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Author Ann Hood joins Todos Santos Writers Workshop faculty for 2026 Baja creative writing retreat

TODOS SANTOS, Baja California Sur, Mexico, Aug. 4, 2025 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Bestselling author Ann Hood has joined the faculty of the Todos Santos Writers Workshop (TSWW) for the 13th annual Winter Session, January 31 – February 7, 2026. Hood’s international bestsellers include “The Knitting Circle,” “The Obituary Writer,” and “The Book That Matters Most.” Her most recent book is the novel “The Stolen Child.” Hood joins Christopher Merrill (poetry), Karen Karbo (memoir), Jeanne McCulloch (memoir), and Rex Weiner (storytelling strategies) to lead the fiction class in the acclaimed Baja creative writing retreat’s 2026 teaching lineup.

Image caption: Bestselling Author Ann Hood comes to Todos Santos Writers Workshop.

“I have always been a huge fan of Ann’s singular narrative finesse,” says TSWW co-founder and co-director Jeanne McCulloch, “Her work is a clarion call, delivered in finely chiseled, unforgettable prose, teaching us about love, courage, and the will to overcome unparalleled grief – a celebration of life in all of its quirky, mysterious forms. Her students over the years have been blessed by her care, contagious good humor, and the many lessons she has to teach. She is a truly special addition to TSWW, and we are delighted to welcome her and her husband, the celebrated writer Michaell Ruhlman, to our workshop family.”

“I’m so excited to be part of the Todos Santos Writers Workshop faculty with the ever-fabulous Jeanne McCulloch, Christopher Merrill, Karen Karbo, and Rex Weiner. Looking forward to meeting our writers in this magical place and sharing time together.”

About Ann Hood:

Author of over a dozen novels, Hood has also written five memoirs, including “Fly Girl,” about her days as a TWA flight attendant in the 1970s and 80s; and “Comfort: A Journey Through Grief,” the story of her five-year-old daughter Grace’s sudden death from a virulent form of strep in 2002, a NYT Editors’ Choice and one of Entertainment Weekly’s 2008 top ten non-fiction books.

She is the winner of two Pushcart Prizes, two Best American Food Writing awards, a Best American Travel Writing award, and a Best American Spiritual Writing award. Her essays and short stories have appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Los Angeles Times, The Wall Street Journal, Food and Wine, Traveler, National Geographic Traveler, The Paris Review, The Atlantic, and many more.

More info: https://www.annhood.us/.

About Todos Santos Writers Workshop:

The Todos Santos Writers Workshop, founded in 2014, is a center for creative writing based in the historic pueblo mágico of Todos Santos, Baja California Sur, Mexico. TSWW’s annual winter session offers workshops for writers at all levels in fiction, memoir, poetry, and storytelling strategies.

Classes are limited to eight participants to ensure maximum individual attention. Todos Paris, the annual spring session in Paris, France, focuses on memoir and fiction writing.

More info: https://todossantoswritersworkshop.com/.

Winter Session Information: https://todossantoswritersworkshop.com/2026-session/.

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Writers Protest Fed Crackdown On Iowa University Writing Program

IOWA CITY, Iowa, March 10, 2025 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — In a letter delivered this week to Darren J. Beattie, a senior official at the US State Department’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, the acclaimed Todos Santos Writers Workshop (TSWW) decried the bureau’s recent cancellation of federal grants to the International Writing Program (IWP) at the University of Iowa.

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TSWW co-director Rex Weiner said “Since 1967, over 1,600 writers from more than 160 countries have participated in the University of Iowa’s renowned program. At home and abroad, IWP is a unique conduit for the world’s literatures, and the administration’s attack on this writing program is an attack on writers everywhere.”

IWP Director Christopher Merrill, who also serves as TSWW’s poetry workshop instructor, said in a UI statement that while the 58-year partnership with the federal government has ended, the university remains dedicated to the program’s mission to “promote mutual understanding through creative writing and literature.”

The federal grant to IWP of nearly $1 million “was roughly equal to what the writing program would have contributed to the U.S. economy next year,” according to the Iowa City Press-Citizen, noting the university’s statement that 90% of funds associated with the IWP’s federal grants are spent domestically, much of it in Iowa City, a UNESCO City of Literature.

TSWW co-director Jeanne McCulloch said, “As an international creative writing program with workshops in Mexico, France, and online globally, TSWW will continue to work with Christopher Merrill to explore ways to help advance IWP’s goals, and support writers around the world.”

About the Todos Santos Writers Workshop:

Now in its 13th year, the acclaimed Todos Santos Writers Workshop is a creative writing workshop with classes in fiction, memoir, and poetry based in the town of Todos Santos, Baja California Sur, MX, with its annual Todos Paris workshop upcoming May 18 – 24 in Paris, France.

More information: https://todossantoswritersworkshop.com/

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Novelist Michelle Wildgen Joins Todos Santos Writers Workshop’s 2024 Winter Session

TODOS SANTOS, Baja California Sur /ScoopCloud/ -- Novelist Michelle Wildgen has joined the faculty of the Todos Santos Writers Workshop for the 11th annual winter session, Feb. 4 - 10, 2024. Wildgen, a longtime editor at Tin House magazine, and author of four novels, will lead the fiction class. Wildgen joins Christopher Merrill (poetry), Karen Karbo (memoir), Jeanne McCulloch (memoir), and Rex Weiner (storytelling strategies) in the acclaimed creative writing retreat's teaching lineup.

Wildgen's most recent novel, "Wine People," published in August 2023 by Zibby Books, is described as "A riveting, behind-the-scenes portrait of a high-drama industry, from the chateau to the corner office... pour a glass and dive in," by Oprah Daily.

"I've known Michelle since we were colleagues at Tin House," said TSWW co-founder and co-director Jeanne McCulloch. "In addition to being a gifted writer and editor, she is a wise and generous teacher who understands craft on a fundamental level. She also happens to be a fabulous person, our students will be very fortunate to work with her."

"I'm thrilled to join the incredible faculty at Todos Santos Writers Workshop and to work with the brilliant Jeanne McCulloch once again," said Wildgen. "Something truly special happens for the writers around these tables, and I'm honored to be a part of it."

About Michelle Wildgen:

In addition to Wine People, Wildgen is the author of the novels You're Not You, But Not For Long (Picador), and Bread and Butter (Doubleday), and the editor of the food writing anthology Food & Booze (Tin House). A former executive editor with the award-winning literary journal Tin House, she is a freelance editor and co-founder/co-director since 2013 of the Madison Writers' Studio in Madison, Wisconsin. More info at https://www.michellewildgen.com/.

About Todos Santos Writers Workshop:

The Todos Santos Writers Workshop, founded in 2014, is a center for creative writing based in the historic pueblo mágico of Todos Santos, Baja California Sur, Mexico. TSWW's annual winter session offers workshops for writers at all levels in fiction, memoir, poetry, and storytelling strategies. Classes are limited to eight participants to ensure maximum individual attention. An annual TSWW spring session in Paris, France, focuses on memoir writing.

More info: https://todossantoswritersworkshop.com/.

Winter Session Information: https://todossantoswritersworkshop.com/?page_id=1488

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Novelist Michelle Wildgen has joined the faculty of the Todos Santos Writers Workshop for the 11th annual winter session, Feb. 4 - 10, 2024. Wildgen, a longtime editor at Tin House magazine, and author of four novels, will lead the fiction class. Wildgen joins Christopher Merrill (poetry), Karen Karbo (memoir), Jeanne McCulloch (memoir), and Rex Weiner (storytelling strategies) in the acclaimed creative writing retreat's teaching lineup.

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