Established in 1929, the University of New Mexico Press publishes creative works and scholarship in several disciplines, including anthropology, archaeology, indigenous studies, Native studies, Latin American studies, art, architecture, and the history, literature, ecology, and cultures of the American West. UNM Press is the largest publisher in New Mexico and seeks to represent the culture, history, and stories of the Southwest.
Black Sheep, White Crow and Other Windmill Tales
Stories from Navajo Country
"These tales capture the humor and themes of traditional Diné literature. . . . The collection resonates with deep cultural authenticity."--Enrique Lamadrid, author of Juan the Bear and the Water of Life: La Acequia de Juan del Oso
- Copyright year: 2017
To Be Indio in Colonial Spanish America
Focusing on central Mexico and the Andes (colonial New Spain and Peru), the contributors deepen scholarly knowledge of colonial history and literature, emphasizing the different ways people became and lived their lives as "indios" in this new study.
- Copyright year: 2017
Sisters in Blue/Hermanas de azul
Sor María de Ágreda Comes to New Mexico/Sor María de Ágreda viene a Nuevo México
Sisters in Blue tells the story of two young women--one Spanish, one Puebloan--meeting across space and time.
- Copyright year: 2017
The Pioneers
Published throughout the early 1950s, these stories have captured our hearts and imaginations as true classics in Western fiction and will continue to do so time and time again.
- Copyright year: 1954
The Olson Codex
Projective Verse and the Problem of Mayan Glyphs
In The Olson Codex, Tedlock describes and examines Olson's efforts to decipher Mayan hieroglyphics, giving Olson's work in Mexico the place it deserves within twentieth-century poetry and poetics.
- Copyright year: 2017
The Collected Letters of Charles Olson and J. H. Prynne
Edited by poet and scholar Ryan Dobran, this volume of correspondence between the American poet Charles Olson (1910-1970) and the English poet J. H. Prynne (b. 1936) sheds light on a little-known but incredibly influential aspect of twentieth-century transatlantic literary culture.
- Copyright year: 2017
The Big Range
In these memorable narratives Schaefer depicts the unique conflicts of settler life and captures the spirit of the resolute, willful, determined, and broken characters found on the Western frontier.
- Copyright year: 1953
Shane
In Shane, Schaefer executes a perfect Western narrative while exploring the overarching themes of virtue, the human condition, and a man's search for self.
- Copyright year: 1949
Latin American Women Filmmakers
Social and Cultural Perspectives
This book highlights the voices and stories of Latin American women directors from Brazil, Chile, Argentina, and Mexico.
- Copyright year: 2017
First Blood and Other Stories
First Blood, Schaefer's follow-up to Shane, tells the tale of Jess Harker, a young stagecoach driver finding his way in this coming-of-age story.
- Copyright year: 1953