This is the 29th annual Key West Literary Seminar. This year, we explore food in literature. The Hungry Muse features dozens of today’s most compelling, thought-provoking, and funniest writers– memoirists, novelists, poets, historians, journalists, and all manner of lettered gastronome and gourmand. It promises to be a mouthwatering investigation not simply of the stuff we eat, but of all the things food stands for in our lives.
more »« lessThe Key West Literary Seminar explores a different theme each year, bringing acclaimed writers and readers from all over the world together in this historic island city. Four days of readings, conversations, lectures, panel discussions, and parties add up to an event that is one of today's smartest and most high-spirited literary gatherings.
The Hungry Muse includes two independent four-day sessions, both of which take place at the San Carlos Institute. Space is limited; advance registration ($495/all events) is strongly recommended.
Session One: January 6 - 9, 2011
Diana Abu-Jaber, Roy Blount Jr., Frank Bruni, Billy Collins, Jason Epstein, Jonathan Gold,Darra Goldstein, Daniel Halpern, Madhur Jaffrey, Judith Jones, Harry Mathews, Molly O’Neill,Julia Reed, Ruth Reichl, and Calvin Trillin.
Session Two: January 13 - 16, 2011
Elizabeth Berg, Roy Blount Jr., Kate Christensen, Billy Collins, John T. Edge, Adam Gopnik, Gael Greene, Jane Hirshfield, Madhur Jaffrey, Mark Kurlansky, David Mas Masumoto, Nicole Mones,Bich Minh Nguyen, Molly O’Neill, Michael Ruhlman, Patrick Symmes, Calvin Trillin, and Kevin Young.
