U.S Poet Laureate Joy Harjo, an alumna of The University of New Mexico, will be the featured speaker at the 10th annual Rudolfo and Patricia Anaya Lecture on the Literature of the Southwest sponsored by the UNM English Department. The event is Tuesday,...
Distinguished writer N. Scott Momaday is the featured speaker for the fourth annual Rudolfo and Patricia Anaya Lecture on the Literature of the Southwest, on Thursday, Sept. 26 at 7 p.m. in the University of New Mexico Student Union Building ballroom. ...
Acclaimed poet and former U.S. Poet Laureate Rita Dove wrote, "By making us stop for a moment, poetry gives us an opportunity to think about ourselves as human beings on this planet and what we mean to each other." In this same spirit, community members ...
The 19th United States Poet Laureate, Natasha Trethewey, will deliver the keynote address at the 15th Annual Taos Summer Writer's Conference, Sunday, July 14, 8 p.m., at the Sagebrush Inn Conference Center, 1508 Paseo Del Pueblo Sur. In ...
The 14th annual Taos Summer Writers' Conference is set at the Sagebrush Inn and Conference Center in Taos from July 15-22. Opening night kicks off with a buffet dinner and keynote reading by bestselling author Dani Shapiro, whose books include the ...
Rudolfo Anaya, University of New Mexico professor emeritus of English, is among those being honored in the 32nd Annual Los Angeles Times Book Prizes. The announcement from the LA Times:National Medal of Arts winner Rudolfo Anaya is the recipient of the ...
Distinguished Las Cruces writer Denise Chávez presents the second annual Rudolfo and Patricia Anaya Lecture on the Literature of the Southwest, speaking on the connections between Chicana feminism and borderlands literature, on Wednesday, Oct. 19, in the ...
Julie Williams, a Ph.D. candidate in English, with a concentration in American Literary Studies, has received the Center for Regional Studies Hector Torres Fellowship. Williams received a bachelor's in political science and a bachelor's in English from ...
The New Mexico Commission on the Status of Women notified Gail Turley Houston, professor and chair, UNM Department of English, that she is one of 20 women chosen for the 26th Annual Governor's Award for Outstanding New Mexico Woman. A banquet to honor ...