El feliz ingenio neomexicano
Felipe M. Chacón and Poesía y prosa
El feliz ingenio neomexicano is a bilingual recovery edition of Obras de Felipe Maximiliano Chacón, el Cantor Neomexicano: Poesía y prosa, the first collection of poetry published by a Mexican American author.
The Life and Writing of Fray Angélico Chávez
A New Mexico Renaissance Man
Ellen McCracken provides a literary biography that includes a deep look into the intellectual and cultural contributions of this Renaissance man. McCracken moves chronologically through a substantial body of work that includes fiction, poetry, plays, essays, spiritual tracts, sermons, historical writing, translation, painting, church renovation, and journalism.
Defying the Inquisition in Colonial New Mexico
Miguel de Quintana's Life and Writings
In this fascinating volume Lomelí and Colahan reveal Quintana's writings from deep within Inquisition archives and provide a translation of and critical look at Quintana's poetry and religious plays.
Juan the Bear and the Water of Life
La Acequia de Juan del Oso
Fray Angélico Chávez
Poet, Priest, and Artist
The Writings of Eusebio Chacón
The Daring Flight of My Pen
Cultural Politics and Gaspar Perez de Villagra's Historia de la Nueva Mexico, 1610
In this engaging study Genaro Padilla enters into Villagrá's epic poem of the Oñate expedition to reveal that the soldier was no mere chronicler but that his writing offers a subtle critique of the empire whose expansion he seems to be celebrating.
Santa Fe Nativa
A Collection of Nuevomexicano Writing
This anthology honors Santa Fe's role as the foundation of New Mexican Hispanic culture.
Historia de la Nueva Mexico, 1610
A Critical and Annotated Spanish/English Edition
Villagra's epic poem of Oñate's entry into New Mexico in 1598 is available again in this beautiful bilingual edition.
Romance of a Little Village Girl
This memoir of growing up in northern New Mexico offers a unique and engaging portrait of daily life and customs from the late nineteenth through the early twentieth century.
Six Neuvomexicano Folk Dramas for Advent Season
This bilingual edition of these classic folk dramas is produced for both those acting in the plays, or for students of the literature.
We Fed Them Cactus
Documents the daily activities of Hispanic pioneers--buffalo hunting, horse breaking, sheep herding, preparing and preserving food, sewing, tending the sick, and educating children are included in this rich recuerdo, as well as stories of Comancheros, Tejanos, Americanos, and outlaws.