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University of New Mexico Press @unmpress.bsky.social · 5h

NEW! From Han China to Teotihuacan to the Andes, Rethinking Empire, edited by Tamara L. Bray and Lori Khatchadourian, explores how objects, landscapes, and beliefs helped build empires, and sometimes resist them. Celebrating its Pub Day Tomorrow 10/06/2026. 🎉

This groundbreaking volume explores how dynamic interactions between human actors, material objects, and metaphysical beliefs shaped and sustained empires. From Han Chinese water management to Xiongnu drinking vessels, from Hittite royal imagery to Teotihuacan animal sacrifices, from Andean anti-imperial resistance to ritual rebirth in Travancore, the case studies reveal how materials and metaphysics intertwined to both enable and constrain imperial ambitions.

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University of New Mexico Press @unmpress.bsky.social · 8h

New Mexico Book Award WINNERS! Seven UNM Press authors took home 2026 New Mexico Book Awards last week, and nine Press titles were named finalists. Congratulations to all of our authors!

Seven UNM Press titles won a 2026 New Mexico Book Award: Voces del Pueblo, The Problem You Have, small lives, Wrecking Ball, The Llano County Mermaid Club, a chronology of blood, and Lieutenants and Light.

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University of New Mexico Press @unmpress.bsky.social · 15h

NEW! Santa Fe's beloved Plaza Café has been serving locals and travelers since 1905. Now James Beard Award–winning author Cheryl Alters Jamison and owner Leonardo Razatos share more than ninety recipes, from green chile stew to the Café's famous house margaritas, in The Plaza Café Cookbook.

“Absolutely delicious and enduring!
This cookbook is a refined celebration of culture, comfort, and history, a timeless expression of the beloved Plaza Café.”

—Kelley Cleary Coffeen, author of
The Big Book of Hatch Chile

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University of New Mexico Press @unmpress.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Looking for writing inspiration? Grant Faulkner has a writing prompt for you, based on his flash fiction-photography collaboration with Gail Butensky. #writersky #writerslife #NoAI pokrassprompts.substack.com/p/what-happe...

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What Happens at These Mailboxes? A Prompt from Grant Faulkner

Guest Post by Grant Faulkner, author of The Art of Brevity and flash novel Something Out There in the Distance

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University of New Mexico Press @unmpress.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Brooks E. Hefner chats with Andrew Patrick Nelson about the unique production history, intriguing gender politics, and enduring cult legacy of Johnny Guitar (1954). #filmsky #moviesky #westerns podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/j...

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University of New Mexico Press @unmpress.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

🌶️ Saturday! Kelley Coffeen will be at our booth at the Southern New Mexico Book Festival! Come get a signed copy of The Big Book of Hatch Chile 🌶️ The festival is from 10 am-4:30 pm at the Doña County Community College. Kelley will be signing books starting at 1 pm — See you there! #SNMBF

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University of New Mexico Press @unmpress.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

October 7th! Ray Boomhower will be joined in conversation with and Lisa Terry—writer, lawyer, and Wallace Terry’s daughter; Marvin Kalb—Edward R. Murrow Professor of Practice, Emeritus; and moderator A’Lelia Bundles—author and journalist. @boomhower.bsky.social www.unmpress.com/events/ray-b...

Ray Boomhower, Lisa Terry, Marvin Kalb, A'Lelia Bundles. Explore the remarkable life and legacy of Wallace Terry, October 7, 6:30pm, at NYU John Brademas Center.
Cover of Wallace Terry features a black man with a camera seated in front of a large Buddha statue.

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University of New Mexico Press @unmpress.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

The Pajarito Literary Festival is happening in Los Alamos this weekend! Ty Bannerman will be there, talking about his book NUCLEAR FAMILY. The full schedule includes panels, workshops, tea with authors, brewhouse tours, and more. #booksky #NewMexico www.losalamosartscouncil.org/pajarito-lit

Poster for the Pajarito Literary Festival showing an open book whose pages form a mountain range with sparkling stars arcing upward; bold text "PAJARITO LITERARY FESTIVAL" appears below, with sponsors listed at the very bottom.

Smiling bearded man wearing glasses and a textured hat shown in an "Author Spotlight" promotional card for Ty Bannerman, who will appear at the Pajarito Literary Festival.

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University of New Mexico Press @unmpress.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Now available in audio! Dreams in Times of War / Soñar en tiempos de guerra by Oswaldo Estrada is a bilingual short story collection that the Latino Book Review called "a collection that matters." #HispanicHeritageMonth #booksky www.youtube.com/shorts/IGWpJ...

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Audiobook Sample: Dreams in Times of War

*Get the full audiobook NOW - https://rbmediaglobal.com/audiobook/9798318539411* In twelve stories, Dreams in Times of War/Soñar en tiempos de guerra brilliantly fictionalizes the lives of Latinx…

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University of New Mexico Press @unmpress.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Visit us at the Southern New Mexico Book Festival! It's happening Saturday, October 3, 2026, 10:00 am to 4:30 pm at the Doña Ana Community College, East Mesa Campus in Las Cruces. We'll have winners of the New Mexico Book Awards at our booth, plus new regional titles you don't want to miss!

UNM Press is a sponsor of the 2026 Southern New Mexico Book Festival in Las Cruces on October 3.

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University of New Mexico Press @unmpress.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

COVER REVEAL! Tough Love: A Lesson in Mentorship and Submission by Tajja Isen With unflinching honesty and a forensic attention to power dynamics, Isen probes the places where mentorship intersects with desire, inequity, identity, kink, and labor to expose the anxiety and erotics of influence.

Book cover for Tough Love: A Lesson in Mentorship and Submission, by Tajja Isen. Coming March of 2027 from UNM Press

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University of New Mexico Press @unmpress.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Exploring Arizona: 5 Hikes Paired with Delicious Places to Eat Roger Naylor dishes on the This Travel Tribe podcast: "If you only take these five outings this year, you’ll see some of the most beautiful parts of the state, and savor unforgettable meals."

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Exploring AZ: 5 Hikes Paired with Delicious Places to Eat — This Travel Tribe

Arizona travel writer Roger Naylor joins us to share 5 unforgettable Arizona hikes paired with the perfect local meal afterward. From Monument Valley and the Chiricahuas to Flagstaff and Tucson,…

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University of New Mexico Press @unmpress.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

At Garcia Street Books, Jerry Ortiz y Pino will read from his new #historicalfiction, a coming-of-age adventure inspired by a fascinating part of his family's history! Pedro Bautista Pino's grandson tags along on the journey from New Mexico to Spain to the Cortes of Cadiz in 1812...and back again.

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University of New Mexico Press @unmpress.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

The Oxford Community Center welcomes acclaimed choreographer, author, and cultural ambassador Dana Tai Soon Burgess and members of the Dana Tai Soon Burgess Dance Company, for a unique evening combining conversation, storytelling, literature, and live dance. #dance #choreography

Dana Tai Soon Burgess will discuss his life and work at an event of the Oxford Community Center in Maryland

Book cover of Chino and the Dance of the Butterfly, a memoir by Dana Tai Soon Burgess

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University of New Mexico Press @unmpress.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

FINALIST! — Ore and Empire Best #BookDesign — Photography Designer: Felicia Cedillos Felicia Cedillos wove together color photographs with essays, adding depth to Stupich's sweeping historic panorama of the 600 year mining oppression of lands and people from the Mexican Conquest to the Guggenheims.

FINALIST! — Ore and Empire
Best Book Design — Photography
Book Designer: Felicia Cedillos

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University of New Mexico Press @unmpress.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

In-Person and Livestreaming Event Stanford University’s Center for Latin American Studies hosts author Jeff Dayton-Johnson for a lecture about his book, Understanding Latin America’s Economy in the Twenty-First Century. Details and livestream link: www.unmpress.com/events/jeff-...

Jeff Dayton-Johnson, author of Understanding Latin America's Economy in the Twenty-First Century, will give a book talk at Stanford University's Center for Latin American Studies

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University of New Mexico Press @unmpress.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

If you're reading Lorca during this Hispanic Heritage Month (or anytime!) you'll want to listen to this conversation about the new insights Patricia A. Billingsley uncovered in her research about Lorca's visit to Vermont in 1929. #booksky newbooksnetwork.com/lorca-in-ver...

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Patricia A. Billingsley, "Lorca in Vermont: The Spanish Poet and His American Lover" (High Road Books, 2026) - New Books Network

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University of New Mexico Press @unmpress.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

The journal Civil War Books and Authors calls "When All Our Troubles Will Be Forgotten" a wonderful resource for those craving firsthand accounts of the Civil War as played out along one of its most isolated and distant fronts—the Southwest. #historysky #booksky cwba.blogspot.com/2026/09/revi...

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Review - "'When All Our Troubles Will Be Forgotten': The Civil War Letters and Recollections of Captain George Henry Pettis" by Jerry Thompson, ed.

Non-fiction Civil War book reviews, commentary, publishing news, author interviews, and profiles

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University of New Mexico Press @unmpress.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

🎉 Matthew Schmader's book, Uncovering America’s First War: Contact, Conflict, and Coronado’s Expedition to the Rio Grande, won the Fray Francisco Atanasio Dominguez award. The Historical Society of NM reviewers agreed: this work is a major contribution to New Mexico history and historical survey.

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University of New Mexico Press @unmpress.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

FINALIST! — Seventh & Central Best #BookDesign — Photography Designer: Isaac Morris Seventh & Central is a photographic tribute to Albuquerque’s vibrant lowrider culture. For the cover of this book, Isaac Morris reflected this culture by laying an embossed metallic type over an iconic photo.

FINALIST! — Seventh and Central
Best Book Design — Photography
Book Designer: Issac Morris

Book cover for Seventh and Central: Lowriders

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University of New Mexico Press @unmpress.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

“This...book is a five-star addition to the way New Mexico shares its long, diverse, and richly fascinating history. A History of New Mexico in 100 Objects deserves a place of honor in every bookshop, library, and waiting room from Abiquiu to Zuni.”—Anne Hillerman, New York Times bestselling author

“This beautiful book is a five-star addition to the way New Mexico shares its long, diverse, and richly fascinating history. Historian Richard Melzer uses the well-selected images to conjure true stories that make irresistible reading. A History of New Mexico in 100 Objects deserves a place of honor in every bookshop, library, and waiting room from Abiquiu to Zuni.”
—Anne Hillerman, New York Times bestselling author

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University of New Mexico Press @unmpress.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Published Today! New Mexico has a well-earned reputation as home to the mysterious and bizarre. In WEIRD NEW MEXICO researcher Benjamin Radford examines monsters and miracles, ghost stories and UFOs, conspiracy theories and historical mysteries across the Land of Enchantment. #booksky #folklore

Cover of Benjamin Radford's book Weird New Mexico showing a UFO beaming up a cow above pine-covered mountains while a snarling chupacabra-like creature prowls in the foreground; subtitle reads "More Miracles, Magic, and Monsters in the Land of Enchantment."

• What caused the infamous Taos Hum?

• What are the strange “skyfish” recorded above Roswell?

• Who—or what—made sinister symbols found on Albuquerque’s West Mesa?

• Where are Bigfoot and chupacabra said to lurk in New Mexico?

• Why did a statue miraculously weep in a Hobbs church?

Using folklore, sociology, history, psychology, forensic science, and of course good old-fashioned detective work, Benjamin Radford reveals the truths behind these weird cases.

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University of New Mexico Press @unmpress.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Out Now! Using the framework of various careers that the character considered—ranging from astrophysicist to hairdresser to clairvoyant—ANTITHERAPIES by Jacques Fux is a tongue-in-cheek coming-of-age tale that relates the life journey of a young Jewish man in Belo Horizonte, Brazil.

Book cover for Jacques Fux's Antitherapies, bold black stacked title over a grainy green-blue close-up of hands and a mask, "Winner of the São Paulo Prize for Literature" at the top, author name near the bottom, and a green University of New Mexico Press band and seal along the lower edge.

"[Antitherapies] is one of those books you might have never discovered on your own. But once begun, you find yourself hooked, grateful you didn’t miss it... Take it slow and when you’re done, start over and read it again. Once is not enough." —Corinne Joy Brown, New Mexico Jewish Journal

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University of New Mexico Press @unmpress.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

WINNER! — a chronology of blood Best Book Design — Poetry Book Designer: Felicia Cedillos “For the cover, the author asked us to use this specific piece of art from the start (The Sacrifice of Isaac, 1602, by Caravaggio). My challenge was making it stand out... #bookdesign

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University of New Mexico Press @unmpress.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Love Santa Fe's legendary Plaza Café? You can get a copy of their cookbook at the book release party, held at the restaurant this Sunday, September 20th at 3pm. #foodsky #cooking #NewMexico www.santafenewmexican.com/news/busines...

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Plaza Café cookbook showcases flavors, history of Santa Fe mainstay

The release of The Plaza Café Cookbook will be celebrated with a book signing Sunday at the restaurant’s downtown location.

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University of New Mexico Press @unmpress.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

We are at the Historical Society of New Mexico conference in a big way, with presentations by Editor Sonia Dickey, a plenary session by author Richard Melzer, and over a dozen NEW books on display! Learn more about Melzer's latest project and check out our virtual exhibit: tinyurl.com/3bhvs8pm

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UNM Press Staff, Authors, Take the Stage at Historical Society of New Mexico 2026 Conference

UNM Press Editor Sonia Dickey and author Richard Melzer will give presentations at the Historical Society of NM 2026 conference this week.

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University of New Mexico Press @unmpress.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

David R. Farmer, author of Jack Rittenhouse: A Western Literary Life, presents “Jack Rittenhouse on Route 66,” lecture and signing for The Friends of Folk Art at the Museum of International Folk Art in Santa Fe. www.unmpress.com/events/david... #Route66

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University of New Mexico Press @unmpress.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

WINNER! — Voces del Pueblo Best #BookDesign — Scholarly/Technical Book Designer: Isaac Morris “I think this book is special because of the diverse set of artists it highlights. My goal with the design was to set a stage and present the art and artists in a compelling way.” — Isaac Morris

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University of New Mexico Press @unmpress.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Nathaniel Tetsuro Paolinelli and Craig Varjabedian get a shoutout from New Mexico Magazine for their photography of lowriders and the White Sands #photosky #booksky www.newmexicomagazine.org/blog/post/ne...

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Six Photographers Reframing New Mexico

Meet the artists finding fresh ways to photograph New Mexico's people, places, communities, and cultures.

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University of New Mexico Press @unmpress.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

WINNER! — They Kill People Best #BookDesign — History/Political Science Designer: Issac Morris “I wanted the cover to feel big and loud like a gunshot. I had some fun finding a typeface that suited the period and had the right impact paired with the iconic photo of the gangsters.” — Isaac Morris

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University of New Mexico Press @unmpress.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

WINNER! — The Mountain Knows the Mountain Best #BookDesign — Biography/Autobiography/Memoir Designer: Isaac Morris “I took inspiration from Philip Connors’ drawings on the interior. I am happy with how well the cover and interior integrate and create an overall cohesive book.” — Isaac Morris

WINNER! — The Mountain Knows the Mountain
Best Book Design — Biography/Autobiography/Memoir
Book Designer: Issac Morris

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University of New Mexico Press @unmpress.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Barbara Rockman chats with Carly Newfeld on The Last Word. Get your copy of her new collection signed tonight at Collected Works in Santa Fe! #poetrysky #booksky #NewMexico www.ksfr.org/show/the-las...

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09/10/2026 with Barbara Rockman

A return visit by beloved award-winning Santa Fe poet and long-time teacher of poetry, Barbara Rockman.

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University of New Mexico Press @unmpress.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

WINNER! — something out there in the distance Best Book Design — General Fiction Book Designer: Issac Morris something out there in the distance has a very special design, with the front cover shorter than the interior of the book, so that the title page peeks out and invites you in.

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University of New Mexico Press @unmpress.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

RIBBONS OF GREEN: A JOHN FLECK BOOK LAUNCH UTTON TRANSBOUNDARY RESOURCES CENTER hosts a conversation with John Fleck, Utton Center's writer-in-residence, about his new book, Ribbons of Green and how it pertains to our current climate and drier future for the Rio Grande. #riogrande #drought

RIBBONS OF GREEN: A JOHN FLECK BOOK LAUNCH
Fri Sep 25 at the Guild Theater
12:30pm only!
Free but limited seating!

SPONSORED BY UTTON TRANSBOUNDARY RESOURCES CENTER
A conversation with author John Fleck, Utton Center's writer-in-residence, about the past, present, and the future of Albuquerque's Rio Grande!

Learn about his new book, "Ribbons of Green" and how it pertains to our current climate and drier water future.

#riogrande #drought @guildcinema Utton Transboundary Resources Center

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University of New Mexico Press @unmpress.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Grant Faulkner will be in conversation with Yasmina Din Madden to discuss his book, something out there in the distance. Flash-fiction master Grant Faulkner and photographer Gail Butensky partnered to create this unique narrative of stories alongside edge-of-the-world photography. #iowacity

Flash-fiction master Grant Faulkner will be in conversation with Yasmina Din Madden at Sidekick Coffee and Books in Iowa City to discuss his book, something out there in the distance.

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University of New Mexico Press @unmpress.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Author Grant Faulkner and photographer Gail Butensky will in conversation with cultural anthropologist Cari Borjabe for a conversation about the making of their remarkable collaborative work, and the fertile territory where writing and photography meet. Tickets available at cliosbooks.com

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

In celebration of the centenary of Route 66, New Mexico historian and author David Farmer presents the first biography of a visionary writer, printer, publisher, and chronicler of Route 66’s golden age. Sept 27, 2PM, Museum of International Folk Art in Santa Fe www.eventbrite.com/e/route-66-t...

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Route 66: The Highway That Shaped American Folk Art

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University of New Mexico Press @unmpress.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

NEW! From Jerry Thompson, the preeminent historian of the Civil War in the American Southwest, “When All Our Troubles Will be Forgotten” presents the collected writings of George Henry Pettis, an important and long-neglected Civil War–era figure in New Mexico. #newmexicocivilwar

NEW from UNM Press: “When All Our Troubles Will Be Forgotten,” The Civil War Letters and Recollections of Captain George Henry Pettis. Edited and with an Introduction by Jerry D. Thompson.

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University of New Mexico Press @unmpress.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

NEW Night Said: Poems by Barbara Rockman From the endless star-filled skies of her chosen high-desert home to the lakes and farmland of her New England childhood to the imagined villages of her Ukrainian ancestors, award-winning poet Barbara Rockman reaches for belonging.

New from the Mary Burritt Christiansen Poetry Series: Night said - Poems by Barbara Rockman

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University of New Mexico Press @unmpress.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

One month until Love Letters to the Dirty South can be on your bookshelf! Foreword Reviews got an early look and called it "an elegiac love story and meditation on prison advocacy." Check out the full review and then consider adding it to your TBR list! 💙📚 www.forewordreviews.com/reviews/love...

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Review of Love Letters to the Dirty South

Love Letters to the Dirty South: An incarcerated first love and a previous gang life inform sociology professor Thao Hà’s insightful memoir "Love Letters to the Dirty South". As an infant, Thao was…

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University of New Mexico Press @unmpress.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

New in Sept. ⭐ “When All Our Troubles Will Be Forgotten" ⭐ A History of New Mexico in 100 Objects ⭐ Hispano Nation ⭐ Antitherapies ⭐ Weird New Mexico ⭐ChupaCabra and the Roswell UFO ⭐ Night said: Poems ⭐ Road to Enchantment New Mexico history, folk tales, poetry! Explore them all at unmpress.com!

New!
“When All Our Troubles Will Be Forgotten” by Jerry D. Thompson
A History of New Mexico in 100 Objects by Richard Melzer
Hispano Nation by Phillip B. Gonzales
Antitherapies by Jacques Fux
Weird New Mexico by Benjamin Radford
ChupaCabra and the Roswell UFO by Rudolfo Anaya
Night said: Poems by Barbara Rockman
Road to Enchantment from New Mexico Magazine

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University of New Mexico Press @unmpress.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Four UNM Press books are being honored as finalists in the International Latino Book Awards! Winners will be announced October 3rd at the awards ceremony at California State University San Marcos.

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

Out Now! Hispano Nation: The Rise and Decline of Spanish Identity in New Mexico by Phillip B. Gonzales #booksky #historysky www.unmpress.com/978082636972...

Book cover for Hispano Nation — The Rise and Decline of Spanish Identity in New Mexico by Phillip B. Gonzales, featuring a teal field with a red-toned, stylized silhouette of Cortez

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University of New Mexico Press @unmpress.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

“The Cather tour is literary tourism at its best.” Garrett Peck, a “history nerd,” fell in love with Santa Fe and has become an expert on someone else who was enchanted by The City Different: Will Cather. www.unmpress.com/blog/2026/08... #WillaCather #literarytourism #deathcomesforthearchbishop

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Will Cather's Santa Fe

Garrett Peck, author of The Bright Edges of the World, invites you to explore Willa Cather's Santa Fe with him.

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University of New Mexico Press @unmpress.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

We're hiring! The University of New Mexico Press, the state's largest book publisher, seeks an organized, innovative, resourceful, and dynamic Sales and Marketing Rep. to pursue positive and productive relationships with retailers, libraries, and educators.

We're hiring! The University of New Mexico Press, the largest book publisher in the state of New Mexico, seeks an organized, innovative, resourceful, and dynamic Sales and Marketing Representative to join the sales and marketing team. The Sales and Marketing Representative is an in-house position that pursues positive and productive relationships with primarily New Mexican retailers, libraries, and educators alongside driving key marketing initiatives with in-state partners.

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Ray E. Boomhower @rboomhower.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Nice surprise in today’s mail. An advance copy of my biography about groundbreaking journalist Wallace Terry. Thanks to the fine folks at the @unmpress.bsky.social. Official release is October 6. Preorders still available at: www.unmpress.com/978082637015...

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University of New Mexico Press @unmpress.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

What will be your final read of the summer? Yale Climate Connections has some suggestions, including THE WORST FISHING DOG EVER by Ron Dungan, a heartfelt look at the state of modern fly-fishing and the challenges fishers will face in the coming decades. 💙📚 yaleclimateconnections.org/2026/08/12-p...

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12 picks for your last book of the summer » Yale Climate Connections

With books set in Los Angeles, New Orleans, Dust Bowl Nebraska, and more, this list has all you need for one more summer adventure.

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