Key West Literary Seminar: The Hungry Muse, January 6-16

Key West Literary Seminar: The Hungry Muse
January 6-16, 2011 (Two 4-day sessions)
Key West, Florida

“The Hungry Muse: An Exploration of Food in Literature” is the topic of the twenty-ninth annual Key West Literary Seminar, to be held in January 2011. Dozens of today’s most compelling, thought-provoking, and funniest writers will participate in a mouthwatering investigation not simply of the stuff we eat but of all the things food stands for in our thoughts and words and stories. 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. Confirmed speakers include Roy Blount Jr., Frank Bruni, Kate Christensen, Jonathan Gold, Gastronomica Editor in Chief Darra Goldstein, Adam Gopnik, Gael Greene, Madhur Jaffrey, Mark Kurlansky, Ruth Reichl, Michael Ruhlman, and Calvin Trillin. For registration and more information visit http://www.kwls.org.