Author Archives | Margaret Randall
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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23. August 2014
At the bus stop and out of the corner of my eye
I see myself waiting,
awkward bundle at my feet.
I am wearing the same sky blue fleece
though it hangs looser against my body.
My hair, still long and full and brown,
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21. August 2014
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14. August 2014
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07. August 2014
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04. August 2014
I’ve written about Uruguay’s energy policy in New Mexico Mercury. I talked about a policy proposed by the current progressive government, agreed to by all the political parties, and implemented by the private sector as well as the State. I explained how the comprehensive plan outlined a series of goals to be met, how by 2015 the small Latin American country would be running on 50% renewable energy sources, and how by 2030 virtually all of Uruguay’s energy needs would be taken care of by sun, wind, water and biomass from agriculture.
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Local circus production bridges intergenerational performance art and social commentary
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30. July 2014
Albuquerque was treated to a fusion of genres at the always inspiring Outpost Performance Space.
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