Books of the Week – Albuquerque Journal

Books of the Week – Albuquerque Journal

NM author makes 'searing debut' with contemporary young adult novel

"Fatima Tate Takes the Cake," by Albuquerque author Khadijah VanBrakle, is an intelligent coming-of-age novel.

Published: Sunday, June 11th, 2023 at 12:02AM
Updated: Sunday, June 11th, 2023 at 1:15AM

Local teens to publish art and poetry book honoring an ABQ neighborhood

Most of the poems were written by elementary school youngsters living in the South Valley and by Bosque School students.

Published: Sunday, May 21st, 2023 at 12:02AM
Updated: Sunday, May 21st, 2023 at 1:15AM

Award-winning author Colum McCann to open the Santa Fe International Literary Festival

Winner of the 2009 National Book Award for Fiction, Irish American author Colum McCann is the opening speaker for the three-day Santa Fe International Literary Festival.

Published: Sunday, May 14th, 2023 at 12:02AM
Updated: Sunday, May 14th, 2023 at 1:15AM

'The Dead Go Fast' the fourth instillation in the Fernando Lopez Santa Fe Mystery series

Many of the main characters are based on people author James Wilson knew when he lived in the City Different between 1973 and 1980.

Published: Sunday, May 14th, 2023 at 12:02AM
Updated: Friday, May 12th, 2023 at 3:35PM

'Vessels: A Memoir of Borders' a warmly revealing, intimate self-portrait

"Vessels: A Memoir of Borders" is an emotional journey. Michelle Otero wants to find a place, a town to call home.

Published: Sunday, April 30th, 2023 at 12:02AM
Updated: Sunday, April 30th, 2023 at 1:15AM

'The Half-White Album' stirs together short works, flash fiction and poetry into a literary stew

Cynthia J. Sylvester's book "The Half-White Album" is a collection of her short stories, flash fiction and poetry.

Published: Sunday, April 23rd, 2023 at 12:02AM
Updated: Sunday, April 23rd, 2023 at 1:15AM

Anne Hillerman packs the mystery into 'The Way of the Bear'

"The Way of the Bear" is the eighth in Anne Hillerman's absorbing Leaphorn, Chee and Manuelito novels.

Published: Sunday, April 16th, 2023 at 12:02AM
Updated: Sunday, April 16th, 2023 at 1:15AM

Exploring the complex history of nuclear colonialism and native New Mexico

During World War II the federal government created the top-secret Manhattan Project that developed the atomic bomb behind the fenced-in hilltop community renamed Los Alam

Published: Sunday, April 9th, 2023 at 12:02AM
Updated: Sunday, April 9th, 2023 at 1:15AM

Poet Pat Mora to deliver New Mexico Writers dinner keynote address

On April 6, the fifth annual New Mexico Writers dinner will once again celebrate the immense talent, established and aspiring, that reside in the state's writing community.

Sunday, April 2nd, 2023 at 12:02AM

New Mexico author Melody Groves wins Spur Award with Billy the Kid biography

Melody Groves has written 13 books. One of the most recent, "Before Billy the Kid," received a Spur Award for biography.

Sunday, April 2nd, 2023 at 12:02AM

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