Ronda L. Brulotte to discuss 'Mezcal in Oaxaca: A Craft Spirit for the Global Marketplace' at Bookworks

AT BOOKWORKS

Ronda L. Brulotte will discuss and sign copies of her new book “Mezcal in Oaxaca: A Craft Spirit for the Global Marketplace” at 6 p.m. Tuesday, June 3. The book traces mezcal’s swift rise to public acceptance and its effects on communities that have distilled it and enjoyed the beverage for generations.

Once considered a drink for peasants — the low-brow cousin of tequila — it is now prized by connoisseurs worldwide. And it is praised as the economic savior of the Mexican state of Oaxaca by powering a craft industry and upholding rural communities and Indigenous traditions.

Brulotte is a professor and chair of the University of New Mexico’s Department of Geography and Environmental Studies and a faculty affiliate with UNM’s Anthropology Department and Latin American Studies.

Bookworks is located at 4022 Rio Grande Blvd. NW.

AT BOOKS ON THE BOSQUE

The bookstore hosts two events this week, both on Saturday, June 7.

At 1 p.m. Robin Dunitz, Eva Nevarez St. John and Lou Liberty will be read from their recent writings. Dunitz is the author of “Street Gallery: 1,000 Los Angeles Murals.” Nevarez St. John, a Las Cruces resident, will read from “When Tough Cookies Crumble: A True Story of Friendship, Murder and Healing.” Liberty, an Albuquerque resident, will read from her book of poems, “Skinny Dipping in the Cauldron.”

The other event on June 7 at the bookstore is at 3 p.m. Laurel Goodluck of Albuquerque will read from her two recently published children’s picture books — “Fierce Aunties,” which is about women that children can look up to, and “Yáadilá!”/“Good Grief!” which tells the story of a young brother and sister helping their grandmother transition from a rural sheep camp to their home in the city.

Goodluck is Mandan and Hidatsa from North Dakota and Tsimshian from Alaska.

Books on the Bosque is located at 6261 Riverview Plaza Lane NW.

AT COLLECTED WORKS

Master gardener and author Judith Phillips of Albuquerque will give a talk at 5 p.m. Tuesday, June 3, on “Designing for Extremes: Adapting to Hotter, Drier Times.” Phillips has written several books on native plants and gardens of the Southwest.

Collected Works is located at 202 Galisteo St. in Santa Fe.

AT GARCIA STREET BOOKS

Three authors will discuss and read from their books at 10 a.m. Saturday, June 7, at Garcia Street Books, 376 Garcia St., Santa Fe. They are Dennis Jung, Anne Maclachlan writing as A.M. Ross, and Suzanne Stauffer. The New Mexico Book Association is sponsoring the event.

AT SOMOS SALON

Four poets will read from their work at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, June 4, at SOMOS Salon, 108 Civic Plaza Drive, Taos. The poets are Bill Nevins, Mark Lipman, Alex Ragsdale and Damian Rucci.

AT GERONIMO’S BOOKS

Geronimo’s Books in Santa Fe will host the Route 66 Poetry and Arts Festival at 4 p.m. Saturday, June 7. Featured poets are Westley Oscar Heine, U.S. Beat Poet Laureate Mark Lipman, Davi Nicholl, Martin J. Strangeweather, Carvais Rozell Washington and Allyson Whipple.

Geronimo’s Books is located at 3018 Cielo Court, Santa Fe.