A reception for Page Allen, whose work will be on display at the store for the month of September.

In Christine Barber's new mystery, a skull is discovered in the ashes following the burning of Zozobra. As Detective Sergeant Gilbert Montoya starts to investigate the case, disturbing displays of human bones begin appearing at religious sites around the city. With a possible psychopath on the loose, Gil goes to newspaper editor Lucy Newroe for help to find the person responsible in a case that will take them into the highest and lowest levels of Santa Fe society.
Christine Barber was highly praised for her first book, The Replacement Child, which won the first annual Tony Hillerman Prize and was named a New York Times Notable Book. An intriguing, impressive new mystery, The Bone Fire captures the colorful New Mexican landscape and the unique world of Santa Fe.

At the Santa Fe Farmers Market!

All the things that go into making good savory dishes –the hand, the heart and the five senses – go into making desserts. Seasonal Desserts from Orchard, Farm and Market captures fruit as a means to pleasure and knowledge. Madison has used
the subject of (mostly) fruit desserts to guide readers to the names of stellar varieties, their characteristics, where and when they might be found, and the history of some of our unique American fruits. This gorgeous book also looks at tree crops, from Medjool dates to shagbark hickory nuts, and America's new farmstead cheeses for the last course of the meal. Seasonal Desserts from Orchard, Farm and Market
challenges our ideas about what's in season by looking at where foods are grown and what their true seasonalilty looks like. Green rhubarb with blackberries? Of course!

Because good fruit speaks so well for itself, these desserts don't depend on terribly exacting conditions and manual dexterity for success. These are recipes for cooks rather than pastry chefs, meaning they are easily made.

Her country is at war. Terrorists strike at random, widespread rationing is in effect, and the power grid is down. But thirteen-year-old Sky Brightman is remarkably untouched by it all. She lives in a peaceful haven, off the grid on sixty beautiful acres of New Mexico ranch land, with a loving family, three horses, and an elderly dog who gives her gifts. No TV or internet brings disturbing news into their little adobe home.

Then a string of mysterious arrests begin and her new friend Kareem becomes a target. Sky is finally forced to confront the world in all its complexity. Summoning her considerable
courage and ingenuity, she takes a stand against injustice. With humor, hope, and fierce determination, she sets out to change the world.

"In this provocative title, award-winning author Stanley asks young readers to consider what courage might look like in an America under psychological and physical siege . . . To categorize this novel as science fiction would be wishful thinking, and parallels
to our contemporary times appear on every page . . . Readers will have much to discuss after finishing this beautifully written, disturbing book." --Starred review, Booklist

"This page-turner subtly builds an all-too-believable near future, sowing
just enough clues to keep readers informed and rarely descending into
blunt exposition. It skillfully captures the irrational fear of a public
under siege while giving kids a modern-day, almost-just-like-them
female hero who champions hope. Inspiring." --Kirkus

AT THE SANTA FE FARMERS MARKET

“The Seasons on Henry’s Farm, a book to be reckoned with, lifts you high enough to witness the tremendous possibilities people are capable of expressing in their working lives—in this case, through farming. If you’re a fan of Aldo Leopold, or have long suspected that time-honored methods of farming are best for the earth (and our taste buds) and require intelligence and thoroughness exceeding the levels demanded by most occupations, you will discover here that your suspicions are well founded…. The Seasons on Henry’s Farm is an exhilarating story of observation. It’s a humbling one, too, for few of us can imagine mustering the endurance and precision needed to farm this deeply. But that Henry and his familial band of followers can and do, again and again, makes the world of the farm more than a dream or an ideal. It’s a great encouraging kick in the pants for all of us, regardless of how we spend our time, or what we do, to achieve such excellence in full consciousness of all its complexities and consequences. This book tells a tale as raw and vivid as one could hope for, while gently imparting what we need to know about the soil, plants, and animals that sustain us.”
from the foreword by Deborah Madison

Presented by the New Mexico Committee of the National Museum of Women in the Arts

Coming Home to Yourself: Eighteen Wise Women Reflect on Their Journeys honors the changing face of aging and shatters stereotypes about older women.  The diverse, multi-cultural group of women featured in this book are vital, resilient, and continue to grow. They’ve all experienced a turning point later in life, which has brought them home to their deepest selves.

No matter what their culture, religion, lifestyle, economics or personal challenges, all the women arrived at the same internal destination: a place within themselves of comfort and familiarity, of harmony and wholeness, and of acceptance and love for themselves. Their moving stories of self-discovery and empowerment will inspire women of all ages to continue their quest to find their own authentic home. 

Coming Home to Yourself: Eighteen Wise Women Reflect on Their Journeys (Gaon Books) explores the many meanings of home to women as they age. Home can a physical place, an emotional space, or an activity where you can be yourself without masks or airs and be known for who you are. It is a haven within where you feel comfortable, safe and content: your internal and external selves matching, your inner and outer voices becoming one.   

Each of the 18 women profiled in the book, who range in age from 56 to 77 years old and come from diverse backgrounds, has experienced a turning
point, insight or revelation later in life that has transformed her life and led her home to her deepest self.  The book explores the process of her journey, the support she received, the detours along the way, and the sense of peace that results when she discovers or reclaims a true home.

Natalie Diaz was born in the Fort Mojave Indian Village in Needles, California. She is a member of the Mojave and Pima Indian tribes. She attended Old Dominion University on a full athletic scholarship and, upon graduating, played professional basketball in Europe and Asia. After a career-ending knee injury, she returned to ODU and received her MFA in poetry and fiction in 2007.

Stephen Graham Jones has six novels, which include The Bird is Gone, Demon Theory, Ledfeather and one collection, Bleed Into Me with another novel and another collection coming soon. He's been an NEA Fellow, a Texas Writer's League Fellow, has won the Texas Institute of Letters Award for Fiction and the Independent Publishers Award for Multicultural Fiction. He teaches in the MFA program at the University of Colorado at Boulder.

Alvaro Cardona-Hine of Truchas, maestro of words, painting and music will read from recent works in print. He will be joined by Santa Fe's third poet laureate, Joan Logghe.

This reading is Joan's first as Poet Laureate and she wants to celebrate the great friendships between writers in this generous literary community. Joan Logghe works at poetry off the academic grid in La Puebla, New Mexico where she and her husband, Michael, raised three children and built three houses. She is Poet Laureate of Santa Fe 2010-2012.  She studied at Tufts University, where she graduated as Class Poet. She began a life in poetry by volunteering at her children’s school thirty years ago and has worked with children and youth as well as adults ever since.

Awards include a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship, Witter Bynner Foundation for Poetry Grants, A Mabel Dodge Luhan Internship, and a Barbara Deming/Money for Women grant. Her teaching life has included Ghost Ranch Abiquiu, University of New Mexico-Los Alamos, Santa Fe Community College, Artworks, Santa Fe Girls’ School and Santa Clara Pueblo Day School. She taught poetry in Bratislava, Vienna, and Zagreb, Croatia in 2004.Her books include What Makes a Woman Beautiful, Twenty Years in Bed with the Same Man (a finalist in Western States Book Award), Sofia, and Rice.  Forthcoming in Spring 2011 is The Singing Bowlfrom UNM Press, and Greatest Hits: Love & Death  a triptych of selected poems from Joan, Renée Gregorio, and Miriam Sagan the three founders of Tres Chicas Books.

An engaging narrative history of New Mexico's 19th- and 20th century identities. Today officially known as the Land of Enchantment, New Mexico has also been the Land without Law, the Land of Heart's Desire, the Land of the Well Country, the Land of Pueblos, and the Land of Sunshine. Since statehood in 1912 it has been dubbed the Colorful State, the Volcano State, the Science State, the Space State, and the Atomic State. Weigle explores all these and more between the opening of the Santa Fe Trail in 1821 and the Diamond Jubilee of Route 66 in 2001.

This overview begins with the Birthplace of Montezuma at Pecos Pueblo missions and moves through the Lourdes of America at Chimayo, Carlsbad Caverns, Shiprock and Four Corners, ending with White Sands and Trinity Site, the birthplace of the atomic age. Outlaws Black Jack Ketchum and Billy the Kid, Taos and Santa Fe art colonists, Abiquiu's Georgia O'Keeffe, Pancho Villa raiding Columbus, and Roswell aliens figure among the attractions Weigle explores.  Influential publicity came from the Territorial Bureau of Immigration, the Great Southwest corporate imagery of the AT&SF Railway and the Fred Harvey Company, Route 66, and the New Mexico State Tourist Bureau set up in 1935. It ends with the Department of Tourism's Essence of Enchantment ad campaign following 9/11.

In its illustrations and abundant quotations from ephemeral, newspaper, archival and contemporary historical and popular sources, Alluring New Mexico orchestrates a wide range of voices that engineered a dynamic enchantment which continues unabated in the 21st century.

Marta Weigle is University Regents Professor in the Department of Anthropology at the University of New Mexico.  In 2005 she received the inaugural State Historian's Award for Excellence in New Mexico Heritage Scholarship from the New Mexico Historic Preservation Division.  Among her numerous New Mexico books are the co-edited volumes Telling New Mexico: A New History andSpanish New Mexico: The Spanish Colonial Arts Society Collection (both Museum of New Mexico Press) and the co-authored The Lore of New Mexico (University of New Mexico Press).

AT THE SANTA FE FARMERS MARKET

"This book will not only make you a true believer in the regenerative power of harvesting rain -- it will show you how. Harvest the Rain is full of practical solutions to our water shortages and points the way to a climate-resilient future. If we want thriving landscapes, abundant food, strong communities, and sustainable economies, we can start by treasuring rain."
--Andy Lipkis, Founder and President of TreePeople and Ashoka Fellow

For more than a decade, Nate Downey has written a popular monthly column called "Permaculture in Practice" for The Santa Fe New Mexican’s
award-winning ‘Real Estate Guide.’ A frequent guest on public radio, a perennial presenter at green events, and the author of two books on water and sustainability, Nate is a seasoned teacher, speaker, writer, and businessman. Soon after he started Santa Fe Permaculture in 1992, Nate’s wife, Melissa McDonald, joined his forward-thinking landscape-design firm. Since then, their beautiful, functional, and ecological projects have popped up regularly in prominent publications from Su Casa to Sunset. With their boys, Liam and Keenan, Nate and Melissa share a backyard brimming with bees, bunnies, chickens, all sorts of edible plants, lots of harvested rain, and a nice little patio for building community.

The High Holidays are the most important festivals of the Jewish year, and all Jews have their own memories of these special days. It's a time to remember, a time to be with families, and a time to tell stories about past generations. And you don't need to be Jewish to appreciate this, because the 21st centruy is a much smaller world, with many different faiths coming together. High Holiday Stories is filled with 101 heartfelt holiday remembrances, from famous people, and some only known in their own circle of family and friends. They recount varied Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur experiences, from observing the holiday in the Colorado Rockies to Army bases in Iraq, even online in L.A. The stories come from people of all ages, all professions, from New York to California, New Zealoand to England.

Nancy Rips is recognized as the Book Maven of the Midwest. She's a longtime bookseller and book reviewer who has always loved the Jewish Holidays. She began collecting High Holiday stories after her first book
Seder Stories was so successful. Her passion for books, reading, libraries, and the Jewish tradition are infectious. In addition she's a force of nature when it comes to her regular review segments on radio
and Omaha's CBS-TV affiliate. 

Join us for an evening with some of Santa Fe's hottest rising stars of poetry.

Tommy Archuleta lives in Santa Fe but still makes his way to Albuquerque three times a week to attend graduate classes at UNM and teach creative writing at an Albuquerque high school, Amy Biehl Charter High School. Archuleta, 44, began writing in 2002 after several years as a musician in the bands 27 Devils Joking, 23 More Minutes and Facedown. Now he plays with the bands Angola Farms, Beautiful Stupid Radio and Disasterman.

A native Santa Fean, Phil Geronimo discovered at the age of 37 his love for reading and writing poetry.  Discovered by Collected Works serving coffee and espresso at a famous coffee house chain, he also discovered a love for book selling. When not matching customers to the right book Phil can be found in restaurants and coffee shops working on his poems.  A former track & field coach at Santa Fe High School has impressed on him the need for balance with body and mind.  Come in to the bookstore and become a Friend of Phil.

When not writing poetry, Christopher Johnson can be found creating caffeinated masterpieces at Downtown Subscription.