Author Daniel Mueller and poet Kristian A. Macaron will read from their recent works at UNM's Hodgin Hall

AT UNM

Author Daniel Mueller and poet Kristian A. Macaron will read from their recent works at 7p.m. Thursday, Sept. 28, at the University of New Mexico’s Hodgin Hall. Mueller, who is on the UNM Creative Writing faculty, wrote the recently published “Anything You Recognize: Stories.” Macaron’s recent poetry collection is titled “Recipe for Time Travel in Case We Lose Each Other.” Her website also identifies her as a writer, editor and educator living in Albuquerque. Macaron and Mueller will also be in conversation at the event, which is part of UNM’s Fall Russo Reading Series. Hodgin Hall is on campus at 1889 Central Ave. NE.

BOOKS ON THE BOSQUE

Lorena Hughes discusses and signs copies of her new novel “The Queen of the Valley” at 2 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 30, at Books on the Bosque. A review in the Library Journal states that the novel “will appeal to readers who enjoy family conflict, historical details and the exploration of lost love.” Told in the alternating viewpoints of three protagonists, this novel by Ecuador-born-and-raised Hughes paints a vivid picture of 1920s Ecuador and Colombia. Hughes’ previous novel “The Spanish Daughter” offers helpful context for “The Queen of the Valley.” Books on the Bosque is located at 6261 Riverside Plaza Lane NW.

TREASURE HOUSE BOOKS & GIFTS

Colette Smith, who uses the nom de plume Coco Smith, will autograph copies of her book “Pink Nails in Jail” from 1:30-3:30 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 24, at Treasure House Books & Gifts, 2012 S. Plaza St. NW, in Old Town. Smith wrote about her setting up a women’s health clinic in Dehradun, in the foothills of the Himalayas in rural India. She oversaw the clinic for three years, equipped it with medical personnel, an ambulance and a mobile clinic.

In the third year, in an attempt to obtain funding, she bought a drug manufacturing company with help from a friend in the United States. Smith writes that she was wrongly charged and jailed for crimes she claims were committed by the drug company’s previous owner. She remained in prison for two years before her release. Smith lives in Albuquerque. A registered nurse, she has a master’s in public health administration.

BOOKWORKS

Nancy Rutland and former U.S. Sen. Fred Harris will talk about the book “A Boyhood in The Dust Bowl, 1926-1934,” at 6 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 27, at Bookworks. The book, by Rutland’s late father Robert Allen Rutland, has been just reissued with a new foreword by Harris and a new acknowledgement by Nancy Rutland. She and Harris, who had represented Oklahoma in the Senate, are longtime Albuquerque residents. Tony Hillerman wrote the book’s introduction. The bookstore is at 4022 Rio Grande Blvd. NW.

COLLECTED WORKS

Santa Fe chefs Lois Ellen Frank and Walter Whitewater will talk about their new cookbook “Seed to Plate, Soil to Sky” at 6 p.m. Friday, Sept. 29, at Collected Works. It contains modern, plant-based recipes using Native American ingredients. It also celebrates eight important plants Indigenous peoples introduced to the rest of the world — corn, beans, squash, chile, tomato, potato, vanilla and cacao. It is an in-store event that is also live-streamed via Zoom. To register for Zoom go to collectedworksbookstore.com. Collected Works is located at 202 Galisteo St., downtown Santa Fe.

— Compiled by David Steinberg/For the Journal