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ABBEY IN AMERICA: A Philosopher's Legacy in a New Century
Edited by John A. Murray
Abbey in America, published forty years after Abbey's popular novel The Monkey Wrench Gang, features an all-star list of contributors, including journalists, authors, scholars, and two of Abbey's best friends, as they explore Abbey's ideas and legacy through their unique literary, personal, and scholarly perspectives.  Read on...
CHASING THE SANTA FE RING: Power and Privilege in Territorial New Mexico
by David L. Caffey
David L. Caffey's book tells the story of the rise and fall of the Santa Fe Ring, looking beyond myth and symbol to explore the history of this remarkably durable alliance.  Read on...
SPACESHOTS AND SNAPSHOTS OF PROJECTS MERCURY AND GEMINI: A Rare Photographic History
by John Bisney and J. L. Pickering
"A wonderful collection of rarely seen photographs that true space buffs will enjoy. The captions are worth their weight in space-fact gold."--- Richard W. Orloff, coauthor of Apollo: The Definitive Sourcebook   Read on...
THE WILD THAT ATTRACTS US: New Critical Essays on Robinson Jeffers
Edited by ShaunAnne Tangney
The first collection in twenty years of essays on Robinson Jeffers, one of the great American poets of the twentieth century, this work signals the sea change in Jeffers scholarship, as well as the increasing breadth and depth of criticism of the literature of the American West. Read on...
HUICHOL WOMEN, WEAVERS, AND SHAMANS
by Stacy B. Schaefer
"A beautiful ethnographic work. Schaefer deftly relates mythology, cosmology, family life, and economics within the spiritual practice and mechanics of weaving. There is clearly a preservation ethos underlying Schaefer's work, yet her depiction is not mournful, it is celebratory."--- Ethnohistory Read on...

Congratulations to editors Bruce B. Huckell and J. David Kilby, whose book Clovis Caches: Recent Discoveries and New Research won a Heritage Publication Award from the State of New Mexico Historic Preservation Division (HPD) last month.  

 

Awards were signed by Governor Susana Martinez; Veronica Gonzales, Secretary of the Department of Cultural Affairs; Rick Hendricks, Cultural Properties Review Committee Chairman and State Historian; and Jeff Pappas, State Historic Preservation Officer and HPD Director. The awards recognize outstanding achievements in New Mexico. Read the full announcement here.  
The Wall Street Journal Reviews FINDING ABBEY
"[Prentiss] locates and interviews Abbey's inner circle of friends, and in these faithfully recorded scenes his book . . . catches fire . . . The final chapters of Mr. Prentiss's quest are suspenseful and winning."-- - The Wall Street Journal
 
Read the full review here.  

 
Congratulations to Daniel Shaw, whose book
Southwest Aquatic Habitats won a 2015 Skipping Stones Honor Award in the Nature and Ecology Category.

According to Skipping Stones magazine, the annual awards honor exceptional books and teaching resources that "promote an understanding of cultures, cultivate cooperation, and encourage a deeper understanding of the world's diversity . . . [and] ecological richness." Read the full announcement here.  

 
by Dede Feldman
Book Reading and Signing

Wednesday, June 17, 2015
12:00pm
NM History Museum
Santa Fe, NM 
by Ana Baca
Illustrated by Noël Chilton
Story Hour Reading and Signing

Thursday, June 18, 2015
10:00am
Open Space Visitor Center
Albuquerque, NM 
by Jim Kristofic
Illustrated by Nolan Karras James
Book Reading and Signing

Saturday, June 20, 2015
8:00am-- 5:00pm
Kayenta Field Day
Kayenta Recreation Park
Kayenta, AZ

Friday, July 3, 2015
Saturday, July 4, 2015
9:00am-- 5:00pm
Art in the Park
Wheeler Park
Flagstaff, AZ

Wednesday, July 8, 2015
11:00am-1:00pm
Summer Book Fair
Pine Hill Elementary School
Pine Hill, NM

Saturday, July 11, 2015
1:00pm
Heard Museum
Phoenix, AZ 
by Craig A. Smith
Book Reading and Signing 

Thursday, June 25, 2015
7:00pm
Mesa Public Library
Los Alamos, NM

Thursday, July 2, 2015
6:00pm
Collected Works Bookstore
Santa Fe, NM
by Peggy Pond Church
Illustrated by Elizabeth Comfort Church
Translated by Noël Chilton
Story Hour Reading and Signing with Kathleen Church

Thursday, July 2, 2015
10:00am
Open Space Visitor Center
Albuquerque, NM 
by Sean Prentiss 
Book Reading and Signing
 
Sunday, July 5, 2015
4:00pm
Craftsbury Common, VT

Reading and Discussion with David Gessner: "Edward Abbey and the Future of Monkeywrenching"
Wednesday, July 8, 2015
6:30pm

Reading and Discussion with David Gessner: "Edward Abbey, Wallace Stegner, and the American West"
Thursday , July 9, 2016
6:30pm

Both Events at

University of New Mexico Press
1717 Roma NE
Albuquerque, NM 87106