Archived Appearances

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Open Road Publishing has just issued three of Valerie Miner’s books in paperback and six in e-book formats, All Good Women, Range of Light, Murder in the English Department, Movement, Rumors from the Cauldron and The Night Singers. Find Valerie’s books on her Author Page.

Interviews

“Becoming a Writer,” Interview with Mary Mackey, June 23, 2021. https://marymackey.com/?s=Valerie+Miner.

“A Conversation with Valerie Miner,” by R.A. Rycraft. Plus an excerpt from Traveling with Spirits. The Writer’s Chronicle, October/November, 2015.

Selected Readings

24 April 2021, 1:00pm (Pacific Time). A Company of Authors, Stanford Faculty Reading. Free.

18 March 2021, 4:30-5:30pm (Pacific Time). Reading and Discussion of Bread and Salt at the Fireside Series of Virginia Center for the Creative Arts. Free. Everyone welcome. https://www.vcca.com/fireplace-series/

18 February 2021, 4:15-5:45pm (Pacific Time). Quartet Reading of Bread and Salt, Gallery Bookshop. Free. https://www.gallerybookshop.com/event

9 February 2021, 4:15-5:30pm (Pacific Time). Reading and Discussion of Bread and Salt, Clayman Institute for Gender Research. Free. https://gender.stanford.edu/

21 January 2021, 7:00-8:00pm (Pacific Time). Interview and Discussion about Bread and Salt, Mendocino County’s Public and Community Radio KZYX. Free. https://www.kzyx.org/

7 December 2020, Valerie Miner reading with Vanessa Hua and Daniel Curzon in the Odd Mondays Series.

19 November 2020, University of Texas, El Paso, Reading and Discussion of Bread and Salt. Click here for the recording.

17 November 2020, Consequence Magazine hosts Valerie Miner and Andria Williams reading their work and discussing writing about war and violence. Click here for the recording.

25 October 2020, Reading and Discussion of Bread and Salt for audience of women.

20 October 2020, Reading and Discussion of Bread and Salt for Stanford Pride.

13 October 2020, Reading and Discussion of Bread and Salt, Maison Dora Maar. Click here for the recording.

9 October 2020,  Interview with MoHagani Magnetek and reading from Bread and Salt, Anchorage, Alaska Book Week. Click here for the recording.

2019, Lecture, Shaindy Rudoff Graduate Track in Creative Writing at Bar Ilan University, Ramat Gan, Israel.

8-13 December 2019, Lectures and Workshops, Tel Hai College and Environs, Israel.

July 2019, Lectures, Readings, Workshops, University of Alaska, Anchorage MFA program.

2 May 2019, Lecture, Institut Américain Universitaire, Aix, France.

29 March 2019, Reading AWP Conference, Oregon Convention Center, Portland, Oregon.

17, 18 December 2018, Workshop and Lecture, Chennai

14 December, 2018, Reading, Studio 81, Vasant Kunj, Delhi

8-21 July, 2017, Lectures, Workshops, Reading, University of Alaska, Anchorage

6 September, 2016, 4pm, North American Studies Program, University of Helsinki, Finland, “Call and Response: A Lecture about Writing as Vocation.”

9-21 July, 2016, Lectures, Workshops, Reading, University of Alaska, Anchorage

6 September, 2016, 4pm, North American Studies Program, University of Helsinki, Finland, “Call and Response: A Lecture about Writing as Vocation.”
9-21 July, 2016, Lectures, Workshops, Reading, University of Alaska, Anchorage

22 April to 5 June, 2016, Fellowship at the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts.

10 April, 2015, 12 pm, Book signing at the AWP Book Fair, Minneapolis

29 December, 2014, 6-7pm, Reading at the American Center, Kolkata, India

27 December, 2014, 6:30 pm, Reading at the Oxford Bookstore, Kolkata, India

18 December, 2014, 3:30-5pm, Reading and Lecture at the American Center, New Delhi, India

9 December, 2014, 10:30 am – 12 pm, Reading and Lecture at Jai Hind College, Main Building, Audio Visual Centre, 4th Floor, ‘A’ Road, Churchgate, Mumbai, India

16 April, 2014 Evening, Reading from Traveling with Spirits, at the College of Southern Nevada

10 April, 2014 7:30pm Reading (with Rick Moody), University of Alabama, Jemison Van de Graaff Mansion

12 March, 2014 7:45pm Reading from Traveling with Spirits at CCAC, Nahl Hall, Oakland Campus, 5212 Broadway (at College Avenue), California

1 March, 2014 Noon to 1pm, Book Signing, AWP Book Exhibit, Table 6-A, for Traveling with Spirits, Livingston Press, Seattle, Washington

21 November, 2013 6pm reading at Book Passage, San Francisco Ferry Building

29 September, 2013 3pm reading at Diesel Books, Oakland, California

23 September, 2013 7:30 pm, KZYX Radio Interview with Blake More, KZYX 90.7 FM Philo KZYZ 91.5 FM Willits and Ukiah., To listen to the live broadcast, click here.

12 September, 2013 Radio Interview with Mary Gangemi, Radio Goddard, WGDR/WGDH. To listen to the live broadcast, click here. WSR podcasts available here.

15 August to 16 September, 2013— Goodreads

4 February, 2013, Discussion of The Low Road, Writers on Writing, San Francisco State University, California

17 April, Reading, MT. San Jacinto College, Menifee Valley Campus

15 April, 2pm, Reading with Zack Rogow, Madrone Art Bar, Madrone Art Bar, 500 Divisadero Street, San Francisco, California

15 December, 2012, Alberto Hurtado University, Santiago, Chile, Literary Reading

July, 2011, University of Alaska, Anchorage, Literary reading

December, 2010, Trivandrum Book Fair, Trivandrum, India, Literary Reading

December, 2010, Trivandrum Book Fair, Lecture and Reading

July, 2010, College of the Redwoods, Mendocino Coast Writer’s Conference, Literary Reading

9 October, 2010, Laughing Dog Books, Why There Are Words; Artzone, San Francisco, California

21 August, 2010, Laughing Dog Books, the new bookstore in Boonville, California

18 March, 2008, College of the Redwoods (Reading held in Mendocino, California)

18 June, 2008, Pacific University, Forest Grove, Oregon

16 July, 2008, University of Alaska, Anchorage

26 November, 2008, Charles University, Prague, the Czech Republic

27 February, 2009, St. Michael’s College, Vermont

23 March, 2009, Atma Jaya University, Indonesia

20 April, 2009, Stanford University, Women’s Community Center

14 May, 2009, Ucross Foundation, Clearmont, Wyoming

Selected Lectures and Fellowships

July, 2021, Reading, Lecture, Workshop, University of Alaska MFA Program.

March, 2021, Mills College Class Visit to discuss Bread and Salt.

July, 2020, Lectures, Readings, Workshops, University of Alaska, Anchorage MFA program.

11 October, 2017, Lecture and Workshop, IAU, Aix, France.

8-21 July, 2017, Lectures, Workshops, Reading, University of Alaska, Anchorage

11 October, 2017, Lecture and Workshop, IAU, Aix, France

3 April to 3 May, 2017, Fellowship at the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts

30 March to 2 April, 2016, panelist: “Everyone’s a Critic: The Need and Opportunities for Professional Book Reviewing,” AWP Conference, Los Angeles, California

4 December, 2015 “Finding the Shapes of our Stories: A Writer Considers Literary Form”, Lecture at Universidad Alberto Hurtado, Santiago, Chile

20 November, 2015 “Storytelling: Writer and Readers”, Lecture at Universidad de La Serena, La Serena, Chile

22 October, 2015 “Forms of Fiction”, Lecture at University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

12-23 July, 2015 Lectures and Readings at the University of Alaska MFA program, Anchorage

3-29 May, 2015 Writing Residency at Brush Creek Ranch, Wyoming

9 April, 2015 “Writing and Workshopping the Long Narrative” panel (with Michael Martone and Lex Williford), AWP Conference, Minneapolis

13-30 April, 2015 Writing Residency at Virginia Center for the Creative Arts

12 December, 2014 Lecture, American College, Madurai, India

11 December, 2014 11 am – 1 pm, Workshop, American College, Panagal Rd, Alwapuram, Madurai, Tamil Nadu 625002, India. +91 452 253 0070

12-24 July, Lectures, Reading and panel at the University of Alaska Anchorage

8 April, 2014 Class Visit, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa

1 May-4 June, 2013 Residency Fellowship at Virginia Center for the Creative Arts
22 April to 24, 2013 May, Residency fellowship at Fondazione Bogliasco in Liguria, Italy.

February, 2013 Residency fellowship at Fundación Valparaiso in Spain.

13-26 July, 2013 Valerie Miner taught in the low residency MFA Program at the University of Alaska Anchorage

September, 2012, Residency Fellowship, Hedgebrook, San Juan Islands, WA

7-19 July, 2012, Speaker, Reader, Workshop Leader, University of Alaska Low Residency Program, Anchorage, Alaska, http://www.uaa.alaska.edu/cwla/

8-12 June, 2012, Speaker, Workshop Leader, Kachemak Bay Writers’ Conference, Homer, Alaska, http://writersconference.homer.alaska.edu/faculty.htm

April, May, 2012, Residency Fellowship, Heinz Foundation, Hawthornden Castle, Scotland

23-24 March, 2012, “Symposium in Creative Writing” lead by Valerie Miner, Sabanci University, Istanbul, Turkey

19 March, 2012, “Gendered Words,” Lecture at Sabanci University, Istanbul, Turkey

2 March, 2012, AWP Conference, Chicago “Imagining the New Workshop,” in panel about “On Reinvigorating the Creative Writing Workshop: Four Bold New Approaches” with Michael Martone, Robin Hemley, Ann Panning, and Steve Fellner.

16 December, 2012 Alberto Hurtado University, Santiago, Chile, Lecture

2-5 February, 2011 “Discovering the Narrative Persona,” AWP CONFERENCE, , Washington, D.C.

2-5 February, 2011 “The Possibilities of Eco-Fiction,” AWP CONFERENCE, , Washington, D.C.

January, 2011 American Library, New Delhi (Two Lectures)

January, 2011 Bombay Press Club, Lecture

January, 2011, University of Mumbai, Creative Writing Workshop

December, 2010 Jadavpur University, Calcutta, India. Creative Writing Workshop

December, 2010 Statesman School of Journalism, Calcutta, India, Creative Writing Workshop

5 November, 2010, “From the Reportorial ‘I’ to Polyvocal Narration,” Non-Fiction NOW Conference, University of Iowa

4-6 November, 2010 NonfictionNow Conference, Iowa City, Michael Steinberg; Valerie Miner; Jane Bernstein; Lise Funderburg; Hattie Fletcher, Elizabeth Kadetskymber, 2010, “From the Reportorial ‘I’ to Polyvocal Narration,” Non-Fiction NOW Conference, University of Iowa

29-31 July, 2010 Mendocino Coast Writers’ Conference, College of the Redwoods, Fort Bragg, California

10-20 July, 2010, Reading, lecture and workshop at University of Alaska Anchorage Low Residency MFA Program

13 May, 2010. Reading and lecture at the Department of Women’s Studies and Feminist Research and the broader community at The University of Western Ontario, Canada

29 April-1 June, 2010, Residence Fellowship, Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, Mt. San Angelo, Virginia

8 April, 2010, Panel, Associated Writing Programs, Denver

23 March, 2010, Creative Writing Symposium with Valerie Miner, Sabanci University, Karaköy, Istanbul

22 March, 2010, afternoon, Lecture
Bosphorus University, Istanbul

23-27 March, 2009 Atma Jaya University, Indonesia (Week Long Series of lectures and workshops)

30 March, 2009 University of Muhammadiyah, Yogyakarta, Indonesia

30 March, 2009 Impulse NGO, Community Arts Organization, Yogyakarta, Indonesia

30 March, 2009 Yayasan Bagong Kusudiardjo Arts Center, Yogyakarta, Indonesia

31 March, 2009 Gadjah Mada University, Yogyakarta, Indonesia

1 April, 2009 Airlangga University, Surabaya, Indonesia

1April, 2009 State University of Surabaya, Surabaya, Indonesia

2 April, 2009 Petra University, Surabaya, Indonesia

2 April, 2009 Taman Budaya Jawa Timur (East Java Cultural Cente,Surabaya, Indonesia

3 April, 2009 State University of Malang, Indonesia

3 April, 2009 Malang Public Library, Indonesia

5 April, 2009 University of Indonesia, Depok, Indonesia

5 November, 2008 University of South Carolina, Columbia

30 April, 2008 Stanford University, “How I Write Series,” English Department

19 April, 2008 College of the Redwoods, CA

Papers Presented

12 April, 2014 Paper Presented at the Shakespeare Association of America, St. Louis

“Dead and Alive: Body, Gender and Generation,” Keynote lecture and reading, “International Workshop on Science Technology and Gender: Bodies and Differences,” Centro de Ciencias Humanas y Sociales, CSIC Instituto de Filosofia, Madrid, Spain, 25 November, 2009

“Embodying The Lesbian Writer,” AWP Annual Conference, Chicago, 13 February, 2009

Selected Essays, Stories, and Reviews

Review of Claire Keegan’s Small Things Like These, Boston Globe, 24 November, 2021.

Review of Juhea Kim’s Beasts of a Little Land, San Francisco Chronicle, 30 November, 2021.

June, 2018, “La Fourmi Faim” in The Coachella Review

February/March 2018, “Iconoclast,” short story, forthcoming in 10^th Anniversary Issue of Consequence Magazine, Women and War Issue.

2018, “Incident on the Tracks,” in Belmont Story Review, Double Issue. Read online.

17 December, 2014, Valerie’s review of Maria Duenas’s The Heart Has Its Reasons in the San Francisco Chronicle 

Valerie’s story “Mountain Pose” published in Cirque, Fall-Winter 2014-15

Valerie’s story “Under Stars” published in Michigan Quarterly Review, Fall 2014

1 September, 2013, Valerie’s review of Margaret Atwood, MaddAddam in The Boston Globe

5, May, 2013, Valerie’s review of Gail Godwin, Flora, in The Boston Globe
Summer, 2012, Valerie’s essay, “Crossing Back, A Provisional Return,” was published in Winter Tales: Women Write About Aging, Edited by Ricki Rycraft and Leslie What, Serving House Press http://servinghousebooks.com/women.html

2012, Valerie’s stories, “The Palace of Physical Culture,” “El Palacio de la Cultura Risica” (truducción de Ana Toledo Chávarri) and “Three Women By the River At One Time or Another” “Tres Mujeres en el Río, en un Momento o en otro” (truducción de Ana Toledo Chávarri) (short stories translated and reprinted in Cuerpos Y Diferencias, edited by Eulalia Pérez Sedeño and Rebeca Ibáñez Martín, Madrid: Plaza y Valdéz http://www.plazayvaldes.com/