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.
Stewart L. Udall
Steward of the Land
This book, the first biography of Udall, introduces his work to a new generation of Americans concerned with the environment.
- Copyright year: 2017
The Kean Land and Other Stories
The classic Western short stories in this Jack Schaefer collection explore the changing and often challenging truths found throughout the American West.
- Copyright year: 1959
Monte Walsh
Originally published in 1963, Monte Walsh continues to delight readers as a Western classic and popular favorite.
- Copyright year: 1963
Mavericks
"Unabashedly sentimental, this has some stunning scenes and a rhythm as smooth as a slow canter. And Old Jake, symbol of the best of the old West, leaves some indestructible memories."--Kirkus Reviews
- Copyright year: 1967
Madcap Masquerade
A Novel
"Madcap Masquerade builds delightfully on the venerable fiction tradition of romance gone crossways, mistaken identity, gender confusion, elaborate disguises, and meant-to-be lovers who keep missing connections."--Anne Hillerman, author of Rock with Wings
- Copyright year: 2017
Company of Cowards
"An elegiac account of one man who followed 'his own peculiar trail' out of the Civil War, and the crippled, unrecorded company that went with him."--Kirkus Reviews
- Copyright year: 1957
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