NEW FROM UNM PRESS

THE HAUNTING OF THE MEXICAN BORDER: A Woman's Journey

by Kathryn Ferguson

"This is an important book at the right time. We need to read this story and understand its vision. Recommended."--- Luis Alberto Urrea, author of The Devil's Highway: A True Story Read on...

ROADSIDE NEW MEXICO: A Guide to Historic Markers

Revised and Expanded Edition

by David Pike

This revised and expanded edition of Roadside New Mexico provides additional information about these sites and includes approximately one hundred new markers, sixty-five of which document the contribution of women to the history of New Mexico. Read on...

SELF-PORTRAIT WITH SPURS AND SULFUR: Poems

by Casey Thayer

Through persona poems and odes, the collection argues that the muddier the narrative, the closer the story gets to truth. Read on...

NEW MEXICO 2050

by Fred Harris

Here some of the state's most noted and qualified policy experts answer two vital questions: New Mexico 2050- -- What can we be? What will we be? Read on...

Check your favorite E-Book retailer each week for a special

New Mexico 2050 E-Short, leading up to the launch of Fred Harris's New Mexico 2050. Topics range from education to politics to water and the environment. Enjoy each week's E-Short at a special price of $2.99 for a limited time only, available from E-Book retailers!

A LIFE ON HOLD: Living with Schizophrenia

by Josie M�ndez-Negrete

M�ndez-Negrete's powerful account is the first memoir by a Mexican American author to share the devastation and hope a family experiences in dealing with schizophrenia. Read on...

REINING IN THE RIO GRANDE: People, Land, and Water

by Fred M. Phillips, G. Emlen Hall, and Mary E. Black

This study examines human interactions with the Rio Grande from prehistoric time to the present day and explores what possibilities remain for the desert river. Read on...

HERESIES: Poems

by Orlando Ricardo Menes

The poems incorporate history, legend, and magical realism to create a cross-cultural baroque feeling. Read on...

CROSSING OVER: Poems
by Priscilla Long

"Priscilla Long would take a bridge anywhere to reach her lost sister, and these poems are replete with bridges literal and metaphoric. In her quest and resolve, these words resonate from 'Kaddish for Susanne': 'All praise to all that is.'"--- Carole Simmons Oles, author of A Selected History of Her Heart: Poems Read on...

PUBLICITY POSTS

UNM Press Books Win Design Awards from the New Mexico Book Association and PubWest

Congratulations to the authors and book designers of several UNM Press titles that were honored with awards at two design competitions.

Three UNM Press titles won 2015 Southwest Book Design and Production Awards (SWBDA) from the New Mexico Book Association (NMBA), and three UNM Press titles won 2015 PubWest Book Design Awards. In addition, two UNM Press books were honored as SWBDA finalists.

Read the full announcement here.

UNM Press Books Win 2015 International Latino Book Awards

Congratulations to the UNM Press authors who were honored at the 2015 International Latino Book Awards from Latino Literacy Now.

Read the full announcement here.

Summer 2015 Spanish Market

Join us Saturday and Sunday, July 25- - 26, for the Spanish Colonial Arts Society's Annual Spanish Market!

Several UNM Press authors will be signing copies of their books at the UNM Press Booth on
Saturday, July 25, 2015:

HOE, HEAVEN, AND HELL

by Nasario Garc�a

10:00am

SOPHIE'S HOUSE OF CARDS

by Sharon Oard Warner

11:00am

CHASING DICHOS THROUGH CHIMAY�

by Don J. Usner

12:00pm

A VISION OF VOICES

by Craig Smith

1:00pm