Tuesday, January 15 from 4:00-6:00pm: Ana Baca, author of Tía's Tamales, and Nasario García, author of Grandpa Lolo's Navajos Saddle Blanket, will sign their books as part of a New Mexico Educator's Tea at Barnes & Noble (Coronado Mall) in Albuquerque, NM.

Award-winning poet, Lawrence Welsh, talks about receiving the 2012 New Mexico-Arizona Book Award for his most recent publication,  Begging for Vultures on KTEP-FM's "State of the Arts."

 

 

The following UNM Press titles were selected as Panelist Picks for Southwest Books of the Year:

Landscape Dreams, A New Mexico Portrait photographs by Craig Varjabedian

This collection of elegantly composed black-and-white images by one of New Mexico's most accomplished photographers, celebrates the state's captivating physical variety and enduring allure. 

 

The Soledad Crucifixion by Nancy Wood

This gripping novel tells the story of Father Lorenzo Soledad from his boyhood in a Texas bordello to his final day in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains. 

 

 

 

 

Hard to Have Heroes by Buddy Mays

When fourteen-year-old wannabe cowboy Noah Odell moves to his flamboyant uncle's ranch in rural New Mexico, he soon finds himself encountering some of the Chihuahuan Desert's strangest characters. 

 

 

 

The Orphaned Land: New Mexico's Environment Since the Manhattan Project by V. B. Price with photographs by Nell Farrell

Viewing New Mexico as a microcosm of global ecological degradation, this study gives the general public a realistic perspective on the problems surrounding New Mexico's environmental health and resources. 

 

The Great Taos Bank Robbery and Other True Stories by Tony Hillerman with photographs by Don Strel

This classic collection of nonfiction essays about life in New Mexico by the great Tony Hillerman remains a must read for anyone looking to understand the state's unique charm.