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Celebrate the centennial of statehood with a book about New Mexico
Celebrate the centennial of New Mexico Statehood on January 6 by reading a book about the Land of Enchantment or written by a New Mexican. Some of our favorite classics about New Mexico or written by New Mexicans are
All the Pretty Horses, Cormac McCarthy;
Blood and Thunder, Hampton Sides;
Death Comes for the Archbishop, Willa Cather;
The Delight Makers, Adolph Bandelier;
The Milagro Beanfield War, John Nichols; and
Red Sky at Morning, Richard Bradford.
New Mexico has produced scores of novelists, poets, and playwrights whose gifts have enriched the world. Notable New Mexican authors include Rudolfo Anaya, Witter Bynner, Peggy Pond Church, James D. Doss, Lois Duncan, Joy Harjo, Tony Hillerman, Mark Medoff, N. Scott Momaday, Jack Schaefer, Leslie Marmon Silko, Edith Warner, and Frank Waters.
And we love reading the works of our own local authors, including Nancy Bartlit, Patrick Burns, Lowell Christensen, Amethyst Collins, Theresa Cornwell, George Cowan, Tatianna Dickens, J. M. Dougherty, Kendall Fortson, Terry Foxx, Fraser Goff, Rivka Goldman, Richard Hannemann, Dorothy Hoard, Dick and Kathryn Huelster, Jorg Jansen, Amber and Azrael K, Mike Katko, Karen Kendall, Sherry King, T. Jackson King, Andi Kron, Craig Martin, Cas Mason, Jennifer McKerley, David McNeese, Micron Mike, David Mutschlecner, Cary Neeper, Octavio Ramos, Shirley Raye Redmond, Tom Ribe, Inez Ross, Bun Ryan, Tom Steward, and Darla Graff Thompson.
Come in today and read the Land of Enchantment!
