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Wee Hairy Beasties

THE MESALAND SERIES By Loyd Tireman Adapted By Evelyn Yrissari Illustrated By Ralph Douglass (University of New Mexico Press, 2015) In the fall of 2013, John Byram, at UNM Press, received a call from…

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Bootheel

Above: A scene from the Bootheel in southwestern NM: a majestic yucca in the Playas Valley, with the Animas mountains in the background. February 1972 Bootheel excitement—and beauty—lie always just…

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New Revelations

Above: Lloyd Kiva New designed this Southwest-patterned ensemble; it dates to the early 1980s. Photo by Kitty Leaken White leather Kiva bag with Charles Loloma detailing, from the 1950s. Photo by…

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Cooking Up a Scene

Above: Cured meats, cheeses, and bread are from Cheesemongers of Santa Fe. Left page, clockwise from top right: Che! Chimichurri. La Quercia Speck Americano. Barrio Brinery’s escabeche. Creminelli…

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Putting the Art in Artesia

Above: The Artesia Public Library was designed to showcase the 1952 Peter Hurd mural The Future Belongs to Those Who Prepare for It, which originally occupied a Houston office building. THE BEST PLACE…

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Fat Tuesday in Red River

Above: At the Pirate Krewe Ball at the Black Diamond Grill, King Michael Johnstone hoists the grog as Queen Hannah Gadri draws nigh. Wayne Evanson performs with Fritz Davis and Friends at Mountain…

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On The Up and Up

Above: Nob Hill Main Street Association president Robert Munro, with the new centennial mural by Aaron Stromberg that celebrates Colonel D.K.B. Sellers and the evolution of his vision. Sellers’ 1938…

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