Poet V.B. Price to read at events in sa国际传媒官网网页入口, Santa Fe
POET READS IN ALBUQUERQUE, SANTA FE
Noted sa国际传媒官网网页入口 poet V.B. Price will read from the second edition of his collection 鈥淚nnocence Regained: The Christmas Poems 2025-1969,鈥� giving three readings this week, two in sa国际传媒官网网页入口 and one in Santa Fe.
The first sa国际传媒官网网页入口 reading will be at 6 p.m. Monday, Dec. 8, at Bookworks, 4022 Rio Grande Blvd. NW. The second will be part of the Chatter Sunday program at 10:30 a.m. Sunday, Dec. 14, at 912 Third St. NW.
The third reading will be at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 20, as part of Chatter North program, at the Center for Contemporary Arts, 1050 Old Pecos Trail in Santa Fe.
The Bookworks event is free. Tickets for the Chatter events, available at or at the door, start at $5 and include chamber musical performances.
鈥淚n 1969 I started writing the poems,鈥� Price said in an interview. 鈥淢y late wife, Rini, and I had just gotten married and we realized that Christmas was very special to us.鈥�
鈥淭he amazement and the astonishment (of creating poems) came together at one time and at one place.鈥�
Price said he began writing single poems for Christmas in 1969. Then for about the past 10 years he had started writing suites of five or six poems instead of just one.
鈥淭hey don鈥檛 seem to stop,鈥� he said.
This year, Price wrote five poems about geodes. The suite is titled 鈥淕eode Universe.鈥�
Usually, he said, he writes the Christmas poetry in the summer 鈥渨hen the spirit is alive and well.鈥�
AT COLLECTED WORKS
The Santa Fe bookstore is hosting several events this week.
At 6 p.m. Monday, Dec. 8, author-journalist Reynolds Holding will be in conversation with U.S. District Judge Martha V谩squez about his new book 鈥淏etter Judgment: How Three Judges Are Bringing Justice Back to the Courts.鈥�
The three judges of the title are V谩squez, who sits in Santa Fe, Jed Rakoff and Carlton Reeves. The book explains how the federal district courts can restore their power and Americans鈥� access to justice.
Elisabeth Reed, Santa Fe-based author of 鈥淭he Last Assignment鈥� will be in conversation with Marilyn Preston about Reed鈥檚 crime novel at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 9.
The story is about Miranda, who attempts to track down her missing husband, Jack, who is working undercover for the FBI. A storm drives him off course and he ends up in the territory of a Caribbean drug lord.
Desperate for answers, Miranda accepts a catering job on the same island where Jack was last seen, plunging her into a deadly underworld.
Six storytellers will participate in 鈥淪tep into the Story: Santa Fe Story Lab Holiday Edition鈥� at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 11.
The storytellers and their subjects are Elizabeth Elkins (Pioneer Day), Nancy King (Hanukkah), Wayne Lee (Fourth of July), Alfredo Celed贸n Luj谩n (New Mexico Christmas), Issa Nyaphaga (Kwanzaa) and Violet Stone Gutierrez (40th birthday).
Each shares a personal tale that reflects who we are and what brings us together. Following the stories, the floor will be open for a Q&A with the speakers.
Collected Works is located at 202 Galisteo St. in Santa Fe.
Poet V.B. Price to read at events in sa国际传媒官网网页入口, Santa Fe
