Five Questions for New Mexico Authors – Toby Smith
This week we ask one of New Mexico’s great storytellers and reporters, Toby Smith, about his new book Bush League Boys: The Postwar Legends of Baseball in the American Southwest, published this year by University of New Mexico Press.
New Mexico Mercury: Anyone who loves baseball and is interested in understanding more about the history of the l940s and 1950s will love this book. How do you think Joe Bauman and Bob Crues, home-run king and RBI record setter, respectively, would hold up in today’s minor leagues?…
Insight New Mexico: David Correia on DOJ Consent Decree
V.B. Price talks with UNM Professor David Correia about the strength of the Department of Justice Consent Decree regarding the Albuquerque Police Department.
Five Questions for New Mexico Authors – Sharon Oard Warner
This week we ask author, UNM English professor, and founder and director of the Taos Summer Writer’s Conference Sharon Oard Warner about her intriguing new novel Sophie’s House of Cards, published this year by the University of New Mexico Press.
New Mexico Mercury: One of the many fascinating aspects of this novel is the use of tarot imagery as an organizing principle for the story. How did you come to that idea?
Sharon Oard Warner: Many years ago, I listened to a fellow writer, Wayne Johnson, talk about his writing aspirations. He said he wanted to write a novel that took its structure from a metaphor or recurring motif…
Insight New Mexico – Joan Gibson
V.B. Price talks to philosopher and ethicist Joan Gibson about her new book Pause: How to Turn Tough Choices Into Strong Decisions
