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El feliz ingenio neomexicano

Felipe M. Chacón and Poesía y prosa

University of New Mexico Press

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.

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The Life and Writing of Fray Angélico Chávez

A New Mexico Renaissance Man

University of New Mexico Press

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.

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Defying the Inquisition in Colonial New Mexico

Miguel de Quintana's Life and Writings

Edited and translated by Francisco A. Lomelí and Clark A. Colahan; Foreword by Luis Leal
University of New Mexico Press

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.

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Juan the Bear and the Water of Life

La Acequia de Juan del Oso

University of New Mexico Press
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Fray Angélico Chávez

Poet, Priest, and Artist

Edited by Ellen McCracken
University of New Mexico Press
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The Daring Flight of My Pen

Cultural Politics and Gaspar Perez de Villagra's Historia de la Nueva Mexico, 1610

University of New Mexico Press

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.

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Santa Fe Nativa

A Collection of Nuevomexicano Writing

University of New Mexico Press

This anthology honors Santa Fe's role as the foundation of New Mexican Hispanic culture.

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Historia de la Nueva Mexico, 1610

A Critical and Annotated Spanish/English Edition

University of New Mexico Press

Villagra's epic poem of Oñate's entry into New Mexico in 1598 is available again in this beautiful bilingual edition.

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