Made In New Mexico
Above: Syzygy Tile. Photograph by Jay Hemphill. Makers have always been the foundation of New Mexico culture, from the great builders of Chaco Canyon to the designers of interactive neon sea urchins…
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Books | September 2017
PAUL PLETKA Imagined Wests By Amy Scott (UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA PRESS, 2017) A few years ago, I chanced upon a rare treat. Artist Paul Pletka had loaned his multilayered 2014 painting Pietà to the New…
Read MoreBooks | May 2017
RIVER OF SPIRITS A Natural History of New Mexico’s Las Animas Creek Edited by Harley G. Shaw (HISTORY PRESS, 2017) Las Animas Creek carved the most rugged portion of the Black Range. For 40 miles, its…
Read MoreBooks | April 2017
MARY WHEELWRIGHT Her Book By Letrice A. Armstrong (Wheelwright Museum, 2016) Even if she had never ventured to the Southwest and established an important museum for Native arts, Mary Cabot Wheelwright…
Read MoreBooks | February 2017
THE ANNUAL BIG ARSENIC FISHING CONTEST! A Novel By John Nichols (University of New Mexico Press, 2016) There’s a line about halfway through John Nichols’ new book that’s so completely right-on and…
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Red & Green
LUMINARIAS V. FARLITOS In a December 3, 1590, journal entry, Spanish explorer Gaspar Costaño de Sosa mentioned the small bonfires his cohorts had lit to guide a scout back to camp. Luminarias, he…
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No Way Out
THE APACHE WARS: The Hunt for Geronimo, the Apache Kid, and the Captive Boy Who Started the Longest War in American History BY PAUL ANDREW HUTTON (Crown, 2016) Reaching the midpoint in The Apache…
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15th Annual New Mexico Magazine Photography Contest
Above: Los Volcanoes of Albuquerque by John Whitney, Grand Prize winner . The judges are unanimous: It gets harder to pick the photo contest winners every year. This is a very good problem for us to…
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