Manny Loley, Diné writer and literary scholar, will bring a one-day writing program to the community of Los Alamos. He will begin with a reading of his works, and a discussion of Diné literature, followed by a writing workshop. Participants in the workshop will be immersed in a writing environment where Manny will guide experienced and budding wordsmiths to explore their own storytelling. 

This program is free and open to the public, as are all programs at the Los Alamos Public Library. Manny's reading and discussion at 1:00pm is open to all. However, there are limited spaces available in the writing workshop so we request you please register for the workshop in advance to ensure placement. Registration may be done at the bottom of this page. Questions may be directed to aimee.doiron@lacnm.us.

Manny Loley is ‘Áshįįhi born for Tó Baazhní’ázhí; his maternal grandparents are the Tódích’íi’nii and his paternal grandparents are the Kinyaa’áanii. Loley holds a Ph.D. in English and literary arts from the University of Denver, and an M.F.A. in fiction from the Institute of American Indian Arts. Loley is an inaugural In-Na-Po Fellow, and a member of Saad Bee Hózhǫ́: Diné Writers’ Collective. Since 2018, he has served as director of the Emerging Diné Writers’ Institute. He currently holds a Mellon Impact Postdoctoral Fellowship in Native American Studies and serves as a lecturer at the University of Oklahoma. His work has found homes in Poetry Magazine, Pleaides Magazine, the Massachusetts Review, the Santa Fe Literary Review, Broadsided Press, the Yellow Medicine Review, and the Diné Reader: an Anthology of Navajo Literature, among others. His writing has been thrice nominated for Pushcart Prizes. Loley is at work on a novel titled They Collect Rain in Their Palms. He is from Tsétah Tó Ák’olí in New Mexico.

Explore more of Manny's work through a poem published by the Academy of American Poets, an interview in The Massachusetts Review, translations of poems in The Arkansas International, and several poems in The Poetry Foundation.