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TOM MILLER has enlightened and entertained audiences at major book fairs, universities, and writers' conferences with his lively talks about his books and the many places his journeys have taken him. To arrange for Tom Miller to speak at your event, click here to inquire about available dates.

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January 25, 2019 (Friday)
5 pm - 7 pm
The Shanty, 401 E 9th St (at 4th Ave)
Tuckmas! A celebration of Dick Tuck
Miller will read his New Yorker Talk of the Town piece on Dick Tuck; others will celebrate Tuck as well

January 18 (Friday)
7 pm - 9 pm
"1968 — From the My Lai Massacre to Yellow Submarine”
Bisbee Royale
Main Street Bisbee AZ
details: 520-432-1400 

September 17, 2018 (Monday)
7 pm - 9 pm
“From the My Lai Massacre to Yellow
Submarine”
Tucson Literary Club
Arizona Inn
Private affair; closed to the public

September 6, 2018 (Thursday)
6 pm – 8 pm
“From the My Lai Massacre to Yellow
Submarine”
Special Collections
University of Arizona Libraries
Tucson
click here for details

May 12, 2018 (Saturday)
6 pm
Benefit event for Lend a Hand
Public talk
HighWire Lounge
14 S Arizona Ave., downtown Tucson

March 11, 2018 (Sunday)
2:30 - 3:30 p.m.
panelist, "Tom Miller, Hot and Cold"
Special Collections, U of Arizona Library
Tucson, Arizona

February 9, 2018 (Friday)
12:30 pm – 2:30 pm
Charla con café:  â€œTravel Writing”
For students in Latin American Studies and Journalism; open to the public
University of Arizona, Marshall Building (room TBA)

November 9, 2017 (Thursday)
6 p.m.
Book launch
   â€¢ Cuba, Hot and Cold
   â€¢ re-release of The Panama Hat Trail
Main Library, University of Arizona, Tucson

February 6-16, 2017 (Monday-Thursday)
Cuba Cultural Voyage, Lecturer and guide,
Sea Mist cruise circumnavigating Cuba,
departing and returning to Ft. Lauderdale, FL
with seven shore excursions en route
click here for details

January 17-27, 2017 (Tuesday-Friday)
Cuba Cultural Voyage, Lecturer and guide,
Sea Mist cruise circumnavigating Cuba,
departing and returning to Ft. Lauderdale, FL
with seven shore excursions en route
click here for details

September 19, 2016 (Monday)
7 pm
Trading with the Enemy
Tucson Literary Club
(private event)
Tucson, Arizona
postponed until December 12, 2016

January 4-11, 2016 (Mon. - Mon.)
"Literary Havana VI" group leader
Havana, Cuba
click here for details

July 20, 2015 (Monday)
7-9 pm reading and discussion of
Trading with the Enemy: A Yankee Travels through Castro’s Cuba
Queen Anne Book Company
1811 Queen Anne Ave. N.
Seattle
click here for details
or call:  206-284-2427

July 13–17, 2015 (Mon.–Fri.)
Centrum – The Port Townsend Writers Conference
Port Townsend, Washington
Travel writing workshop
2 – 3:30PM daily
details

April 24-May 2, 2015 (Fri.-Sat.)
Times Journeys
“Cuba. The Time is Now: A People to People Experience”
Trip “expert.”
details

April 18, 2015 (Saturday)
Santa Cruz Nature and Heritage Festival
1:30PM
Americana Hotel, Nogales, Ariz.
Talk: “Oh What a Beautiful Border”

February 11, 2015 (Wednesday)
Kiva Room, U of Arizona Student Union
5:00PM
“a roundtable discussion on the implications of the restoration of diplomatic relations between the United States and Cuba”

January 3-10, 2015 (Sat.–Sat.)
"Literary Havana V" group leader
Havana, Cuba
details

Oct.29 - Nov. 5, 2014
consultant to The Travel Channel
Havana, Cuba

October 17, 2014 (Friday)
“The Mexican Border”
2 pm, Mayan Room
Quality Hotel Americana, Nogales USA
Santa Cruz Co. International Film Festival
Open to public
click for details

October 7, 2014 (Tuesday)
5:30 p.m.
“How I Learned English”
Copper Queen Library
Bisbee, Arizona
details: (520) 432-4232

October 3, 2014 (Friday)
4:30-5:30 pm
“Writing on the Edge”
Center of the American West
Westward Look Resort, Tucson
(closed to the public)

March 16, 2014 (Sunday) 2:30 pm
TUCSON FESTIVAL OF BOOKS
University of Arizona campus
Moderator, for panel: Finding Home: Exiles in Fiction panelists: Benjamin Alire Sáenz and Andre Dubus
Modern Languages Bdg., #350

March 15, 2014 (Saturday) 4:00 pm
TUCSON FESTIVAL OF BOOKS
University of Arizona campus
Panelist, "Not Lost in Translation.”
Student Union Kachina Room

January 4-11, 2014 (Sat.–Sat.)
"Literary Havana" group leader
Havana, Cuba

December 18, 2013 (Wednesday)
“Cuba from the Street”
3:30 pm – 4:30 pm
Arizona Senior Academy
13715 E. Langtry Lane, Tucson
Open to the public

July 5 – 10, 2013 CANCELLED
Group leader, research trip to Cuba
(Pre-AAN convention option open to members of the Association of Alternative Newsmedia)
Havana, Cuba

June 12, 2013 (Wednesday)
“Writing on the Edge: Borderlands Reading”
3:30 pm – 4:30 pm
Arizona Senior Academy
13715 E. Langtry Lane, Tucson
Open to the public
click for details

June 5, 2013 (Wednesday)
“Travels through Cuba”
11 a.m. – 1 p.m.
US Border Patrol, Diversity & Inclusion
Committee, Customs & Border Protection
Service, Tucson Sector
Private event

April 8 & 9, 2013 (Monday & Tuesday)
guest speaker and classroom visits
Latin American and Caribbean Studies Program
Bridgewater State University
Keynote talk: “Travels Through Castro’s Cuba” 3:30 pm, April 9, Heritage Room, Maxwell Library
Bridgewater, Mass.
click here for details
download poster

April 3, 2013 (Wednesday)
10 a.m.
“Writing on the Edge: Borderlands Reading”
Sun Lakes Library
(near) Chandler, Ariz.

January 29, 2013 (Tuesday)
5:30 p.m.
“Writing on the Edge: Borderlands Reading”
Copper Queen Library
Bisbee, Arizona

January 6-13, 2013 (Sun.–Sun.)
"Literary Havana"
group leader
Havana, Cuba

December 4, 2012 (Tuesday)
2 p.m.
“Thornton Wilder’s Arizona Days”
Sierra Vista Public Library
2600 E Tacoma St, Sierra Vista, Ariz.
open to the public
Details: (520) 458-4225

November 12, 2012 (Monday)
7 pm
“Don Quixote’s Trail”
Tucson Literary Club
(private event)
Tucson, Arizona

October 20, 2012 (Saturday)
2 pm
Tucson Hilton East
Guest speaker
Returned Peace Corps Volunteer
(Dominican Republic) Reunion
Tucson, Ariz.
(private event)

October 9 & 10, 2012 (POSTPONED)
guest speaker and classroom visits
Latin American and Caribbean Studies Program
Bridgewater State University
Bridgewater, Mass.
details to come

April 21-30, 2012 (Sat.–Mon.)
National Geographic Expeditions
“Cuba – Discovering It People and Culture”
Expert guide
click for details
[Enrollment full; waitlist available]

April 19, 2012 (Thursday)
Speaker
The Headwear Association annual dinner
Central Park Boathouse Restaurant
New York, NY
(private event)

April 12, 2012 (Thursday)
7:00 pm
“The Cuba You Don't Know”
Hester Auditorium, Henkel Hall
Shenandoah University
Winchester, VA
Open to the public

April 11, 2012 (Wed.)
 4:00 pm
“Cuba From the Street”
Saddlebrooke Clubhouse HOA 1
64500 E. Saddlebrooke Blvd.
north of Tucson, Ariz.
Free to members of Friends of the Saddlebrooke Libraries; $5, others
Details: 520-818-3527

April 2 & 3, 2012 (Mon. & Tues.)
Monday -- classroom visits
Tuesday, 7:30 pm
Annual Latin American Studies Lecture
"Cuba from the Streets"
Meyer Auditorium, Hotchkiss Hall
Lake Forest College
Lake Forest, IL
click here for details

March 11, 2012 (Sunday)
2:30 pm
TUCSON FESTIVAL OF BOOKS
University of Arizona campus
Student Union Ballroom
Interview with Larry McMurtry & Diana Ossana
Click here for details

March 8, 2012 (Thursday)
12 noon
“Thornton Wilder’s Arizona Days”
Elsie S.Hogan Community Library
100 North Curtis Avenue
Willcox, Ariz.
Details: (520) 766-4250

February 28, 2012 (Tuesday)
5:30 p.m.
“Thornton Wilder’s Arizona Days”
Copper Queen Library
6 Main Street
Copper Queen Plaza
Bisbee, Ariz.
Details: 520-432-4232

February 11-20, 2012 (Sat.–Mon.)
National Geographic Expeditions
“Cuba – Discovering It People and Culture”
Expert guide
click for details
[Enrollment full; waitlist available]

January 15-22, 2012 (Sun.–Sun.)
"Literary Havana"
group leader
Havana, Cuba
click for details

Dec. 30, 2011-Jan. 13, 2012 (Fri.–Fri.)
University of Iowa Creative Writing Students
group leader
Havana, Cuba

April 30, 2011 (Saturday)
4 pm-6 pm
MC at Tucson Folk Festival
Old Town Artisans Stage
click here for details

April 6, 2011 (Wednesday)
10 a.m.
“Thornton Wilder’s Arizona Days”
Sun Lakes Library
(near) Chandler, Ariz.

March 12-13, 2011 (Sat.–Sun.)
TUCSON FESTIVAL OF BOOKS
Univ. of Arizona campus
* Saturday 12th 11:30 a.m.
Conversation with Frank Deford
Ariz. Daily Star Pavilion
* Saturday 12th 2:30 p.m.
Conversation with Martin Cruz Smith
Modern Languages Bdg. Auditorium
click here for details

March 2, 2011 (Wednesday)
7:30 pm
Introducing documentary film
“Phil Ochs: There But for Fortune”
New Loft Cinema
3233 E. Speedway Blvd.
Tucson, Ariz.
click here for details

February 12, 2011 (Saturday)
Writers Round-Up Invitational Book Fair
Cady Hall
Patagonia, Ariz.

January 8-15, 2011
"Literary Havana"
group leader
Havana, Cuba

December 10 & 11, 2010 (Fri. & Sat.)
Arizona Historical Society Holiday Bookfair
Fri. 5 – 8 pm
Sat. 11 a.m. – 1 p.m.
949 E. 2nd St.
Tucson, Arizona

November 15, 2010 (Monday)
10:30 a.m.
“Writing on the Edge: Borderlands Reading”
Payson Public Library
Payson, Ariz.

November 11, 2010 (Thursday)
SAN MIGUEL DE ALLENDE, MEXICO
Literary Sala
5:00 pm
Posada San Francisco (corner, Hidalgo & Canal Streets, across from the main plaza)
Admission: 70 pesos; 50 pesos for Literary Sala members
click here for details

October 26, 2010 (Tuesday)
3:00 pm
University of Arizona
UA Library – Special Collections
“Writing on the Edge: Borderlands Reading
Tucson, Arizona

October 23, 2010 (Saturday)
Scottsdale Latin Group:
“A Night in Havana”
Live Cuban music, dancing, food
Event begins at 7:30 pm
Talk at 8:50 pm
Paradise Valley, Ariz.
Fee
click here for details

October 16, 2010 (Saturday)
12:30 - 1:30 pm
TEXAS BOOK FESTIVAL
Panel: "110 in the shade: Writing about the Southwest"
Texas State Capitol Grounds
Capitol Extension room #E2.016
Austin, Texas
click here for details

September 28, 2010 (Tuesday)
6-7:30 pm
“Thornton Wilder’s Arizona Days”
Sunland Village East
2145 South Farnsworth
Mesa, Ariz.
details: 480-380-0106

September 11, 2010 (Saturday)
10 – 11:30 am
“Thornton Wilder’s Arizona Days”
Arizona Historical Society
949 E. 2nd Street
Tucson, Ariz.
(brunch & talk; fee)
details: 520-628-5774

June 22, 2010 (Tuesday)
6 pm - 7:30 pm
“Writing on the Edge: Borderlands Reading”
Prescott Public Library
215 E. Goodwin St., Prescott, Ariz.

May 25-June 1, 2010
Leader, professional research group
Havana, Cuba

May 19-20, 2010 (Wed.–Thurs.)
Wizard Academy Writers Conference
in the hill country outside
Austin, Texas
click here for details

May 15, 2010 (Saturday)
8:00 pm
Opening for The Sisters Morales
Plaza Palomino
(SE corner, Swan/Ft. Lowell Rd.)
Tucson
click here for details

May 13, 2010 (Thursday)
Noon – 1 pm
“Writing on the Edge: Borderlands Reading”
Joel D. Valdez Main Library
101 N. Stone Ave., downtown Tucson
click here for details

April 22, 2010 (Thursday)
6 pm
participant, Lectura Continuada (marathon reading of Don Quijote)
Circulo de Bellas Artes
Madrid, Spain
click here for details

April 21, 2010 (Wednesday)
9-11 pm
group reading
Café Concierto La Fidula
Madrid, Spain

April 19, 2010 (Monday)
6 - 7:30 pm
Lecture to ABC Máster en periodismo class
ABC Newspaper building
Madrid, Spain

April 18, 2010 (Sunday)
participant, La Lectura Colectiva del Quijote (marathon reading of Don Quijote)
Centro Cultural
Argamasilla de Alba, Spain
click here for details

March 13-14, 2010 (Sat.–Sun.)
TUCSON FESTIVAL OF BOOKS
Univ. of Arizona campus
Saturday, 11:30–12:30 pm
Interview with Luis Urrea
Gallagher Theater, UA Student Union
Saturday, 1–2 pm
Moderator, U.S.-Mexico border panel
Gallagher Theater, UA Student Union
Sunday, 11:30 am
Conversation with Larry McMurtry and Diana Ossana
UA Student Union, Ballroom South
McMurtry event CANCELED
Book signing to follow all events
click here for details

February 13, 2010 (Saturday)
Writers Round-Up Invitational Book Fair
Cady Hall
Patagonia, Ariz.
click here for details

February 9, 2010 (Tuesday)
5:30 pm
“Writing on the Edge: Borderlands Reading”
Copper Queen Library
Bisbee, Arizona

January 12, 2010 (Tuesday)
7 pm
"Thornton Wilder's Arizona Days"
The Rogue Theatre
300 University Blvd.
Tucson free/open to the public
click here for details

November 12, 2009 (Thursday)
3:30-5:30 pm
"Cuba From the Street"
College of Justice and Safety
Eastern Kentucky University
Richmond, Ky.

September 17, 2009 (Thursday)
7-9 pm
Cuba en Tucson
"A Tucsonan in Cuba"
Cuban food, live music
Little Chapel
University of Arizona
Tucson, Arizona
$5 donation
visit the website for details
download details (pdf file)

September 8 & 9, 2009 (Tues.–Wed.)
MIAMI UNIVERSITY, OXFORD OHIO
Tuesday, 4 pm
“Writing About Your International Experience”
Howe Center for Writing Excellence
Wednesday, 4:30 pm
“Voices from Cuba: The Revolution and the New Millennium”
MacMillan Hall
click here for details (pdf file)

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Author Tom Miller's books with links to order them; Miller's photograph and biography, and an opportunity to arrange for Miller to speak to your organization, school, or convention.
 
Lonely Planet says Tom Miller's Trading with the Enemy
“may just be the best travel book about Cuba ever written.”

From Jon Lee Anderson in the Wall Street Journal:
“If you had to pick one great introduction to Havana,
it’d be this slender, readable work. It hits all the
touchstones of history, art and literature with a healthy
sense of humor—and you can finish it in an hour and a half.”

“Deftly written, keenly understood, soft-spokenly incisive, if there's one book about Cuba you read before you go, make it Cuba, Hot and Cold.”—La Bloga

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Trading with the Enemy:
A Yankee Travels Through Castro’s Cuba


One of “the five best books on Cuba.”
  â€” The Daily Beast

“…required reading for anyone who proposes to visit – or even talk about – Cuba today.”
— The Reader’s Companion to Cuba

“…una de las más serias aproximaciones a la realidad cubana de las últimas décadas realizada por un norteamericano…una visión objetiva de una realidad que es ya en sí misma desmesurada, agresiva y pasional.”
— Revista ENCUENTRO de la cultural cubana (Madrid)

“compassion and humor... desultory charm and sympathy for the underdog.”
— Washington Post Book World (front page)
 


“Tom Miller has caught the letter, if not the spirit, of Cuba today.”
— Pico Iyer, Los Angeles Times

“A good natured, evenhanded account of life in that island nation... marvelously readable.”
— Islands

“Tom Miller's book is written with wit and grace and is chock full of information that few, if any, know about Cuba. A wonderful book.”
— Jim Harrison

“A fabulous travelogue...Thoughtful, engaging, insightful, compassionate, and told in rich narrative.”
— Cuba Handbook (Moon Travel Handbooks)

ENGLISH | KINDLE | GERMAN

Fidel has died; long live Cuba’s music, books, and movies!
click here to see Tom's list

Read Tom's latest on Don Quixote of La Mancha

Tom receives the Nobel Prize in Literature!
ENGLISH  |  SPANISH  |  CHINESE

 

Also By Tom Miller 

 Revenge of the Saguaro

“Tom Miller loves the American Southwest the way a man loves a wayward, difficult woman, accepting her trashy, all-too-interesting history while knowing the heartbreaking truth. A rueful, wonderful, highly personal guide.”
— Martin Cruz Smith

“Miller is as quirky and delightful as ever, treating the Southwest as a vast midden from which he plucks many odorous but tasty treasures. The fun, as usual, comes from watching Tom digest.”
— Larry McMurtry

“[Miller is] a superb reporter and slyly funny stylist. This is a compulsively readable book by one of our best non-fiction writers.”
— San Francisco Chronicle

“Tom Miller has brought the region to life in his own special way…he adds to its reality and magic.”
—Pete Hamill, from his foreword

Copper miners, Hollywoodlings, and songwriters, barflies, cockfighters, and eco-saboteurs all have their say. There’s a portrait of Cochise County, Arizona, closer to Mexico than to the United States but obeying the laws of neither, and we learn about the author’s escapades as a stringer for the New York Times. ROTS lovingly portrays this conflicted region with a clear moral vision, while reveling in the joys of the land and its people.

The book draws on the frightening story of a double homicide, in which a majestic 125 year old saguaro kills its assassin.

ENGLISH | KINDLE | GERMAN

 

The Panama Hat Trail

“Among the best travel books ever written”
— National Geographic Traveler

“Part reportage, part travelogue, and all pleasure; it is written with enthusiasm and wit… filled with lively anecdotes, pungent asides, vivid scenes... a pleasure on every page of the journey."
— Jonathan Yardley, The Washington Post

"Reminiscent of a masterly story by B. Traven...a thorough and entertaining job."
— Alex Shoumatoff, New York Times Book Review

ENGLISH | GERMAN | SPANISH | FRENCH

 

How I Learned English

 â€œâ€¦a book of high linguistic adventure.”
— Frank McCourt

“Essential reading”
— Los Angeles Times

 ENGLISH | SPANISH 

 
 

On the Border

“Miller writes with wit, compassion, and truth.”
— The Lone Star Review

“Mr. Miller has drawn a lively sketch of this unruly, unpredictable place.”
— New York Times Book Review

ENGLISH | SPANISH | FRENCH | KINDLE

 

 

Writing on the Edge
A Borderlands Reader

“Miller’s anthology is extraordinarily rich, complex, and unsettling.”
— Los Angeles Times


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NEWS

       . . . from China
The first chapter of Cuba, Hot and Cold has been translated into Chinese and published in an anthology of works from around the world. The translation was carried out by Li Xueshun, a professor of English at a university located in the city of Fuling, east of Chungking.

        . . . from Tucson
The Ars Foundation for Tucson and South Tucson has awarded Tom a grant to continue his work during the pandemic period. Tom’s competitive grant was underwritten by the City of Tucson, as well as state and national arts groups.

         . . . from Chicago
Tom’s essay on Travel Writing appeared in the prestigious literary periodical, Chicago Quarterly Review. CQR, which dates back to the mid-1990s, published the essay in CQR #32 at the end of 2020. CQR, a nonprofit, independent literary journal, publishes short stories, poems, translations, and essays.

          . . . from Arizona
The Festchrift (literary tribute) honoring Tom that was released in November 2017 has been updated. Its second edition includes contributions from Dan Okrent and Pete Hamill as well as a bibliography of Miller’s work The second edition became available June 2020.

          . . . from San Francisco
The opening chapter in Cuba, Hot & Cold has won the Bronze prize in the annual Solas Awards listing. The prize, announced in early 2020, was for “Cubana Be Cubana Bop,” Tom's profile of Cuba’s master guitar maker Pedro Juan Gutiérrez. In all, almost one-hundred writings were considered by the judges. The Travelers’ Tales publishing company annually administers the distinguished award, whose name translates from the Irish as “light.”

         . . . from Albuquerque
The annual New Mexico-Arizona book competition took place during the autumn of 2018, with some 56 categories available to authors and publishers in the two-state region. Tom’s book, Cuba, Hot & Cold, was a first place winner in the “Travel” category.

         . . . from France
Transatlantica, Revue d’études américaines (American Studies Journal), a scholarly French journal published biannually, has reviewed Cuba, Hot and Cold, in its new edition, calling it “rich with insights about the current situation.” Reviewer Claude Chastagner says the book is “particularly timely,” complimenting its “cool, elegant, precise prose.” Chastagner, France’s leading expert on U.S. culture, says the book “shows the fascinating evolution of Cuban society.” The Transatlantica review concludes that Cuba, Hot and Cold is “an immensely enjoyable read.”

         . . . from Arizona
Admirers of Tom's writing have assembled a 63 page Festschrift (literary tribute) praising his journalistic style and approach. Conceived and edited by Tucsonan David Carter, the Festschrift was released in November 2017 at a meeting of the Tucson Literary Club. It is available for perusing at the U of Arizona library's Special Collection room. The booklet contains fifteen essays from seven cities. Photos of Tom at work covering the U.S.-Mexico border in the 1970s are included.

        . . . from New York
The literary agency Trident Media has completed negotiations for Tom’s new book, Cuba, Hot and Cold. The book, which covers Miller’s experiences during the Special Period – Cuba’s economic free-fall in the ‘90s – is scheduled for release fall 2017.

Miller’s classic travel book, The Panama Hat Trail, will be re-released simultaneously. Both will be published by the University of Arizona Press.

         . . . from Mexico
 The Cultural Ministry of Mexico has selected Revenge of the Saguaro: Portraits of America’s Southwestern Frontier, by Tom Miller, to be translated into Spanish. Miller’s book, published in English by Cinco Puntos Press of El Paso, was entered in a 2016 competition called “Programa de Apoyo a la Traducción (PROTRAD),” and will be published by Trilce Ediciones of Mexico City. Christina Guerrero Harmon will translate the book. Miller’s other books include The Panama Hat Trail and Trading with the Enemy: A Yankee Travels through Castro’s Cuba.

          . . . from China
A scholarly journal in China has published an essay about Tom's book, Trading with the Enemy. The essay, published in both Chinese and English, came out in 2015. click here for a bilingual version.

          . . . from Homeland Security
The Department of Homeland Security has expressed its appreciation to Tom for taking part in a June 2013 U.S. Customs and Border Protection Caribbean Heritage Awareness event. Homeland Security invited Miller to speak to Border Patrol and Customs agents about Cuba. They said his “generosity is appreciated by our agents, support staff, and families.”

         . . . from Phoenix, Arizona
The Arizona Commission on the Arts has designated Tom as one of only seven recipients of a Research and Development Grant, the Commission’s most prestigious award. The announcement, made in December 2012, says Miller’s grant will underwrite further research on his current book project, Don Quixote’s Trail. In all, there were seventy applications for the annual Artist Research and Development Grant. click here

         . . . from the Basque Country
The organizers of the annual Mikel Essery Travel Writing Contest in San Sebastian/Donostia hosted Tom at the end of his 2011 research trip to Spain. Tom has been privileged to appear in "Mambo Poa," the contest’s journal of winning entries, in its first two issues. The research trip was partially underwritten by the Club España of Tucson and Casa Vicente Spanish Restaurant.

          . . . from the Bay Area
Word has reached us that Tom has won first prize in the coveted Solas Awards for 2010. The Solas Awards judges gave Tom the Gold award in the “Destinations” category for “A Border Rat in the Twilight Zone,” originally published in The Washington Post in February, 2009. He also won a Bronze award for “Notes on an Andean Pilgrim” in the “Travel Memoir” field. The prizes are administered by Travelers’ Tales, a publisher of travel stories.

            . . . from Europe
Spain’s Castilla-La Mancha regional government explains Tom’s activities during the summer of 2009: Click here.

           . . . from the Borderlands
For his "constant and energetic support" of the yearly Patagonia (Ariz.)Writers Roundup, on Valentine's Day 2009 Tom received the first annual Ann Caston Award from the Friends of the Patagonia (Ariz.) Library.

            . . . from South America
May 30, 2008, Tom Miller was honored in a ceremony in the Centro Histórico of Quito, with a proclamation designating him a Huésped Ilustre de Quito (Illustrious Guest of Quito) for his literary contribution to Ecuador, especially The Panama Hat Trail. The proclamation, a handsome 11”x16” certificate with a blood-red ribbon running down its side under the elaborate Quito city seal, was signed by the mayor.

BIO

Tom Miller has been writing about Latin America and the American Southwest for more than thirty years, bringing us extraordinary stories of ordinary people. Miller’s highly acclaimed adventure books include The Panama Hat Trail about South America, On the Border, an account of his travels along the U.S.-Mexico frontier, Trading With the Enemy, which takes readers on his journeys through Cuba, and, about the American Southwest, Revenge of the Saguaro. Additionally, he has edited three compilations, How I Learned English, Travelers’ Tales Cuba, and Writing on the Edge: A Borderlands Reader.

Miller, a veteran of the underground press of the 1960s, was subpoenaed by the Nixon Justice Department to testify before a federal grand jury investigating the anti-war movement. Miller refused to even enter the grand jury room, claiming that to appear behind closed doors would affect his ability to gather news. After considerable legal maneuvering on both sides a US District Court judge ruled in Miller’s favor.

Miller has appeared in Smithsonian, The New Yorker, LIFE, The New York Times, Natural History, and many other publications. He wrote the introduction to Best Travel Writing – 2005, and has led educational tours through Cuba for the National Geographic Society and other organizations. His collection of some eighty versions of “La Bamba” led to his Rhino Records release, “The Best of La Bamba.” His book On the Border has been optioned by Productvision for a theatrical film.

Miller was born and raised in Washington, D.C., attended college in Ohio, and since 1969 has lived in Arizona 65 miles north of the Mexican border. He is a past fellow of the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History and holds membership in the Thornton Wilder Society and the Cervantes Society of America. He was a major contributor to the four-volume Encyclopedia Latina.

Well-traveled through the Americas, Miller has taught writing workshops in four countries and his books have been published in Europe and Latin America as well as the United States. In recognition of his work the University of Arizona Library has acquired Miller’s archives and mounted a major exhibit of the author’s papers. He has been affiliated with that school’s Latin American Area Center since 1990, and makes his home in Tucson with his wife Regla Albarrán.

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April 26, 2009 (Sun.)
Los Angeles Times Festival of Books
UCLA campus
12:30 – 1:30 pm
Lenart Auditorium, Fowler Museum
“America 2.0 – Who We Are Becoming”
3- 4 pm
Hoy (Spanish-language daily) Cultural Stage
“Language and Literacy: The Importance of Multi-lingual Abilities”
click here for details

March 14-15, 2009 (Sat.–Sun.)
TUCSON FESTIVAL OF BOOKS
Univ. of Arizona campus
Saturday, 12:30 – 1:30 pm
Talk at UA Alumni/Las Comadres de Las Américas author tent
UA Mall
Saturday, 2:30 - 3:30 pm
Conversation with Elmore Leonard
UA Student Union, Ballroom South
Sunday, 12:30 – 1:30 pm
Talk at UA Alumni/Las Comadres de Las Américas author tent
UA Mall
Sunday, 2:30 - 3:30 pm
Travel Writing panel
UA Integrated Learning Center
Book signing to follow all events
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February 14 (Saturday), 2009
Valentine’s Day
10 am – 3 pm
Writers Round-Up
Cady Hall
Patagonia, Ariz.
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December 5 & 6, 2008 (Fri. & Sat.)
Fri. 6 - 8 pm
Sat. 10 am - 1 pm
Holiday Book Fair
Arizona Historical Society
949 E. Second St.
Tucson, Ariz. 

November 1, 2008 (Saturday)
3 - 4 pm
Texas Book Festival
State Capitol #E2.010
Austin, Texas
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October 25, 2008 (Saturday)
3:00 - 3:45 pm
St. Pete Times Festival of Reading
St. Petersburg, Fla.
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October 16, 2008 (Thursday)
8:00 pm
Reeves Theatre
“Trading With the Enemy: 20 Years of Travel Though Castro’s Cuba”
University of Tampa
Tampa, Fla.

October 10, 2008
2 - 3:30 pm
“Trading With the Enemy: 20 Years of Travel Through Castro’s Cuba”
Latin American Studies Charlas Communications Bdg. #206
University of Arizona, Tucson
Open to the public

September 19, 2008 (Friday)
11:15 am - 12:30 pm
REFORMA National Conference
(National Association to Promote Library and Information Services to Latinos and the Spanish-Speaking)
El Paso, Texas
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June 26, 2008 (CANCELLED)
Sanibel Leadership Conference
Sanibel Island, Florida

May 28-29, 2008 (Wed.–Thurs.)
I Conferencia Internacional sobre Moritz Thomsen
Centro Cultural Benjamín Carrión
Quito, Ecuador

May 23, 2008 (Friday)
5 pm
Presentation of the Geotourism Map of the Baja California Peninsula
National Geographic Society,
Center for Sustainable Destinations
La Paz, Baja California Sur, Mexico

March 31, 2008 (Monday)
Arizona Refugee Resettlement Program
Black Canyon Conference Center
Phoenix, Ariz.
Details: 480-893-7547

March 29, 2008 (Saturday)
Virginia Festival of the Book
Charlottesville, VA
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February 16, 2008
1 - 5 pm
Writers Round-Up
Cady Hall
Patagonia, Ariz.

February 14, 2008
2:00 pm
Institute for Learning in Retirement
Catalina Vista Recreation Center
14055 N. Del Webb Blvd.
Sun City Vistoso
Oro Valley, Ariz.
Open to all Sun City residents

November 20, 2007
Library/Special Collections
University of Arizona
Tucson, Ariz.

November 14-15, 2007
Arizona Library Association
Mesa, Ariz.

November 10-11, 2007
Miami Book Fair International
Miami, Fla.

November 2-3, 2007
Vegas Valley Book Festival
Las Vegas, Nev.

October 30, 2007
7:30 pm
Grosvenor Auditorium
National Geographic Society
Washington, D.C.

October 30, 2007 (CANCELLED)
8:30 am
Treasury Executive Institute
(private event)
Washington, D.C.

October 11, 2007
6:30 pm
English As a Second Language Success
    Awards
LaGrange Park, Illinois