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"If Dante had had the San Miguel experience, he may have written more about heaven and less about hell." Tom Robbins, 2008"We writers adore the clever, imaginative Literary Sala, the enthusiastic audiences, and the opportunity to learn.”Alice Denham, NY & SMA. Author, Sleeping With the Bad Boys.“There are many wonderful things in San Miguel ... but one of the finest is our Literary Sala. It is always an inspiration, a wake-up to new ideas & raising of consciousness that can't be avoided, if one just shows up”. Elsmarie Norby"I have been enormously moved by the enjoyable presentations of the San Miguel Authors Sala. Not only are the writers well-prepared, their talks are interesting and often emotional. Several years ago at the Writers' Conference, Sena Jeter Naslund made one of the most remarkable talks I have ever heard. It was a moving experience."Wayne Greenhaw, Montgomery, Alabama & San Miguel de Allende
“The Literary Sala events have been a constant source of intellectual stimulation and inspiration. They have become an integral part of our cultural experience and always meet our high expectations.” Adrienne and Arnie Brookstone
The Literary Sala exists to enrich your literary life, be it as a fan of literature or as a writer. After a career in book publishing, I began to write in San Miguel . . . the Literary Sala is my steadfast, codependent enabler as I shift from workaholic editor to obsessive observer and writer.
Vicki Gundrum, peripatetic, often in San Francisco and San Miguel
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Barbara Kingsolver:
Keynote Speaker at the
2010 San Miguel Writers' Conference.
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Upcoming Events with the San Miguel Literary Sala
February 4, 2010 Thursday: 5:00 - 7:30
Posada San Francisco (across from the Jardin)
70 peso Donation * Complementary Wine ReceptionCarol Sherman and Hernán Drobny
Carol Sherman, writer and poet, lives in East Hampton New York, and spends her winters in San Miguel de Allende. Listed in Poets and Writers and Who’s Who, Ms. Sherman was a featured writer at the Authors Sala in 2008. She has run the Open Mic readings at the San Miguel Writers Conference for the past three years.
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| | Her fifth and sixth collections of poetry were published in 2009. “San Miguel Sketches” captures the sights, sounds and people of this beautiful Spanish Colonial town. Her collection of love poems “Hungry Nights” is a sensuous view of the allure of a charismatic and provocative muse; a chimera who taunts and teases.
In addition to her poetry, Ms Sherman has completed two non-fiction books “Bronx Ballads” a memoir and “Journey Through Grief”.
Active in the writers community in the
Hamptons she is a founding member of the East End Poetry Workshop
ongoing for 28 years as well as a long-time member of The Ashawagh Hall
Workshop. She is currently working on a collection of humorous poems
titled “The Art of Gargling.”
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| | Reading for Authors' Sala:
Carol Sherman will read from two poetry chapbooks published in 2009—“Hungry Nights” and “San Miguel Sketches”. (SEE BIO). She will close her reading with one or two poems from her manuscript “The Art of Gargling” guaranteed to make you laugh. Her books are available at La Conexion and El Tecolate.
Hernán Drobny was born in Santiago, Chile and lived in Chile, Mexico, and Peru prior to coming to the United States to complete his education.
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| | He received his MD from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine and is board certified in Internal Medicine.
He taught and practiced clinical medicine for more than thirty years at the University of Michigan. Particular responsibilities have included immunization and travel health services, continuing medical education, HIV testing and counseling program, and the provision of nursing and specialty medical services.
He also participated in writing clinical guidelines for the University of Michigan, and was a member of the State of Michigan Advisory Committee for the Elimination of Tuberculosis. In 2002 he started one of the first consulting practices as a patient advocate by a physician. He lives in Ann Arbor, Michigan, and San Miguel de Allende, Mexico.
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| | Your Health, Your Choice: Become Empowered to Participate in Your Own Health Care by Hernán Drobny, MD, was released by PublishAmerica in October 2009.
No one goes to the doctor for fun. Your Health, Your Choice offers the tools to empower you to effectively participate in your own health care. As medical care has become more specialized, it is increasingly important to be confident and make informed choices in your health care. The premise of this book is that actively collaborating with your doctor in making health care decisions improves your health care outcome and quality of life, and lowers the cost of health care.
This book covers topics such as benefits of participating assertively in making health care decisions and common pitfalls in making these decisions, how to prepare when you go to the doctor, how to avoid unnecessary care, reliable sources of health information, how to choose your doctor and where to get your health care. It also includes information on preparing advance directives, and more. The concepts presented are supported by medical evidence and illustrated by case anecdotes.
The primary audience is people who are interested in reading how to be better health care consumers. This is a subject that is much in the news in view of the discussions on health care reforms.
The secondary audience is health care providers at all levels of career development, and others in the field of health care delivery. It has current information which is of value and is practical and interesting. Drobny states: “as opposed to the rigorous scientific disciplines which many of us concentrated on during our training, this book covers humanistic material supported by medical ethical principles which I would have appreciated being offered in my formative years. I hope that these (ethical) approaches can help patients and their health care providers make choices that result in
more satisfying results.”
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