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Author Daniel Mueller and poet Kristian A. Macaron will read from their recent works at UNM's Hodgin Hall
AT UNM
Author Daniel Mueller and poet Kristian A. Macaron will read from their recent works at 7p.m. Thursday, Sept. 28, at the University of New Mexico鈥檚 Hodgin Hall. Mueller, who is on the UNM Creative Writing faculty, wrote the recently published 鈥淎nything You Recognize: Stories.鈥� Macaron鈥檚 recent poetry collection is titled 鈥淩ecipe for Time Travel in Case We Lose Each Other.鈥� Her website also identifies her as a writer, editor and educator living in sa国际传媒官网网页入口. Macaron and Mueller will also be in conversation at the event, which is part of UNM鈥檚 Fall Russo Reading Series. Hodgin Hall is on campus at 1889 Central Ave. NE.
BOOKS ON THE BOSQUE
Lorena Hughes discusses and signs copies of her new novel 鈥淭he Queen of the Valley鈥� at 2 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 30, at Books on the Bosque. A review in the Library Journal states that the novel 鈥渨ill appeal to readers who enjoy family conflict, historical details and the exploration of lost love.鈥� Told in the alternating viewpoints of three protagonists, this novel by Ecuador-born-and-raised Hughes paints a vivid picture of 1920s Ecuador and Colombia. Hughes鈥� previous novel 鈥淭he Spanish Daughter鈥� offers helpful context for 鈥淭he Queen of the Valley.鈥� Books on the Bosque is located at 6261 Riverside Plaza Lane NW.
TREASURE HOUSE BOOKS & GIFTS
Colette Smith, who uses the nom de plume Coco Smith, will autograph copies of her book 鈥淧ink Nails in Jail鈥� from 1:30-3:30 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 24, at Treasure House Books & Gifts, 2012 S. Plaza St. NW, in Old Town. Smith wrote about her setting up a women鈥檚 health clinic in Dehradun, in the foothills of the Himalayas in rural India. She oversaw the clinic for three years, equipped it with medical personnel, an ambulance and a mobile clinic.
In the third year, in an attempt to obtain funding, she bought a drug manufacturing company with help from a friend in the United States. Smith writes that she was wrongly charged and jailed for crimes she claims were committed by the drug company鈥檚 previous owner. She remained in prison for two years before her release. Smith lives in sa国际传媒官网网页入口. A registered nurse, she has a master鈥檚 in public health administration.
BOOKWORKS
Nancy Rutland and former U.S. Sen. Fred Harris will talk about the book 鈥淎 Boyhood in The Dust Bowl, 1926-1934,鈥� at 6 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 27, at Bookworks. The book, by Rutland鈥檚 late father Robert Allen Rutland, has been just reissued with a new foreword by Harris and a new acknowledgement by Nancy Rutland. She and Harris, who had represented Oklahoma in the Senate, are longtime sa国际传媒官网网页入口 residents. Tony Hillerman wrote the book鈥檚 introduction. The bookstore is at 4022 Rio Grande Blvd. NW.
COLLECTED WORKS
Santa Fe chefs Lois Ellen Frank and Walter Whitewater will talk about their new cookbook 鈥淪eed to Plate, Soil to Sky鈥� at 6 p.m. Friday, Sept. 29, at Collected Works. It contains modern, plant-based recipes using Native American ingredients. It also celebrates eight important plants Indigenous peoples introduced to the rest of the world 鈥� corn, beans, squash, chile, tomato, potato, vanilla and cacao. It is an in-store event that is also live-streamed via Zoom. To register for Zoom go to . Collected Works is located at 202 Galisteo St., downtown Santa Fe.
鈥� Compiled by David Steinberg/For the Journal
