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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.

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Where the Ox Does Not Plow

A Mexican American Ballad

University of New Mexico Press

Manuel Peña chronicles his transformative journey from migrant worker to academia in twenty-six poignant life episodes.

  • Copyright year: 2008
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The Book of Literary Terms

The Genres of Fiction, Drama, Nonfiction, Literary Criticism, and Scholarship, Second Edition

University of New Mexico Press

Chapters covering fiction, drama, nonfiction, and literary criticism and scholarship offer readers a comprehensive guide to all forms of prose and their many sub-genres.

  • Copyright year: 2020
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The Book of Forms

A Handbook of Poetics, Fifth Edition

University of New Mexico Press

Filled with both common and rarely heard of forms and prosodies, Turco's engaging style and apt examples invite writers to try their hands at exploring forms in ways that challenge and enrich their work.

  • Copyright year: 2020
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The Book of Dialogue

How to Write Effective Conversation in Fiction, Screenplays, Drama, and Poetry

University of New Mexico Press

The Book of Dialogue is an invaluable resource for writers and students of narrative seeking to master the art of effective dialogue.

  • Copyright year: 2004
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Ho! For Wonderland

Travelers' Accounts of Yellowstone, 1872-1914

University of New Mexico Press

These stories by early Yellowstone Park visitors helped propel the popularity of this American wonderland.

  • Copyright year: 2009
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Grief Land

Poems

University of New Mexico Press

In Grief Land Carrie Shipers explores the paradoxical nature of bereavement as both a universal human experience and an intensely personal one.

  • Copyright year: 2020
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Feel Puma

Poems

University of New Mexico Press

In Feel Puma, Ray Gonzalez traces his love of reading, philosophy, and learning with poems constantly in conversation--with each other, with texts by other writers and the writers themselves, with world history and his personal history and people he has encountered.

  • Copyright year: 2020
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Abiquiu

The Geologic History of O'Keeffe Country

University of New Mexico Press, High Desert Field Guides

With stunning photographs, timelines, and a regional geologic map, noted geologist Kirt Kempter explains the geologic story and landscape evolution of the region for travelers, hikers, and armchair geologists.

  • Copyright year: 2020
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Querencia

Reflections on the New Mexico Homeland

University of New Mexico Press

This collection of both deeply personal reflections and carefully researched studies explores the New Mexico homeland through the experiences and perspectives of Chicanx and indigenous/Genízaro writers and scholars from across the state.

  • Copyright year: 2020
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LEGEND

The Complete Facsimile in Context

University of New Mexico Press

Conceived in 1976 and published in 1980, LEGEND exemplifies the political and linguistic commitments of then-nascent Language writing.

  • Copyright year: 2020
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