New Mexico Mercury

Plants that don’t just sit there

Peter D’Amato walks among the hundreds of plants arranged in rows in the country’s—and possibly the world’s —largest collection of flesh-eating plants until he reaches a Venus flycatcher with hungrily gaping petals. He carefully lifts a live worm and lays it on the lower petal.

This is the eerie, beautiful and fascinating world of carnivorous plants. Once rarities, carnivorous plants have multiplied geometrically in recent years...

Friday Voyage: When Art Inhabits the City - Part 2

In this second installment, Margaret Randall explores the origins and political statements of the murals embedded into the fiber of San Francisco.

What Happened to Advocacy?

Chaotic social divisions in New Mexico and across the world arise when professional and political leaders forget the needs of those they represent.

Mercury Q&A: Darryl Wellington on the African American Experience in NM

Poet, author and social critic Darryl Wellington discusses his recent article that examined the African American experience and history in New Mexico.

El Machete: Whitey Biennial

Whitey Biennial

Friday Voyage: When Art Inhabits Land - Part 1

Margaret Randall explores the large steel sculptures on display in San Francisco's Crissy Field and how a city's public art reflects on its character. 

Weekly Poem: Thanksgiving Day

From the road,
the Brazos Cliffs rise up suddenly from the valley floor,
as the mountain falls away
and leaves brown, gray rock
exposed like broken bones.

I imagine being the first to trundle up the hillside in furs
with food,
and stepping up to the ridge and looking out
and down:
2,000 feet...

Thanksgiving Fiction

In wishing you a peaceful weekend after the busy joys of Thanksgiving, we offer two short stories for your leisurely reading.

Mary Kelley

A short story of reflection set amidst the palpable New Mexican landscape. 

Scholarly Journal Standout

The New Mexico Historical Review has been the preeminent journal of Southwestern history and culture for nearly a century.