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August 2011

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THE CIRCUIT: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child by Francisco Jiménez has been selected as an Oregon Battle of the Books title for 2012 and will be read by students in over 200 schools across the state!

These independent but intertwined stories follow a migrant family through their circuit, from picking cotton and strawberries to topping carrots--and back again--over a number of years. As it moves from one labor camp to the next, the little family of four grows into ten. Impermanence and poverty define their lives. But with faith, hope, and back-breaking work, the family endures.
UPCOMING EVENTS
Sunday, August 21 at 3pm: E. B. Held discusses and signs A SPY'S GUIDE TO SANTA FE AND ALBUQUERQUE at Bookworks in Albuquerque, NM.

Wednesday, August 24 at 6pm: Paul Berkowitz discusses and signs THE CASE OF THE INDIAN TRADER: Billy Malone and the National Park Service Investigation at Hubbell Trading Post at Collected Works in Santa Fe, NM.

Saturday, August 27 at 2pm: Thomas Fox Averill discusses and signs rode at Barnes & Noble in Topeka, KS.

Friday, September 16 from 10am-12pm: Lawrence Welsh discusses and signs BEGGING FOR VULTURES: New and Selected Poems, 1994-2009 at the Barnes & Noble at New Mexico State University in Las Cruces, NM.

Saturday, September 17 from 2-4pm: Ana Baca discusses and signs TIA'S TAMALES at the Barnes & Noble at New Mexico State University in Las Cruces, NM.

Saturday, September 17 at 3pm: WildEarth Guardians present THE RIO GRANDE: An Eagle's View at Bookworks in Albuquerque, NM.

Wednesday, September 28 at 7pm: Jim Kristofic discusses and signs NAVAJOS WEAR NIKES: A Reservation Life at Bookworks in Albuquerque, NM.

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NEW FROM UNM PRESS

AMADITO AND THE HERO CHILDREN: Amadito y los Niños Héroes by Enrique Lamadrid, illustrated by Amy Córdova
Recounting the two most deadly epidemics to strike the Southwest, this beautifully illustrated narrative reveals that with tragedy comes heroism, as demonstrated by the children who bravely transported the smallpox vaccine from Mexico's interior to New Mexico in 1805.

BEGGING FOR VULTURES: New and Selected Poems, 1994-2009
by Lawrence Welsh
The poetry of Lawrence Welsh crosses many borders, from South Central Los Angeles, where he was raised, to El Paso, where he has lived for almost twenty years.




THE WRATH OF GOD: Lope de Aguirre, Revolutionary of the Americas
by Evan L. Balkan
Deliberately provocative, Evan Balkan's The Wrath of God examines Aguirre, a symbol of Basque fury and rampage, arguing that Aguirre's historical representation as a one-dimensional madman deserves revisiting.

COWBOYS DON'T CRY by Charles Berry
As Scout McBride navigates the rugged path to becoming a man, he knows that to emulate the men he admires, he must keep one thing in mind: Cowboys don't cry.





AUTHORS ON THE AIR

Tuesday, August 23 at 8:05am MST: Paul Berkowitz discusses THE CASE OF THE INDIAN TRADER: Billy Malone and the National Park Service Investigation at Hubbell Trading Post on "Santa Fe Radio Cafe," KSFR-FM (Santa Fe).

Tuesday, August 23 at 5:35pm MST: Emlen Hall discusses REINING IN THE RIO GRANDE: People, Land, and Water on "The Journey Home," KSFR-FM (Santa Fe).

Thursday, September 1 from 8am-9am MST: Emlen Hall discusses REINING IN THE RIO GRANDE: People, Land, and Water on the KUNM-FM "Call-In Show" (Albuquerque).

Saturday, September 3 from 7-10pm: Lawrence Welsh discusses BEGGING FOR VULTURES: New and Selected Poems, 1994-2009 on "Folk Fury," KTEP-FM (El Paso).

Thursday, September 8 at 8am: Jim Kristofic discusses NAVAJOS WEAR NIKES: A Reservation Life on "New Mexico People, Places, and Ideas," KUNM-FM (Albuquerque).

Saturday, September 10 at 1pm: Ana Baca and illustrator Noel Chilton discuss TIA'S TAMALES on "Women's Focus," KUNM-FM (Albuquerque).





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