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University of New Mexico Press @unmpress.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

THREE DAYS AGO, shared a story on TikTok about his school teacher, Mrs. Yates, and the impact she had on him through her use of a special book in her classroom. He could remember the book: the illustrations, vocabulary words, stories...But he could NOT remember the title. His post went viral...

The Weighty Word Book is #1 on Amazon's best sellers list, thanks to a viral post in TikTok by Eli McCann.

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University of New Mexico Press @unmpress.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

NEW! Jack Rittenhouse: A Western Literary Life, by David Farmer Rittenhouse was a multi-dimensional individual for whom books were a way of life. “That he was also an experienced freight-hopping hobo only adds to the fun.” —William deBuys

Image shows the book cover for Jack Rittenhouse: A Western Literary Life, by David R. Farmer. Next to the book cover is a blurb, “David Farmer’s biography of Jack Rittenhouse is essential reading for Southwestern book people. As editor, publisher, printer, and rare book dealer, Rittenhouse did much to shape the literary landscape we live in now. That he was also an experienced freight-hopping hobo only adds to the fun.”
—William deBuys, author of River of Traps: A New Mexico Mountain Life and The Walk

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University of New Mexico Press @unmpress.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

Listen in as UNM Press author Ty Bannerman interviews poets laureate, and find out what role New Mexico plays in their art. 📚️✒️🌵 www.kunm.org/show/lets-ta...

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Let's talk about the poetry of New Mexico

What is it about New Mexico that inspires so many poets?

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University of New Mexico Press @unmpress.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

Maria’s Bookshop in Durango, Colorado welcomes author Ron Dungan and Cole Glenn of The San Juan Angler for a conversation about trout, climate change, public lands and fishing dogs in celebration of Ron's new book, The Worst Fishing Dog Ever. tinyurl.com/4htxkzs3 #flyfishing

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Ron Dungan in Conversation at Maria’s Bookshop

Maria’s Bookshop welcomes author Ron Dungan and Cole Glenn of The San Juan Angler for a conversation about trout, climate change, public lands and fishing dogs.

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University of New Mexico Press @unmpress.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

If you have a book project that you believe may be good fit for the series, please contact: Emily Van Alst, Series Editor, George Nicholas, Series Editor, or Sonia Dickey, UNM Press Editor. Details and contact information: tinyurl.com/2ujtdwwx

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Indigenous Archaeological Methods and Practices in the Americas

Indigenous Archaeological Methods and Practices in the Americas, a new archaeology series published by the University of New Mexico Press.

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University of New Mexico Press @unmpress.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

The release of Broken Arrow represented a turning point in Hollywood’s portrayal of Native Americans. Film scholars have often cited director Delmer Daves’s movie as the first sound film to depict the Native American sympathetically, appealing to a postwar ideal of tolerance and racial equality.

Author Angela Aleiss to introduce a special screening of Broken Arrow at the What is a Western? Film Series at the Autry Museum of the American West.

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University of New Mexico Press @unmpress.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

What is a Western? On May 9, author Angela Aleiss will introduce a special screening of the 1950 Delmer Daves film, Broken Arrow, starring Jimmy Stewart, at the Autry Museum. Aleiss' book, Broken Arrow, is an insightful history and analysis of the importance the movie has in the western #film genre.

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University of New Mexico Press @unmpress.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

Speak of It: A Memoir Riveting, horrifying, moving, and inspiring, Speak of It is a testament to the healing power of language, books, and identity.

Book cover of Speak of It: A Memoir, by Marcos McPeek Villatoro. New in paperback

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University of New Mexico Press @unmpress.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

NEW in Paperback SPEAK OF IT: A Memoir, by Marcos McPeek Villatoro THE SECULAR CARE OF THE SELF: Discipline and Its Discontents across the Protestant Atlantic, by Ian Whitmarsh THE ULTIMATE PROTEST: Malcolm W. Browne, Thich Quang Duc, and the News Photograph That Stunned the World, by Ray Boomhower

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Speak of It: A Memoir

The Secular Care of the Self: Discipline and Its Discontents across the Protestant Atlantic

The Ultimate Protest: Malcolm W. Browne, Thich Quang Duc, and the News Photograph That Stunned the World

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University of New Mexico Press @unmpress.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

The Ultimate Protest: Malcolm W. Browne, Thich Quang Duc, and the News Photograph That Stunned the World examines how the most unlikely of war correspondents, Malcolm W. Browne, became the only Western reporter to capture Buddhist monk Thich Quang Duc’s horrific self-immolation on June 11, 1963.

Book cover of The Ultimate Protest: Malcolm W. Browne, Thich Quang Duc, and the News Photograph That Stunned the World, by Ray Boomhower. New in paperback.

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University of New Mexico Press @unmpress.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

Think university presses only publish academic books? Think again! Booktimist rounds up some of their favorite recent books from university presses, including one of our Fall 2025 releases: WAITING FOR GODÍNEZ by @danielaolivas.bsky.social booktimist.com/2026/03/25/o...

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OFF-CAMPUS VISIT: Worthwhile Books from Other University Presses

by Mo Daviau I feel protective of the university press. They are bastions of truth and beauty! An institutional gem! Sure, most of what university presses publish is academic work, but there are pl…

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Bruce Rosenstein @brucerosenstein.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

“In a larger sense, I asked myself the question, What happens to a family when a huge loss creates an opening to be filled?” – Lynn C. Miller; new @deborahkalb.bsky.social #book #author Q&A #writing @unmpress.bsky.social @kathleenmrodgers.bsky.social deborahkalbbooks.blogspot.com/2026/03/q-wi...

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Q&A with Lynn C. Miller

Lynn C. Miller is the author of the new novel The Surrogate . Her other books include the story collection The Lost A...

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University of New Mexico Press @unmpress.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

These fabulous books celebrated PUB DAYS this month! 📘 A Film Lover's Guide to Santa Fe 📗 Hip to the Trip 📙 The Bright Edges of the World 📕 Those Who Walked Before 📗 Seventh and Central 📘The Woman Who Wrote the Bible 📙El Iluminado 📕The Worst Fishing Dog Ever: And Other Essays, by Ron Dungan

Book covers for the UNM Press titles that published in March 2026:
📘 A Film Lover's Guide to Santa Fe: A Walking Tour, by Jason Strykowski

📗 Hip to the Trip, by Peter B. Dedek

📙 The Bright Edges of the World: Willa Cather and Her Archbishop, by Garrett Peck

📕 Those Who Walked Before: Fossil Footprints at White Sands, by Matthew Bennett, David F. Bustos and Daniel Odess

📗 Seventh and Central: Lowriders, by Nathaniel Tetsuro Paolinelli

📘The Woman Who Wrote the Bible, by Moacyr Scliar; Translated by Heath Wing; Introduction by Ilan Stavans

📙El Iluminado: A Mystery of Santa Fe, by Ilan Stavans and Steve Sheinkin

📕The Worst Fishing Dog Ever: And Other Essays, by Ron Dungan

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University of New Mexico Press @unmpress.bsky.social · 29/03/2026

📘 Richard Tregaskis: Reporting Under Fire from Guadalcanal to Vietnam, by Ray Boomhower

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University of New Mexico Press @unmpress.bsky.social · 29/03/2026

March 29 is the anniversary of when the last U.S. combat troops were withdrawn from Vietnam in 1973. These books honor men who served and reported on the Vietnam War: 📘 Undesirable 📘 Richard Tregaskis 📘 Ultimate Protest #VietnamVeteransDay @laurakalpakian.bsky.social @rboomhower.bsky.social

Three UNM Press books about men who served and reported on the Vietnam War: Undesirable: The Vietnam War and a Father's Battle for Justice, by Laura Kalpakian; Richard Tregaskis: Reporting Under Fire from Guadalcanal to Vietnam, by Ray Boomhower; and Ultimate Protest: Malcolm W. Browne, Thich Quang Duc, and the News Photograph That Stunned the World, by Ray Boomhower.

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 05/03/2026

Don’t let the door hit you on the way out, Kristi Noem.

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University of New Mexico Press @unmpress.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

Winner of the 2021 Western Heritage Award for Outstanding Western Novel, THE KING OF TAOS by Max Evans is now available in paperback for the first time! #booksky Find out more about this fun and down-and-dirty Western set in 1950s New Mexico: www.unmpress.com/978082636164...

New in paperback, from UNM Press: The King of Taos, by Max Evans. “Evans may have been born in Texas, but New Mexico—the setting of many of his twenty-five novels—captured his heart. His latest, written at ninety-five years old, is no exception. A series of sharp vignettes describe the meandering misfortunes of the drunken ne’er-do-wells who populate post–World War II Taos.”
—Sarah Steers, Booklist

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University of New Mexico Press @unmpress.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

Thanks to the Albuquerque Journal for this wonderful profile of Garrett Peck's new book THE BRIGHT EDGES OF THE WORLD! It comes out March 10th, but you can get an early copy this weekend at his launch event at Bishop's Lodge, just north of Santa Fe. #booksky www.abqjournal.com/lifestyles/k...

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How two new books trace Catholic roots in New Mexico

From Willa Cather’s Santa Fe archbishop to parish life along the Rio Grande, explore faith, history and the Southwest’s bright edges.

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University of New Mexico Press @unmpress.bsky.social · 21/02/2026

"It’s a meaty yet accessible book that captures the lightning-in-a-bottle nature of the generation’s ur-text." The LA Times takes a look at Kirk Ellis's study of Bonnie and Clyde in his new book THEY KILL PEOPLE. www.latimes.com/entertainmen...

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Guns, guts and gearheads: The rowdy men who remade Hollywood

While the 'movie brats' like Coppola and Spielberg won the box office, they may have lost the war for artistic independence.

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University of New Mexico Press @unmpress.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

You can now find UNM Press books at the Albuquerque Sunport! Pick up a guidebook to Breaking Bad film locations on your way in, a green chile cookbook on your way out, or discover a new southwestern author to read on your long flight. #newmexicotrue #newmexicotravel #airportshopping #abqlocal

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University of New Mexico Press @unmpress.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

Accomplished photographer Martin Stupich documents the overlap of Spanish colonization and the ASARCO mining and smelting operations sites in his striking new striking photography book, ORE AND EMPIRE. #industrialphotography #environmentalphotography #photobook Check it out: tinyurl.com/mw29zwe8

New from UNM Press: Ore and Empire - Conquistadores to Guggenheims on the Camino Real, by Martin Stupich. Photography and the history of extraction combine as Marty Stupich’s extraordinary images map the 600 year oppression of the lands and people from the Mexican Conquest to the Guggenheims, from deep inside present-day Mexico to southern Wyoming.

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University of New Mexico Press @unmpress.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

January 29th, Grant Faulkner and Gail Butensky at City Lights Bookstore, in-person & streaming on ZOOM. #photography #flashfiction #litfic #booksky #booklaunch Register for the streaming link here: citylights.com/events/grant...

Grant Faulkner and Gail Butensky will be at City Lights Bookstore in San Francisco to introduce their new book, something out there in the distance, at an event moderated by Maw Shein Win

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Lone Star Lit @lonestarlit.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

Before Texas had public libraries, it had women who read—and organized. 📚 In 1885, nine Houston women formed a book club in search of “intellectual culture.” Their effort helped spark the city’s first public library. Read the article: lonestar-lit.com/january-2026

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Ray E. Boomhower @rboomhower.bsky.social · 10/01/2026

"Let me begin again as a speck of dust caught in the night winds sweeping out to sea. Let me begin this time knowing the world is salt water and dark clouds, the world is grinding and sighing all night, and dawn comes slowly, and changes nothing.” Philip Levine, born on this day in 1928

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Ray E. Boomhower @rboomhower.bsky.social · 10/01/2026

On this day in 1944, those on the home front opened their newspapers and learned about the death in Italy of a Texas soldier. The soldier—Captain Henry Waskow. The writer—Hoosier journalist Ernie Pyle. rayboomhower.blogspot.com/2019/07/erni...

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Ernie Pyle and Captain Waskow

In December 1943 war correspondent Ernie Pyle , columnist for the Scripps-Howard newspaper syndicate, returned to the safety of the rear lin...

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Bruce Rosenstein @brucerosenstein.bsky.social · 10/01/2026

Peter #Drucker weekend thought, 1995: “At eighteen, I was as immature, as callow, as naïve as any eighteen-year-old can be. It was not until fifteen years later, when I was in my early thirties, that I really knew what I am good at and where I belong." #quote

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University of New Mexico Press @unmpress.bsky.social · 09/01/2026

Author @slitrel.bsky.social stopped by the UNM Press booth at the American Historical Association Annual Meeting in Chicago and was delighted to see her brand-new book there! THE BATTLE FOR BRAZIL comes out this Tuesday. If you're at #AHA26, grab your copy early! www.unmpress.com/978082636904...

A woman in a black and gray striped sweater and glasses smiles while holding a copy of THE BATTLE FOR BRAZIL. In the background, the University of New Mexico Press banner and a table with numerous history books propped up on bookstands.

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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 06/01/2026

On the 5th Anniversary of the failed January 6th insurrection attempt, we’re reminded how fragile democracy can be. We must remember the darkness of that day so it’s never repeated. As history is rewritten by some, we choose to speak the truth of what happened.

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University of New Mexico Press @unmpress.bsky.social · 18/12/2025

Ore and Empire by Martin Stupich is included in Publishers Weekly's spring preview! This fine art #photography book parallels the still visible impacts of Spanish colonization with the industrial mining empire that overtook the same land. #booksky #historysky www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...

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Spring 2026 Fiction & Nonfiction Preview: Art, Architecture & photography

Artists getting their due this season include an enigmatic Dutch master, a pair of queer American visionaries, and the inimitable Laurie Anderson.

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University of New Mexico Press @unmpress.bsky.social · 18/12/2025

Longlisted for the 2026 PEN/Diamondstein-Spielvogel Award for the Art of the Essay 💙📚 Delusions and Grandeur by Mark Sundeen is an exquisite essay collection about freedom, far-fetched notions, and traveling through the Southwest. www.unmpress.com/978082636764...

2026 PEN/Diamondstein-Spielvogel Award for the Art of the Essay

Featuring 10 book covers

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University of New Mexico Press @unmpress.bsky.social · 18/12/2025

We are thrilled to see two UNM Press books on the PEN longlists! 💙📚 🥳 a chronology of blood by Teo Shannon and Delusions and Grandeur by Mark Sundeen

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University of New Mexico Press @unmpress.bsky.social · 19/12/2025

Latin American Review of Books (@latamrob.bsky.social) review Tales from the Sharp End: "Scott-Stokes provides the reader with a fascinating tapestry of observations on history and culture that will serve as the perfect introduction for visitors to the country." #booksky latamrob.com/chiles-night...

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Chile’s nightmare returns - The Latin American Review of Books

Kast’s election open the country's sores. Review: Tales from the Sharp End: A Portrait of Chile, Natascha Scott-Stokes, 2024, University of New Mexico Press - The Latin American Review of Books

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Kathleen M. Rodgers @kathleenmrodgers.bsky.social · 18/12/2025

Many thanks to Bruce Rosenstein, an author, editor, journalist, and speaker, for featuring me on his terrific blog, "Living In More Than One World." @brucerosenstein.bsky.social @unmpress.bsky.social @tracycrow.bsky.social brucerosenstein.com/three-questi...

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Many thanks to Bruce Rosenstein, an author, editor, journalist, and speaker, for featuring me on his terrific blog, "Living In More than One World." @Brucerosenstein.bsky.social

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University of New Mexico Press @unmpress.bsky.social · 12/12/2025

Booklist loved WRECKING BALL, an underdog tale of a semipro football team. Rick Bass went to Texas to write about this team and ended up playing alongside them—at the age of 62! Have you read it yet? #booksky #football www.unmpress.com/978082636856...

Wrecking Ball: Race, Friendship, God, and Football, by Rick Bass is reviewed by Booklist. “A luminous rendering of football in all its brutality and beauty, this will resonate with fans and with former players, reminding them how strongly the sport remains in their heart and (unfortunately) their musculoskeletal system.” —Booklist

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University of New Mexico Press @unmpress.bsky.social · 16/12/2025

A goldmine of treasures grant access into this twentieth century modernist poet's extraordinary work, The Uncollected Louis Zukofsky includes unpublished #essays, #drama, and #poetry that enhances Zukofsky's stature within the revolutionary modernist movement. www.unmpress.com/978082636878...

“Readers of Zukofsky have been waiting a long time for this book, which presents uncollected poetry, prose, and drama by a modern master. The essays, in particular, shed new light on Zukofsky’s insights into the modernist poets and his hopes regarding the peers he deemed ‘Objectivists.’”—Stephen Fredman, editor of How Long Is the Present: Selected Talk Poems of David Antin

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University of New Mexico Press @unmpress.bsky.social · 17/12/2025

We are looking forward to 2026, but FIRST, we celebrate all we accomplished in 2025! Our team has explored, brainstormed, read, constructed, volunteered, and tailgated together: www.unmpress.com/blog/2025/12...

UNM Press staff enjoy biscochito cookies at the Hanging of the Greens event at the University of New Mexico campus. The sidewalks are lined with faralitios.

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Interstellar Flight Press @interstellarflight.bsky.social · 15/12/2025

At Interstellar Flight Mag, Jamileh Alexandra interviews Gary Jackson, author of the poetry collection small lives, a super hero poetry book that evolves and trangresses the form by rendering a vast, emotional graphic novel in poetry. magazine.interstella...

Cover art small lives by gary jackson, planets and sun rays graphic paper cut outs

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Association of University Presses @aupresses.bsky.social · 17/12/2025

Congratulations to @uwiscpress.bsky.social and @unmpress.bsky.social and their authors!

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Ray E. Boomhower @rboomhower.bsky.social · 15/12/2025

“No one ever told me that grief felt so like fear.” C.S. Lewis

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University of New Mexico Press @unmpress.bsky.social · 11/12/2025

Stars and Stripes thinks THE LLANO COUNTY MERMAID CLUB by @kathleenmrodgers.bsky.social would make a great Christmas gift, and we completely agree! "Every element of this story holds enchantment." #booksky #givebooks www.stripes.com/living/2025-...

On a background of a starry sky with snow and pine trees at the bottom, book covers for The Llano County Mermaid Club by Kathleen M. Rodgers, No Ordinary Bird by Artis Henderson, Camouflage by Heather Sweeney, and Holding On and Letting Go by Lindsay Swoboda.

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Kathleen M. Rodgers @kathleenmrodgers.bsky.social · 30/11/2025

Nancy C. Cleary, the visionary behind Wyatt-MacKenzie Books & Gifts, has given Countenance by Joy Ross Davis new life with this stunning new cover that captures all the magic of The Playhouse Inn located in the hills of TN. I hope you find it as enchanting as I did. #reading #books #ghosts

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Bruce Rosenstein @brucerosenstein.bsky.social · 13/11/2025

“For years I longed to write a novel that incorporated #writers and #books and elements of magical realism into the narrative.” – Kathleen M. Rodgers in her new @deborahkalb.bsky.social #author Q&A #writing #research @kathleenmrodgers.bsky.social deborahkalbbooks.blogspot.com/2025/11/q-wi...

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Q&A with Kathleen M. Rodgers

Kathleen M. Rodgers is the author of the new novel The Llano County Mermaid Club . Her other books include The Flyi...

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