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Margaret Randall (1936) was born in New York City but grew up in Albuquerque and lived half of her adult life in Mexico, Cuba, and Nicaragua. When she returned to the U.S. in 1984 she was ordered deported under the U.S. Immigration and Nationality's McCarran-Walter Act. The government alleged that her writings, "went against the good order and happiness of the United States." She won her case in 1989.

She is a local poet who reads nationally and internationally. Among her recent books of poetry are My Town, As If The Empty Chair / Como Si La Silla Vacia, and The Rhizome As A Field of Broken Bones, all from Wings Press, San Antonio, Texas. A feminist poet's reminiscence of Che Guevara, Che On My Mind, is just out from Duke University Press, a new collection of essays, More Than Things, is out from The University of Nebraska Press, and Daughter of Lady Jaguar Shark, a single long-poem with 15 photographs, is now available from Wings. Her most recent poetry collection is About Little Charlie Lindbergh (also from Wings Press).

Randall resides in Albuquerque with her partner, the painter Barbara Byers, and travels widely to read and lecture. You can find out more about Margaret, her writings and upcoming readings at, www.margaretrandall.org.

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Friday Voyage: Glen Canyon Region

30. August 2013

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By Margaret Randall

Beneath the desert of northern Arizona and southern Utah lies a hidden world.

Friday Voyage: Uruguay

23. August 2013

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By Margaret Randall

Margaret Randall takes us deep into South America to experience the resilient people and rich culture of this lesser known country.

Friday Voyage: Canyons of the Escalante

16. August 2013

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By Margaret Randall

Following ancient footprints in the isolated wilderness of Utah.

Friday Voyage: Africa

09. August 2013

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By Margaret Randall

The wild animals of Africa give us better insight into ourselves in this visually stunning account by Margaret Randall.

The Hotel That Came Back from the Dead

06. August 2013

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By Margaret Randall

Once unique outposts in an expanding West, railway hotels have faded as travel habits have changed - but one gem is being restored to it's past glory.

Friday Voyage - The Galápagos

02. August 2013

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By Margaret Randall

Margaret Randall takes us on a personal journey through animal relationships and a family excursion to The Galápagos.

Loving our children means educating them

30. July 2013

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By Margaret Randall

What does it mean to say we love our children, or that we believe they are our future? What does it mean when our elected officials tell us that education is important, or that the US has the best educational system in the world (a lie we hear frequently, from our president down to the gullible man or woman on the street)?

The country that glibly considers itself to be the most advanced, the most developed, the most powerful in the world, spends just 5.5 percent of its GDP educating its children. According to UN 2011 statistics, the United States is first in the world in military spending, designating 4.7 percent of its GDP to its armed forces...