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The Bright Edges of the World: Willa Cather and Her Archbishop Author and historian Garrett Peck traces Willa Cather’s adventures in the Southwest and how they influenced her best book.

The Bright Edges of the World: Willa Cather and Her Archbishop is out now in hardcover and ebook!

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Book cover for a new book from UNM Press, The Bright Edges of the World: Willa Cather and Her Archbishop, by Garrett Peck, shows a picture of Willa Cather. Next to the book cover is a blurb for the book, “The Bright Edges of the World: Willa Cather and Her Archbishop is both a deep dive into one of Cather’s most beloved classics and also an exhilarating guided trek through a rugged slice of Southwestern literary history.” —Kali Fajardo-Anstine, author of Woman of Light: A Novel

NEW today, The Bright Edges of the World by Garrett Peck! @garrettpeck.bsky.social explores how Cather’s travels to the Southwest inspired her "best book" (Death Comes for the Archbishop) and highlights the vital contribution that Cather’s longtime partner, Edith Lewis, made to the story. #booksky

Roger Naylor introduces new book 'Arizona Boots and Burgers' An acclaimed travel writer has released a new book, highlighting the best places to dine after hiking Arizona trails.

Roger Naylor talks with Arizona PBS about some of the most exciting hikes and burger joints in his new book ARIZONA BOOTS AND BURGERS #travelsky
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Our Week in Reviews: 3/7/26 | Washington Independent Review of Books The Independent is an important voice in the community of readers and writers dedicated to book reviews and writing about the world of books.

Our Week in Reviews: 3/7/26. www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/features/our... @eccobooks.bsky.social @wwnorton.com @wwnortonlibrary.bsky.social @unmpress.bsky.social @bloomsburyacademic.bsky.social @uwstevenspoint.bsky.social #booksky

Off Izaak Walton Road: The Grace That Comes Through Loss Loss and sorrow can overwhelm even the strongest person, forcing them to reckon with their emotions whether they want to or not. In this extraordinary debut, Laura Julier recounts her reckoning, which took place in an old cabin tucked away on a hidden and forgotten gravel road along the Iowa River.

Finalist in Autobiography and Memoir, OFF IZAAK WALTON ROAD by Laura Julier #memoir #creativenonfiction #booksky

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The Problem You Have: Stories In McBrearty’s newest collection a diverse group of characters encounter turning points. A minor criminal seeking warmth on a frigid night climbs through a farmhouse window to discover more than he ever expected. A dying soldier recalls the man he left behind.

Finalist in the Foreword INDIES short story category, THE PROBLEM YOU HAVE by Robert Garner McBrearty #litfic #shortstories #booksky

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Off Izaak Walton Road The Grace that Comes Through Loss 2025 INDIES Finalist Finalist, Autobiography & Memoir (Adult Nonfiction) University of New Mexico Press (Mar 4, 2025) $19.95 (296pp) 978-0-8263-6771-6 Tags #finalist #autobiographyandmemoir Laura Julier recounts her reckoning, which took place in an old cabin tucked away on a hidden and forgotten gravel road along the Iowa River. In company with silence and snow, with eagles, owls, and a host of other birds, Julier finds solace and begins to emerge from the dark corners of grief. Over time, she comes to understand she cannot bury grief or turn aside from loss but must walk in its presence, awake and humble, until, at last, she finds her own wholeness within it.

The Problem You Have Stories 2025 INDIES Finalist Finalist, Short Stories (Adult Fiction) University of New Mexico Press (Mar 18, 2025) $16.95 (160pp) 978-0-8263-6773-0 Tags #finalist #shortstories The Sisyphean characters in "The Problem You Have" may not be pushing a giant rock up a hill, but they are unlikely to ever get where they are going. Yet despite knowing that, they push on and work with graceful resignation. In McBrearty’s newest collection a diverse group of characters encounter turning points.

We're thrilled to see two UNM Press titles on the finalist list for the Foreword INDIES book award! 💙📚

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They Kill People: Bonnie and Clyde, a Hollywood Revolution, and America’s Obsession with Guns and Outlaws | Washington Independent Review of Books The Independent is an important voice in the community of readers and writers dedicated to book reviews and writing about the world of books.

Once upon a time, onscreen crime was more scandalous than the real thing. www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/bookreview/t... @unmpress.bsky.social #booksky

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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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