Deborah Bonello to discuss 'NARCAS: The Secret Rise of Women in Latin America’s Cartels' at Bookworks

BOOKWORKS

Bookworks, 4022 Rio Grande Blvd. NW, is hosting several author events this week.

“NARCAS: The Secret Rise of Women in Latin America’s Cartels” is the title of an explosive new book by Deborah Bonello. The author is an investigative reporter and senior editor for VICE World News based in Mexico City. She introduces the public to narcas, or drug women, some of whom are the power behind drug cartels. Bonello will discuss the book at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 12. … New Mexico authors Matthew Binder and James Reich will read from their new novels at 6 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 16. Binder, an Albuquerque resident, will read from his new satire “Pure Cosmos Club.” It takes aim at the pretensions of haute art and fashion, and tracks the struggles of Paul, an eccentric artist, and his dog, the quiche-eating terrier mix, Blanche. Then Paul meets James, leader of a secretive cult. Reich’s novel “The Moth for the Star” is described as “a gripping metaphysical mystery of Depression-era New York.” It also takes the reader to the streets of Cairo and the canals of Venice. Reich lives in Santa Fe.

COLLECTED WORKS

Lucy R. Lippard, a noted art critic, artist, activist and exhibit curator, will discuss and sign copies of her new illustrated book “Stuff Instead of a Memoir” at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 12. Lippard is a longtime Galisteo resident. … At 6 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 14, Santa Fe author Mary L. Grow will discuss her new book “Night Train to Odessa.” The historical novel is about a young widow who is searching for her missing children during the turmoil of the Bolshevik Revolution. Collected Works is located at 202 Galisteo St., Santa Fe.

IN TAOS

Sylvia Ernestina Vergara will read from and chat about her new book “The Resilient Lifestyle” at 5:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 16, at S.O.M.O.S., 108 Civic Plaza Dr., downtown Taos. Vergara, born in Albuquerque, studied under French composer Darius Milhaud and trained as a dancer at the University of New Mexico. She taught music and dance at Norther New Mexico College. Vergara is also known for her poetry and photography. She is a longtime resident of Dixon/Embudo Valley.

NEW COLLECTION

“UP from the Ashes WE RISE” is the title of a collection of mostly poetry with some prose recently published by Las Vegas Lit Press of Las Vegas, N.M. David Rogers, the press’ president, states in the book’s introduction that the volume was conceived in the wake of the 2022 Hermit’s Peak/Calf Canyon wildfire and subsequent flooding that devastated more than 300,000 acres in San Miguel and Mora counties. “After the fire and flood we knew there had to be some response from the arts community. We sent out a call to people impacted and to others who weren’t but wanted to share their thoughts on personal loss,” Rogers said.

Sharon Vander Meer and Edwina “Patti” Romero both founded the press. The new collection is available for purchase on the website lvlitnm.org, on amazon.com, and in Las Vegas at The Paper Trail Book and Gift Store, and at Rough Rider Antique Mall.

— Compiled by David Steinberg/For the Journal