“The Desert Rat Residency is rare because it not only provides you space and time to write but makes you feel cared for, encouraged, downright loved. There is powerful magic here. "

C. Dale Young

Kim Addonizio, Poet, March, 2022; Jan., 2023.

Kazim Ali, Poet, September, 2022.

Marco Wilkinson, Memoirist, September, 2022.

Steven Cordova, Poet, November, 2022.

Alfred Corn, Poet/Memoirist, January, 2023.

Dorianne Laux & Joe Millar, February/March, 2023. Nov., 2023.

"Best spot ever! Lovely, quiet, well-appointed, all you need and more! Great hosts. Private, with small poets park out front and salt-water pool out back. We hope to be back someday.”

Dorianne Laux & Joe Millar

Susan Browne, Poet, March, 2023.

Jory Mickelson, Poet, June, 2023.

David Groff, Poet, September, 2023.

Ruben Quesada, Poet, Aug., 2023 & July, 2024.

Stephen S. Mills, Poet, July, 2023 & July 2025.

Michelle Bitting, Poet, May, 2023.

"Perfect for a brief needed respite and burst of writing. Sink into the project. Sink into the pool, too. Submerge yourself in the heat & beauty. When you surface, see how far you've come, what you've done."

Ed Madden

Kelli Russell Agodon, Poet, March, 2024.

Sarah Freligh, Poet, January, 2024.

Ed Madden, Poet, June, 2024.

Abby Murray, Poet, May, 2024.

Jeannine Hall Gailey, Poet, February, 2024.

Nick Galinaitis, Poet, May, 2024.

"At the Desert Rat Residency, I was immediately at home in the darling abode where there were delicious snacks, a dreamy bed, a blooming cactus garden in the front yard and poolside chairs in the back under a blue salt sky. The palm trees told me a poem was about to happen any minute. When I wasn’t writing, I walked to the shops & cafes on El Paseo or took a hike at La Quinta Cove or the Joshua Tree National Park. It was a week of pure inspiration. I want to return!"

Susan Browne