Naomi Shihab Nye will give a public presentation on Thursday, September 2 in conjunction with The Ground of Listening—a Writing Workshop for Poetry and Short Prose. The workshop will use the marvelous domain of Haystack as base camp, and explore the wide terrain of mystery and detail we each carry with us, as well as pivotal poems by others. Participants will write every day, in class, out of class, paying patient attention to what springs up on the page, allowing words and lines to sprout, grow, connect, surprise.

Naomi Shihab Nye has written or edited nearly thirty books, including collections of poems, children’s picture books, two novels for teens, and personal essays. She lives in old downtown San Antonio, Texas. An itinerant visiting writer since graduating from Trinity University, Texas, Naomi Shihab Nye has conducted writing workshops and given talks and readings in hundreds of venues around the world. But Haystack, where she was visiting artist in 2006, remains one of her favorite places.