PART OF NEW MEXICO'S LITERARY HERITAGE FOR SIXTY FIVE YEARS
Nancy Abruzzo, balloon enthusiast and a pilot herself, presents the magic of Special Shape balloons in this children's picture book for young readers beautifully illustrated by Nöel Dora Chilton.
A Northern New Mexico Novel
Trim: 7" x 9"
Pages: 228
© 2018
This posthumously published bilingual novel by Jim Sagel (1947–1998), whose unique genre of writing about Nuevomexicano culture and mastery of New Mexican Spanish was dubbed “Chicanesque,” reenacts the traditional Christmas play, Los pastores, as the backdrop for a parallel story set in the fictional New Mexican village of San Buenaventura. Ultimately, Sagel spins a tale intended to make us laugh even as we cry—much as life does. San Buenaventura’s people suffer brutal blows that sometimes (or often) knock them senseless, struggling to regain their footing, and seeing stars. They do so even as they live under a guiding star.
Adela Amador's Tales from the Kitchen
Trim: 6" x 9"
Pages: 128
Illustrations: color illustrations
This keepsake New Mexico cookbook takes its name from Adela Amador's much-loved column in New Mexico Magazine. Adela's recollections of meals prepared for family and friends over the years, many for New Mexico holidays, are accompanied by dozens of recipes. The volume is organized seasonally and includes charming illustrations and a glossary of Spanish names and terms.
Trim: 8.5" x 11"
Pages: 160
Illustrations: 58 color photographs, 51 black-and-white photographs, charts, line drawings, index
© 2002
The inspiration for tens of thousands of gardeners facing the challenging winds, soils, and droughts of low- and high-desert gardens.
Nineteenth-Century Diné Textiles
Trim: 8.5" x 10.5"
Pages: 96
Illustrations: 65 color plates
© 2011
In Diné oral history, Spider Rock at Canyon de Chelly is the sacred place where Spider Woman makes her home. Her gift of weaving has provided the Diné with a constant means of sustenance.
Stories of the foreboding beings and presences that exist just outside our consciousness.
Recipes Celebrating One Hundred Years of Distinctive Home Cooking
Trim: 8.5" x 11"
Pages: 220
Illustrations: 9 color and 15 black-and-white photographs
© 2012
"Tasting New Mexico" celebrates the state's distinctive cooking, a blend of Native American, Spanish, Mexican, and Anglo influences.
This extensive volume presents New Mexico history from its prehistoric beginnings to the present in essays and articles by fifty prominent historians and scholars representing various disciplines including history, anthropology, Native American studies, and Chicano studies. Contributors include Rick Hendricks, John L. Kessell, Peter Iverson, Rina Swentzell, Sylvia Rodriguez, William deBuys, Robert J. Tórrez, Malcolm Ebright, Herman Agoyo, and Paula Gunn Allen, among many others.
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New Spain's Explorer, Cartographer, and Artist
Trim: 8.25" x 10.25"
Pages: 156
Illustrations: 61 color and 9 black-and-white photographs
© 2013
This book is the first to examine the artistic legacy of Spanish-born Bernardo Miera y Pacheco (1713–1785) with a collection of essays by leading art historians and historians examining his art, including retablos and altar screens, and expeditionary maps. rn
Published in association with the Museum of International Folk Art's 2026-2027 exhibition--the most in-depth publication on this topic to date.