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The News as Usual

Poems

University of New Mexico Press

The News as Usual showcases the work of a gifted poet who employs language at its richest.

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After Party

Poems

University of New Mexico Press

By turns funny and heartbreaking, flirtatious and frank, Blaustein never lets his aggravation or confusion overwhelm his sense of gratitude for the life he leads and those he loves.

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The Handyman's Guide to End Times

Poems

University of New Mexico Press

In Morales’s newest collection, an imagined zombie apocalypse intertwines with personal narrative.

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Gather the Night

Poems

University of New Mexico Press

These poems grieve for a world of the lost while extending solace to those who remain and remember.

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Rain Scald

Poems

University of New Mexico Press

In this innovative debut collection, Tacey M. Atsitty employs traditional, lyric, and experimental verse to create an intricate landscape she invites readers to explore.

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A Song of Dismantling

Poems

University of New Mexico Press

In this dynamic debut collection, Fernando Pérez employs lyric and nonce forms to interrogate identity politics and piece together a complex family history.

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Critical Assembly

Poems of the Manhattan Project

University of New Mexico Press

With technical mastery and remarkable empathy, Canaday introduces readers to the people involved in the creation and testing of the first atomic bomb, from initial theoretical conversations to the secretive work at Los Alamos.

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MEAN/TIME

Poems

University of New Mexico Press

"Grace Bauer’s MEAN/TIME crackles with intelligence and heart. Reading this book is fuel for anyone’s imagination. It does what poetry can do—it takes your mind where it hasn’t gone before."—Dara Wier, author of You Good Thing

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Ground, Wind, This Body

Poems

University of New Mexico Press

"In this book a brilliant new voice commands our attention. Tina Carlson’s poems take us by surprise, root us in their authenticity, and haunt us with their power."—Margaret Randall, author of She Becomes Time

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Untrussed

Poems

University of New Mexico Press

Stewart-Nuñez draws upon a number of styles—persona, ekphrastic, lyrical, formal—to create a collection that explores the promises of love and loss.

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América invertida

An Anthology of Emerging Uruguayan Poets

University of New Mexico Press

América invertida presents Spanish poems and their English translations side by side to give readers an introduction to Uruguay’s vibrant literary scene.

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The Woman Who Married a Bear

Poems

University of New Mexico Press

The Woman Who Married a Bear showcases the wholly individual voice of a talented poet.

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Family Resemblances

Poems

University of New Mexico Press

The poems in Family Resemblances unfold in a series of overlapping narratives in which characters struggle with injury and healing, violence and fear, courage and forgiveness.

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Self-Portrait with Spurs and Sulfur

Poems

University of New Mexico Press

Through persona poems and odes, the collection argues that the muddier the narrative, the closer the story gets to truth.

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Heresies

Poems

University of New Mexico Press

The poems incorporate history, legend, and magical realism to create a cross-cultural baroque feeling.

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Crossing Over

Poems

University of New Mexico Press

"Priscilla Long would take a bridge anywhere to reach her lost sister, and these poems are replete with bridges literal and metaphoric. In her quest and resolve, these words resonate from “Kaddish for Susanne': “All praise to all that is.'"—Carole Simmons Oles, author of A Selected History of Her Heart: Poems

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Report to the Department of the Interior

Poems

University of New Mexico Press

Constructed as a series of reports to the Department of the Interior, these poems of grief, anger, defiance, and resistance focus on the oppressive educational system adopted by Indian boarding schools and the struggle Native Americans experienced to retain and honor traditional ways of life and culture.

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The Arranged Marriage

Poems

University of New Mexico Press

"Jehanne Dubrow in her fifth book of poems tells us a story so compelling that we put down our tasks and turn to her voice."—Hilda Raz, author of All Odd and Splendid

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The Sky Is Shooting Blue Arrows

Poems

University of New Mexico Press

Celebrating life, travel, aging, and nature, this new book shines with Luschei’s view of the world.

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A Selected History of Her Heart

Poems

University of New Mexico Press

"Through the lens of her singular and compelling life, Carole Simmons Oles guides us through our fractured, confused, violent century. At seventy, facing an increasingly fragile body, Oles crafts language that creates bonds—across cultures and tongues, across decades and oceans and continents. These powerhouse poems reach out generation to generation with generosity and compassion. These poems invite us in, offer food and drink and shelter."—Peggy Shumaker, author of GnawedBones

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