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.
Union strength and a collective willingness to stand up to the neo-liberal agenda has empowered the working classes in Uruguay.
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05. January 2014
In a world of clashing ideologies, renewal begins with tolerance and an open ear.
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After examining Uruguay's education, healthcare and energy policies, Margaret Randall explores the progressive laws that are reshaping Uruguay's social fabric.
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Uruguay's progressive renewable energy policy has become a beacon of what's possible when taking into account sustainability, public health and national values.
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On December 19, New Mexico’s Supreme Court rendered its 5-0 decision that denying same-sex couples the right to engage in civil marriage is unconstitutional. This was an early Christmas present for the hundreds of lesbian and gay couples throughout the state who got their licenses from the six brave county clerks who began issuing them last August, for the thousands more who have been waiting for state-wide approval, and to our many supporters of all sexual identities who believe in equal rights for all...
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A South American country's lucid vision of education and healthcare.
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Is Death Valley the landscape of our future? Margaret Randall contemplates this notion as she explores the unique environments of Death Valley and Joshua Tree.
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In this second installment, Margaret Randall explores the origins and political statements of the murals embedded into the fiber of San Francisco.
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Chaotic social divisions in New Mexico and across the world arise when professional and political leaders forget the needs of those they represent.
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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.
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10. January 2014
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