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Sharon Niederman is a writer and speaker of considerable talent. She is well versed on a number of topics including women's issues, Southwestern history, travel and cuisine. Sharon Niederman’s public speaking experience has brought her before audiences on college campuses, at community organizations, book fairs, museums and writers' conferences. Whether speaking on the women's west, women writers, the trail of the Jewish pioneers or her original research into Jewish pioneer women's memoirs and journals, she reaches audiences through a combination of solid information, vivid, intriguing detail and arresting performance.

See Sharon in Person

Sharon Niederman, whose debut novel, Return to Abo (UNM Press, 2005), received the WILLA finalist award in 2006 for best contemporary novel of the women's west from Women Writing the West, will speaking and signing her novel around the state. She is also being welcomed back as a favorite guide for the University of New Mexico's Division Continuing Education's The Story of New Mexico series. Sharon will share her stories and guide participants to favorite destinations.


Dates

Sunday, February 10, 2008, 2:10–3:10 pm A Taste of Honey — Jewish Community Center, 5520 Wyoming Blvd. NE, Albuquerque. The Portable Shabbat: Light Up Your Life Wherever You Are. Contact: 505-348-4500.

Friday, March 7–May 9, 2008 — The Path with Heart: Healing Images and Journal Accounts from Ecuador — University of New Mexico Hospital, Health Sciences Gallery, 4th Floor, 6150 University Blvd. NE, Albuquerque. Opening reception March 7, 4–6 pm. Contact 505-272-9700.

Wednesday, May 15, 2008, 9:30–11:30 am — Story of New Mexico — Continuing Education, University of New Mexico. Jewish Pioneers of New Mexico. Presentation of original research on New Mexico’s 19th and early 20th century pioneers. Sharon interviewed descendants and researched family records, letters and memoirs to compile the story of these German-Jewish immigrants and their impact on New Mexico. Contact: 277-0077; dce.unm.edu.

Thursday, May 16, 2008 8 am–7 pm — Jewish History — The Headstones Speak. Visit the Montefiore Cemetery in Las Vegas, NM, the first Jewish cemetery in New Mexico and the final resting place of many Jewish pioneers. Lunch at Charley’s Spic-n-Span Restaurant, where Sharon will share some of her knowledge of amusing Yiddish words, sayings and wisdom. Contact: 277-0077; dce.unm.edu.

June 11–15 — Writing Retreat — Mandala Center, Des Moines, NM. Intensive guided work on individual projects, small group discussions, editing. Bring a project to complete or begin one you’ve been wanting to approach. For all who write or want to write. Contact 505-278-3002; info@mandalacenter.org.



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