University of New Mexico Press

Author: Jennifer HullPublisher: University of New Mexico PressPublication Date: Sep 15, 2020Number of Pages: 240 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding: PaperbackISBN-10: 0826361943ISBN-13: 9780826361943

Slow travel is the secret to opening doors, meeting people, participating in surprising events, experiencing joy, and making each trip--no matter how short or long--deeper, richer, and an adventure...

A true southwestern treasure, this all-inclusive guide to South Mountain Park and Preserve encourages readers to discover the nature and adventure available in this massive outdoor playground.Author:...

Never a false note, never a line of dialogue that didn't feel heartbreakingly real, the work seems to open a seam in the experience of parenting that has never been pulled open before.--Ashley...

Chile is 4,300 kilometers long but never more than 350 kilometers wide, lined by the Andes to the east and the Pacific to the west, with the Pan-American Highway giving you just two choices: north or...

With increased compression, every word, every sentence matters more. A writer must learn how to form narratives around caesuras and crevices instead of strings of connections, to move a story through...

Schaefer shares the individual stories of seven people rancher, sheepherder, homesteader, town settler, soldier, miner, and cowboy in this collection. He tells the tales as they can only be told: in...

The autobiographical essays in The Girls in My Town create an unforgettable portrait of a family in Los Angeles. Reaching back to her grandmother's childhood and navigating through her own girlhood...

This powerful debut collection explores lives lived between worlds. Sylvester masterfully weaves together fiction, poetry, and nonfiction to give readers a poignant though fractured view of her...

In Morales's newest collection, an imagined zombie apocalypse intertwines with personal narrative. From zombie dating to the sin of popcorn ceilings, these poems investigate the nature of...

Retells in Navajo and English the story of the two sons of Changing Woman and the Sun, who overcome many dangers to protect their people from the monsters who attack them.Author: Jim...

Set in places as diverse as Fort Sumner, Taos, Chimayo, Albuquerque, Santa Fe, and Clovis, the fourteen stories in The Tombstone Race explore the surprising connections and disjunctions between rich...

Author: Lynn C. MillerPublisher: University of New Mexico PressPublication Date: Oct 01, 2020Number of Pages: 232 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding: PaperbackISBN-10: 0826361714ISBN-13: 9780826361714

The Way to Rainy Mountain recalls the journey of Tai-me, the sacred Sun Dance doll, and of Tai-me's people in three unique voices: the legendary, the historical, and the contemporary. It is also the...

Author: Bob KatzPublisher: University of New Mexico PressPublication Date: Nov 15, 2020Number of Pages: 240 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding: PaperbackISBN-10: 0826361986ISBN-13: 9780826361981

From veteran teacher and acclaimed author Joni B. Cole comes a revised and expanded edition of her popular writing guide Toxic Feedback. Successful writers know that feedback is often the difference...

Trials and Tribulations of Dirty Shame, Oklahoma beautifully showcases Comanche gothic literature, a new genre in Indigenous literature, at its creative best. In the tradition of The Iliad and...

? oeTry to Get Lost is a bold, engaging disquisition on the perils and promises of travel: both cranky and wise, worldly and cultivated, humorous and rueful, its every sentence sparkles. All in all,...

UFOhs! Mysteries in the Sky is the first book to explore the strange, exciting, and unknown world of unidentified aerial phenomena for kids. UFOhs! cuts through speculation and pseudo-science to...