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Meet real Mickey Haller, before he was a film star
Movie fans may know the name Mickey Haller as the Los Angeles criminal defense attorney in the recent Matthew McConaughey film “The Lincoln Lawyer.” The film is based on Michael... Read more »
Brush with green life leaves lasting impression
For 13 months Priscilla Short lived a life that Henry David Thoreau, were he alive, would have admired. Short occupied a passive solar-powered house built for her of straw bales... Read more »
SOLITARY MAN
A man quits his editor position at the Wall Street Journal but doesn’t take another desk job at sea level. Instead he lands a job at 10,000 feet above sea... Read more »
Librarians, poets, artists at Bookworks
Bookworks, at 4022 Rio Grande NW, hosts a series of author events this week. … Marilyn Johnson discusses her book “This Book is Overdue! How Librarians and Cybrarians Can Save... Read more »
A Trail Long Gone
“In Search of Domínguez & Escalante — Photographing the 1776 Spanish Expedition through the Southwest” by Greg Mac Gregor and Siegfried Halus with an introductory essay by Joseph Sánchez Museum... Read more »
There is a vacancy at Bates Motel
“What You See in the Dark, A Novel” by Manuel Muñoz Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, $23.95, 251 pp. Manuel Muñoz’s debut novel is set in Bakersfield, Calif., in 1959.... Read more »
A father bequeaths hope for a son’s better future
“Breaking Bread with the Darkness — The Esai Poems, Vol. 1” by Jimmy Santiago Baca Sherman Asher Publishing, $12.95, 111 pp. Father’s Day is June 19, and although books perennially... Read more »
Scientists? No, but they write about wonders
Six authors in UNM Press’ Worlds of Wonder science series for young people will autograph their books from 3-6 p.m. today at ¡Explora!, 1701 Mountain NW. The authors are Michael... Read more »
Foundation to honor artist Judy Chicago
The New Mexico Women’s Foundation will honor artist and author Judy Chicago May 7 at its annual meeting and award lunch. Chicago will receive the Alice Paul Award, given to... Read more »
Authors With New Mexico Connections
Authors With New Mexico Connections: Tony Hillerman Rudolfo Anaya Jimmy Santiago Baca Stephen Donaldson Walter Jon Williams Willa Cather Alfonso Ortiz – BIO: here Paula Gunn Allen Mark Simmons... Read more »
