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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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Doug Dunston’s Mind: “Practical Creativity”

24. July 2014

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By Margaret Randall

In numerous postings, the New Mexico Mercury has commented on the great number of brilliant and creative Albuquerque residents, capable of turning our city’s uniqueness into prosperous livability—if only our urban structures and political machinations allowed us to make real use of such talent. Doug Dunston, who is Professor of Music at New Mexico Tech but lives in Albuquerque, is one such extraordinary mind...

Friday Voyage: The Dushanbe Teahouse

18. July 2014

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By Margaret Randall

The Persian art and historic tea culture of Tajikistan offer a sought after respite in Boulder, Colorado.

Lucy Lippard’s Mind: A Review of “Undermining”

16. July 2014

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By Margaret Randall

Lucy Lippard’s Mind: A Review of “Undermining”

The inimitable Lucy Lippard’s latest work offers a critical examination of land use in the West and the wheels of politics and art that affect it.

The outrage over Kendall Jones - What’s really going on here?

07. July 2014

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By Margaret Randall

Via social media (Facebook) and one of our more sensationalist online dailies, we recently learned the story of Kendall Jones, a Texas Tech cheerleader whose penchant for hunting and killing exotic animals for sport has outraged many of those she hoped to impress. The Huffington Post article, headlined “Meet Kendall Jones, The Texan Cheerleader Whose Exotic Animal Hunts Outraged the Internet,” appeared on July 1, 2014. Jones’ Facebook post was probably uploaded around the same time. It is no longer available. Either FB or Jones’ herself removed it from public scrutiny.

This narrative raised a range of issues for me, some of them uncomfortably contradictory...

Friday Voyage: The Ludlow Massacre Memorial

03. July 2014

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By Margaret Randall

Friday Voyage: The Ludlow Massacre Memorial

Just north of the New Mexico/Colorado border sits the site of one of the worst repressive actions against working people in the history of our country.