New Mexico Mercury

Review: “Common Ground on Hostile Turf: Stories from an Environmental Mediator,” by Lucy Moore

In this short book Lucy Moore tells several compelling stories. Their power for me comes in part from their honesty, including Moore’s willingness to examine her mistakes as well as her insights about the dynamics of her mediation work. The book is about attempts, through mediated negotiation, to resolve conflicts within and among heterogeneous groups of people. It’s about successes, failures, and outcomes that contain elements of both. It’s about helping to build relationships of trust in order to undertake collective action to further a common purpose, but also – not incidentally – for the sake of the relationships themselves...

Friday Voyage: Jordan

This exploration of Jordanian society, history and culture begins with the hunt for "a rose-colored city half as old as time."

Weekly Poem: my mother

my mother once told me
through the smoky air of our living room
after a long drag and a long drink
“the women in our family have been
known to bring out the worst in men”...

Insight New Mexico - Jessica Helen Lopez

V.B. Price talks with Albuquerque's newest Poet Laureate, Jessica Helen Lopez, about transitioning into her new role and her vision for the position. 

El Machete: Massacre of the Protectors

Massacre of the Protectors

Letter from México: Part 2

Daily life in a small Mexican seaside town for a couple of New Mexican expats and easing into the unexpected role of "patrones."

Transformation

We’ve all been to, paid for, dozed off in, had bad meals at and endured countless fundraisers. It’s an obligation of today’s society. Not very often, however, do we come across one that was as much fun as Southwest CARE Center’s 6th Annual Closet Ball.

What I read in a local paper said, “Watch ordinary men transform into gorgeous drag queens at this fundraiser for the Southwest CARE Center, which helps provide treatment for New Mexicans with HIV/AIDS.” What I found was a wonderful event for an excellent cause...

El Machete: Student Debt Burn

Student Debt Burn

Through Their Eyes: Enchanted Photographers

The majestic vistas and cultural richness of New Mexico has drawn photopraphers since the inception of the medium. Their legacy of technique and perspective invite ongoing exploration. 

¡COLORES! May 23, 2014

New Mexico poet Tanaya Winder performs and shares her thoughts on the healing power of poetry...