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For today's AMA on AskHistorians, we have Stephen Neufeld discussing Mexican necropolitics, animal death, and blood sports! Come check out some bull fighting history! @unmpress.bsky.social

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Maxwell Museum of Anthropology, Book Presentation, Ancient Women Gardeners: Prelude to the Chacoan World, Dr. David E. Stuart, Professor Emeritus, UNM Dept of Anthropology Thursday, March 5, 6-7:30 pm, Hibben Center for Archaeological Research. Join us for an opportunity to meet acclaimed ethno-anthropologist Dr. David E. Stuart, hear some remarks, enjoy refreshments, and purchase a signed copy of his newest book. This publication is an original look at the gardens and gardeners of the Chacoan World and explores the ecological, demographic, and human dynamics that led to Chaco's rise and fall from its early beginnings in the 500s AD to its decline during the 1100s AD.

Tomorrow! At UNM's Hibben Center, internationally acclaimed ethno-anthropologist David E. Stuart will discuss the vital role women played in the Chaco Culture. It's free to attend and books will be available for purchase. #anthropology

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Book cover for Peter B. Dedek's guide, Hip to the Trip: Route 66 Centennial Edition, from UNM Press. Cover shows pictures of several roadside attractions found on US Rt. 66.

This year is the 100th anniversary of Route 66, so we've got a new and updated version of Peter Dedek's Hip to the Trip—the Route 66 Centennial Edition! With a historian's eye, Dedek explores the cultural origins of Route 66 and the factors that led to its eventual decline.

New in Paperback from UNM Press, Into the Great White Sands: Photographs by Craig Varjabedian. Image is a picture of the book cover, with text: Winner of the 2018 New Mexico-Arizona Book Award’s Father Thomas J. Steele Award for History and a review from New Mexico Magazine, “Put professional equipment into the hands of a master like Craig Varjabedian and he’ll find stunning beauty, great recreation, and a few surprises. . . . The pictures truly are the thing. And they are gorgeous.”

NEW in paperback today: Into the Great White Sands— Photographs by Craig Varjabedian! Stunning images of White Sands National Park in New Mexico.

New Mexico Magazine raved, “The pictures truly are the thing. And they are gorgeous.”

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A screen shot of a cowboy from a scene in a movie filmed in Santa Fe is shown next to the cover for the new UNM Press book by Jason Strykowski, A Film Lover's Guide to Santa Fe: A Walking Tour. Next to the book cover is a review of the book: "“The perfect guide to cinematic Santa Fe, Strykowski’s walking tours combine film history, the city’s arts and architecture, and gentle exercise for locals and visitors alike.”—Aimee Macpherson, author of A Guide to the Bars and Restaurants of Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul"

NEW today, A Film Lover's Guide to Santa Fe by Jason Strykowski!

Organized into easy-to-follow walking tours, industry insider Jason Strykowski guides readers to the sites used in Oppenheimer, Longmire, and many more, also offering behind-the-scenes insights. #filmsky #booksky
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Books on the Bosque - Albuquerque Independent Bookstore Books on the Bosque, Albuquerque's westside independent bookstore. Celebrating the beauty of holding a book in your hands and connecting with the community with fun events and more.

Thanks so much to @abqjournal.bsky.social for this review of Nuclear Family by Ty Bannerman! Ty will be at Books on the Bosque this Sunday, March 1st at 3pm. Stop by to get a signed copy of this fascinating take on the Manhattan Project as told through family legacy.

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A haunting family story born in the atomic west From Trinity’s fallout to a New Mexico school underground, “Nuclear Family” traces how the bomb reshaped one family and a region.

"These stories are delivered directly and compellingly through a series of explosions starting with the author’s description of the birth of universe. The author’s own birth is an explosion. The author’s parents fighting is another." #booksky
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UNM Press is displaying books at the 2026 Southwest Popular/American Culture Association Meeting, including the nine books shown here: Tracking the Chupacabra, The Bars and Restaurants of Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul, Sacred Folks, They Kill People, Trials and Tribulations of Dirty Shame, Oklahoma, The Believer, Mysterious New Mexico, Memorial Ride, and Broken Arrow.

Books about chupacabra, aliens, movies and monsters have landed at the #SWPACA26 conference! You don't have to be there to check out our books about popular/American culture—check them out here! www.unmpress.com/swpaca/

I am THRILLED to announce that I’ve just signed a contract with @unmpress.bsky.social to write a book-length study of DETOUR.

Books on the Bosque - Albuquerque Independent Bookstore Books on the Bosque, Albuquerque's westside independent bookstore. Celebrating the beauty of holding a book in your hands and connecting with the community with fun events and more.

Meet Ty Bannerman this Sunday, March 1st at 3pm at Books on the Bosque in Albuquerque!

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Q&A with Ty Bannerman Ty Bannerman is the author of the new book Nuclear Family: A Memoir of the Atomic West . He is the cohost of the podc...

"A memoir is, I suppose, an attempt to understand one’s place in the world. To take the pieces of a life and form them into an artistic reflection of the self that, hopefully, others can relate to and find meaning in as well." #booksky
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Wallace Terry Award-winning biographer Ray Boomhower tells the story of a journalist who spent his life smashing barriers, from his childhood in Indiana and his Ivy League...

From @unmpress.bsky.social—The life of a reporter who spent his life smashing barriers, from his childhood in Indiana and his Ivy League education at Brown to covering he Civil Rights Movement in the Deep South in the 1960s and then the Vietnam War. #WallaceTerry www.unmpress.com/978082637015...

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oh no the checkout process for buying books on a whim at @unmpress.bsky.social is far too easy.

New from University of New Mexico Press, Midsummer Count by Robin Becker “Robin Becker is one of our essential poets. She is a born storyteller, and in this legacy book she tells the story of her life, her heartbreaks along the way, increasing her heart-breaking powers. Yet her story does not end with her sorrows, for it is leavened by grace and love and the possibility of reaching beyond obstacles and fear to find, in life and in art, places of perfect affection.”—Wesley McNair, author of Late Wonders: New and Selected Poems

Out now! Midsummer Count collects the best work of Robin Becker, considered by many to be the foremost feminist poet of her generation. Lovers of Becker’s work and those new to it will find in Midsummer Count a master class by one of today’s most dynamic poets. 💙📚 #poetrysky

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Excited to share the cover for my new book, a bio of acclaimed journalist Wallace Terry. The book will be available from the @unmpress.bsky.social on October 6. It will be the third book I've done with the Press. Another excellent job by the Press's design staff.
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City Lights and University of New Mexico Press celebrate the publication of “something out there in the distance” by Grant Faulkner, Photographer Gail Butensky Published by University of New… CITY LIGHTS LIVE! Grant Faulkner & Gail Butensky (moderated by Maw Shein Win)

Almost as good as being there in person! Check out the full launch event for Grant Faulkner and Gail Butensky's collaborative book, something out there at the distance, at City Lights Bookstore. #booksky #photography

A stack of carboard mailers, with the book Arizona Boots and Burgers by Roger Naylor propped up among them.

There are 72 restaurants in Roger Naylor’s new guidebook, Arizona Boots and Burgers: A Guide for Hungry Hikers, and we’re sending each one a copy of his book!

Want to find the best hikes across the Grand Canyon State that have a delicious restaurant nearby? Grab your own copy: tinyurl.com/yc3st2rf

Guns, guts and gearheads: The rowdy men who remade Hollywood While the 'movie brats' like Coppola and Spielberg won the box office, they may have lost the war for artistic independence.

"It’s a meaty yet accessible book that captures the lightning-in-a-bottle nature of the generation’s ur-text."

The LA Times takes a look at Kirk Ellis's study of Bonnie and Clyde in his new book THEY KILL PEOPLE.
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THE BRIGHT EDGES OF THE WORLD Author Garrett Peck in Conversation and Reading from his New Book | garciastreetbooks Please join Bishop's Lodge and Garcia Street Books from 4pm to 6:30 as Garrett Peck discusses his new book THE BRIGHT EDGES OF THE WORLD: Willa Cather and Her Archbishop.

Here's the info for the Bishop's Lodge launch event for THE BRIGHT EDGES OF THE WORLD! 💙📚
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How two new books trace Catholic roots in New Mexico From Willa Cather’s Santa Fe archbishop to parish life along the Rio Grande, explore faith, history and the Southwest’s bright edges.

Thanks to the Albuquerque Journal for this wonderful profile of Garrett Peck's new book THE BRIGHT EDGES OF THE WORLD! It comes out March 10th, but you can get an early copy this weekend at his launch event at Bishop's Lodge, just north of Santa Fe. #booksky

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New in Paperback from UNM Press: Reservation Restless, by Jim Kristofic. Review from Anne Hillerman, New York Times best-selling author of Rock with Wings and The Tale Teller, reads: "Once in a great while, a miracle of a book comes along, a gift that both touchesthe heart and engages the mind. Reservation Restless is such a book.” Reservation Restless is the winner of the 2021 Southwest Books of the Year and Winner of the 2020 New Mexico–Arizona Book Award for Autobiography & Memoir.

Now in paperback for the first time! Jim Kristofic shares his story of navigating white and Indigenous spaces in the powerful and haunting lands of the Southwest—showing us how to use old traditions to find new beginnings and a better way to live. #booksky

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Leech on Stupich, 'Ore and Empire: Conquistadors to Guggenheims on the Camino Real' Photographer Martin Stupich’s impressive Ore and Empire places the El Paso smelter, run for a century by the American Smelting and Refining Company (ASARCO), within a broader historical and geographical context.

ORE AND EMPIRE by Martin Stupich is out now! Check out what H-Environment had to say about it:
"... a must-have accoutrement for the coffee tables of people who love El Paso, mining history, or both."

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New in Paperback, University of New Mexico Press Aliens Like Us? An Anthropologist’s Field Guide to Intelligent Extraterrestrial Life by Anthony Aveni

“One of today’s most exciting research efforts is focused on detecting the presence of extraterrestrial intelligence. But are we, in fact, looking for ourselves?”—Seth Shostak, senior astronomer and director of the Center for SETI Research at the SETI Institute and author of Confessions of an Alien Hunter: A Scientist’s Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence

👽️ Now in Paperback: ALIENS LIKE US? by Anthony Aveni

Anthony Aveni speaks to the trained astrophysicist and the curious layperson alike about a simple but previously unexplored question: Why do we assume aliens, if they are really out there, behave just like us? 💙📚
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New in paperback, from UNM Press: The King of Taos, by Max Evans. “Evans may have been born in Texas, but New Mexico—the setting of many of his twenty-five novels—captured his heart. His latest, written at ninety-five years old, is no exception. A series of sharp vignettes describe the meandering misfortunes of the drunken ne’er-do-wells who populate post–World War II Taos.” —Sarah Steers, Booklist

Winner of the 2021 Western Heritage Award for Outstanding Western Novel, THE KING OF TAOS by Max Evans is now available in paperback for the first time! #booksky

Find out more about this fun and down-and-dirty Western set in 1950s New Mexico: www.unmpress.com/978082636164...

Roger Naylor poses with a hamburger from one of the restaurants featured in his new book from UNM Press, Arizona Boots and Burgers: A Guide for Hungry Hikers.

🥾🍔 Packed with more than 70 restaurants and hikes, this is the ultimate dining guide—one that pairs each eatery with a nearby hiking trail. ARIZONA BOOTS AND BURGERS will help you find the best trails and treats all across Arizona! #Arizona #hiking #foodie

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New from UNM Press: Ore and Empire - Conquistadores to Guggenheims on the Camino Real, by Martin Stupich. Photography and the history of extraction combine as Marty Stupich’s extraordinary images map the 600 year oppression of the lands and people from the Mexican Conquest to the Guggenheims, from deep inside present-day Mexico to southern Wyoming.

Accomplished photographer Martin Stupich documents the overlap of Spanish colonization and the ASARCO mining and smelting operations sites in his striking new striking photography book, ORE AND EMPIRE.

#industrialphotography #environmentalphotography #photobook

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Interview: Grant Faulkner - CRAFT Grant Faulkner, who will serve as our guest judge for the CRAFT 2025 Flash Prose Prize, recently told me that he dislikes conventional bios and prefers to find something odd on the internet about…

"What makes good flash is what makes good stories in general. Capturing the decisive moment with arresting detail. Writing to the questions, not the answers."

Read more of author Grant Faulkner's tips and tricks for writing flash fiction below! 💙📚✒️
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You can now find UNM Press books at the Albuquerque Sunport! Pick up a guidebook to Breaking Bad film locations on your way in, a green chile cookbook on your way out, or discover a new southwestern author to read on your long flight.

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"…a must-have accoutrement for the coffee tables of people who love El Paso, mining history, or both."

Thank you to H-Environment for this incredible review of ORE AND EMPIRE by Martin Stupich! This beautiful photography book comes out on February 17th. #booksky #photosky

Curt Walters: Resilience - Western Spirit: Scottsdale's Museum of the West Scottsdale's Museum of the West offers a glimpse into the history and culture of the American West. Explore our exhibits, programs, and events, and learn about the cowboys, ranchers, and Native…

On Display through April 12! Retrospective exhibition of the work of painter Curt Walters celebrates the release of his new book, Resilience: The Life History and Grand Canyon Art of Curt Walters. Visit Western Spirit: Scottsdale's Museum of the West.