N. Scott Momaday\, a Kiowa Indian\, was born in Lawton\, Oklahoma in 1934\, and grew up in close contact with the Navajo and San Carlos Apache
communities. He received his B.A. in political science in 1958 from the University of New Mexico. At Stanford University he received his M.A. and Ph.D in English\, in 1960 and 1963\, respectively. His books of poetry include In the Bear's House (St. Martin's Press\, 1999)\, In the Presence of the Sun\: Stories and Poems\, 1961-1991 (1992)\, and The Gourd Dancer (1976). His first novel\, House Made of Dawn (1969) won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. He is author of several other novels\, prose collections\, the children's book Circle of Wonder (1994)\, and the play The Indolent Boys. He is also the editor of various anthologies and collections.
Luci Tapahonso\, Navajo\, is originally from Shiprock\, NM\, where she grew up in a family of 11 children. Navajo was her first
language but she learned English at home before starting school at the Navajo Methodist Mission in Farmington\, NM. She majored in English at
the University of New Mexico\, as an undergraduate and graduate student. She stayed on there as an Assistant Professor of English\, Women's
Studies and American Indian Studies for a few years. She has been an Associate Professor of English at the University of Kansas and is now
Professor of English at the University of Arizona in Tucson where she teaches Poetry Writing and American Indian Literature. She is the author
of five books of poetry and stories and one children's book.
James Thomas Stevens was born in Niagara Falls\, New York in 1966. He attended the Institute of American Indian Arts and The Jack Kerouac
School of Disembodied Poetics at Naropa\, and received his MFA from Brown University. Stevens is the author of A Bridge Dead in the Water\,
Combing the Snakes from His Hair\, Bulle/Chimère\, Mohawk/Samoa\:Transmigrations with Caroline Sinavaiana\, Of Kingdoms and Kangaroo with Nicolas Destino and (dis)Orient. He is a member of the Akwesasne Mohawk Nation and teaches Creative Writing at the Institute of American Indian Arts. Stevens lives in Lamy\, New Mexico.
Please join us this weekend at Indian Market on the Plaza!
Saturday\, August 21
9\:00 AM -- Jim Barnes
10\:00 AM -- Joy Harjo
11\:00 AM -- Luci Tapahonso
12\:00 PM -- Orlando White
1\:00 PM -- Lois Ellen Frank &\; Walter Whitewater
2\:00 PM -- Joseph M. Marshall III
3\:00 PM -- Don James
Sunday\, August 22
10\:00 AM -- Jonathan Warm Day
11\:00 AM -- Gary Robinson &\; Jesse T. Hummingbird
12\:00 PM -- Sam English
At the Santa Fe Farmers Market\:
Open a garden gate in Santa Fe and chances are you’ll find a provocative display of flowers and trees\, carefully selected stones and bird feeders. Gardens of Santa Fe brings many of these well-loved but secluded gardens to the public eye for the first time\, as well as highlighting some of the more spectacular public gardens in the area. Author Anne Hillerman deftly introduces these resplendent gardens and the people who find joy in tending them.
Take a visual journey through some of the most memorable and luminous gardens the city
has to offer. Santa Fe boasts an astonishing diversity of flora\, from traditional succulents and drought-resistant plants to roses and fruit trees all grown in the high-desert mountains of Santa Fe.
Dramatic\, eye-catching photographs by Don Strel showcase the beauty of these flowers in their glorious natural settings. Plus\, Hillerman shares insights on how to turn your own garden into a bountiful oasis in the desert.
During more than twenty years as a journalist\, Anne Hillerman has worked as editorial page and arts editor for the Albuquerque Journal North and the Santa Fe New Mexican. Her other books include The Insiders Guide to Santa Fe\, Children's Guide to Santa Fe\, Done in the Sun\, and Ride the Wind\: USA to Africa. She is currently a director of Wordharvest Writers Workshops and the Tony Hillerman Writers Conference\: Focus on Mystery\, both of which she helped to establish in 2001.
Photographer Don Strel’s photos have been featured in The Insiders’ Guide to Santa Fe\, Children's Guide to Santa Fe\, New Mexico Magazine\, the Los Angeles Times\, the Albuquerque Journal\, the Santa Fe New Mexican\, and numerous other publications. He is the director of Southwest Assignments design and photo agency\, which he founded in 1985.
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