of Literature

Saturday, February 18, 1:30PM: Naomi Wolf: Writing Riskily: Taking a Stand Within Your Prose

Sunday, February 19, 9:00AM: Sharon Robinson: Testing the Ice: A Family Legacy

Sunday, February 19, 1:00PM: Panel with several of our Featured Authors.

“If Dante had had the San Miguel experience, he may have written more about heaven and less about hell.” Tom Robbins

“San Miguel is full of unexpected riches, different from any other place in Mexico, and the conversations inspired by this Conference were exceptional. The ‘Viva Mexico’ Fiesta goes down in the books as one of the ten best parties I’ve ever attended in my life. I’m sure I can’t remember the other nine.” Barbara Kingsolver

“I came away deeply changed and enriched, and with a great longing to come back.”
Sandra Cisneros

“The San Miguel Writers’ Conference is one of the world’s most appealing literary gatherings.”
John Berendt

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Creative Crossroads of the Americas: The cradle of Mexican Independence, San Miguel de Allende has long been a mecca for social creatives – writers, painters, musicians, poets, philosophers, liberation theology clergy. Maybe it’s the crisp mountain air. Maybe it’s the thermal pools infused with natural lithium. Maybe it’s the Dalai Lama’s blessing. Maybe it’s YOU this year walking the same cobblestone streets, breathing the same air, soaking in the same thermal waters – maybe it’s you adding to the creative energy of this World Heritage City.