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Weaving diverse cultures, vast landscapes, and ecological concerns, crossing beauty with danger, these poems are an invitation to the realm of possibility and enchantment. A flamenco dancer seduces his audience in Spain, and lovers travel through Istanbul. Writers live in exile while a menu for a dictator endangers the earth. The full moon shines over the Serengeti as nocturnal animals gather. Glaciers of Mount Kilimanjaro melt too quickly. A poet writes from his house near the beached skeleton of a whale. Lanterns in the Night Market is a love letter to the world.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
MARY MORRIS is the author of three previous books of poetry: Enter Water, Swimmer (runner-up for The X.J. Kennedy Poetry Prize), Dear October (Arizona-New Mexico Book Award), and Late Self-Portraits (Wheelbarrow Book Prize). Her work has been published in Boulevard, North American Review, Poetry, Poetry Daily, Prairie Schooner, and Rattle. A recipient of the Rita Dove Award, Western Humanities Review Prize, and the National Federation Press Women’s Book Prize, Mary has been invited to read her poems at the Library of Congress, which aired on NPR. Kwame Dawes selected her work for American Life in Poetry from the Poetry Foundation.
PRAISE
“In the tradition of Elizabeth Bishop, Mary Morris poses questions of travel in her luminously attentiveLanterns in the Night Market. This peripatetic collection opens with a compelling invitation that also hints at a potential sadness, loss, or rootlessness. ‘Take my hand’ says the speaker. ‘The past is gone.’ What ensues is a gorgeous slide projector of place after place: ‘everything and and and.’ These are clear-eyed poems that gaze candidly at trouble and troubled places—taking in the complexities of history, politics, and environmental crisis. But these are also poems of immense gratitude—revealing a poetic joy within the gorgeously-rendered details and images. This is a lovely and powerful volume.”—Lee Ann Roripaugh, author of tsunami vs. the fukushima 50
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
MARY MORRIS is the author of three previous books of poetry: Enter Water, Swimmer (runner-up for The X.J. Kennedy Poetry Prize), Dear October (Arizona-New Mexico Book Award), and Late Self-Portraits (Wheelbarrow Book Prize). Her work has been published in Boulevard, North American Review, Poetry, Poetry Daily, Prairie Schooner, and Rattle. A recipient of the Rita Dove Award, Western Humanities Review Prize, and the National Federation Press Women’s Book Prize, Mary has been invited to read her poems at the Library of Congress, which aired on NPR. Kwame Dawes selected her work for American Life in Poetry from the Poetry Foundation.
PRAISE
“In the tradition of Elizabeth Bishop, Mary Morris poses questions of travel in her luminously attentiveLanterns in the Night Market. This peripatetic collection opens with a compelling invitation that also hints at a potential sadness, loss, or rootlessness. ‘Take my hand’ says the speaker. ‘The past is gone.’ What ensues is a gorgeous slide projector of place after place: ‘everything and and and.’ These are clear-eyed poems that gaze candidly at trouble and troubled places—taking in the complexities of history, politics, and environmental crisis. But these are also poems of immense gratitude—revealing a poetic joy within the gorgeously-rendered details and images. This is a lovely and powerful volume.”—Lee Ann Roripaugh, author of tsunami vs. the fukushima 50
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Conversations with Psyche: A Dreamer’s Guide to Soul-Stirring Creativity
Seekers from diverse backgrounds can unlock internal reservoirs of imagination and insight by exploring their dreams. This book showcases a diverse range of introspective writing and art-making practices designed to coax Psyche out of hiding with unconventional methods for decoding symbols and metaphors. Discover how to decipher the mysterious messages of the night and access the immense creative wisdom that dreams possess.
Victoria Rabinowe is an American artist, author, international educator and director of the DreamingArts Studio in Santa Fe. She has led dream groups, workshops, seminars and retreats at her DreamingArts Studio in Santa Fe, on Zoom and abroad for conferences, universities, museums, writing schools and art academies. She has taught thousands of psychotherapists, spiritual guidance counselors, educators and creatives worldwide to understand the language of dreams through poetry, prose, creative conversations and book arts. She is educated at Harvard, Boston Museum School, Emerson and Pacifica Graduate Institute. Her artwork has been exhibited across the globe. Victoria Rabinowe presents a creative approach to dreamwork that is compatible with the wild and willful nature of dreams. In her books, she demonstrates how to coax Psyche out of hiding in an atmosphere of wonderment and curiosity with surprising discoveries and insights. Discover more at victoriadreams.com
Seekers from diverse backgrounds can unlock internal reservoirs of imagination and insight by exploring their dreams. This book showcases a diverse range of introspective writing and art-making practices designed to coax Psyche out of hiding with unconventional methods for decoding symbols and metaphors. Discover how to decipher the mysterious messages of the night and access the immense creative wisdom that dreams possess.
Victoria Rabinowe is an American artist, author, international educator and director of the DreamingArts Studio in Santa Fe. She has led dream groups, workshops, seminars and retreats at her DreamingArts Studio in Santa Fe, on Zoom and abroad for conferences, universities, museums, writing schools and art academies. She has taught thousands of psychotherapists, spiritual guidance counselors, educators and creatives worldwide to understand the language of dreams through poetry, prose, creative conversations and book arts. She is educated at Harvard, Boston Museum School, Emerson and Pacifica Graduate Institute. Her artwork has been exhibited across the globe. Victoria Rabinowe presents a creative approach to dreamwork that is compatible with the wild and willful nature of dreams. In her books, she demonstrates how to coax Psyche out of hiding in an atmosphere of wonderment and curiosity with surprising discoveries and insights. Discover more at victoriadreams.com
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Early Discount Registration $60 ends December 10th, 2024.
Register now for $60 and deliver your materials by December 10th. All registrations $75 after December 10th.
The Eric Hoffer Book Award is a leading international independent book award for academic, small, micro, and self-published presses. There's a category for every printed and digital book. The 2025 registration desk is still open.
visit www.HofferAward.com
Register now for $60 and deliver your materials by December 10th. All registrations $75 after December 10th.
The Eric Hoffer Book Award is a leading international independent book award for academic, small, micro, and self-published presses. There's a category for every printed and digital book. The 2025 registration desk is still open.
visit www.HofferAward.com
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Mary L. Grow participated in a radio interview on WRITER TO WRITER, hosted by Rebecca Evans and Kenneth Rogers, on November 3, 2024. The interview includes a discussion of her recent novel, NIGHT TRAIN TO ODESSA, and the differences and similarities between writing fieldwork ethnography and literary fiction. To listen please click:
LISTEN HERE
LISTEN HERE
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Hi, everyone. I’m Elvira Carrizal-Dukes, Ph.D., M.F.A. My husband and co-creator Ronnie Dukes and I were in Hollywood, Los Angeles, CA, recently where we received a brilliant Silver Medal for our sci-fi graphic novel “Daizee & the Dukes of Chuco: Chuco-Juárez World Rally.” You can get a copy directly from our website DUKEScomics.com. I wrote the story and Ronnie illustrated the sequential art. I go by Dr. E.C.-Dukes as my author name for my graphic novels. I use my full legal name when I publish academic scholarship. We received the International Latino Book Award – Award Winning Author recognition. Earlier this year in 2024, we were awarded the Outstanding Emerging BIPOC Creator Award presented by Latinx Pop Lab, Ad Astra Media, and UT English for Comics, Animation, Education, and Outreach. This year we were awarded a grant from the Doña Ana Arts Council and the Devasthali Family Foundation, which made it possible for us to teach a Comics Career Art Path to over 400 middle school students in Chaparral, New Mexico. We are also currently mentoring a fourteen-year-old who will be publishing his first comic book by the end of this year.
DUKEScomics is honored and grateful to represent our geographical borderland region of Chaparral, New Mexico, El Paso, Texas, and Juárez, Chihuahua, Mexico, Elvira’s hometown. Ronnie is from Chicago, but has lived in New Mexico now for almost twenty years.
This award is exciting for us, especially because this is our second graphic novel that we’ve produced. We met in 1996 working in theatre where I wrote, directed, and produced my play “Father’s Shadow / Sombra del Padre,” which won a National Playwriting Award and it was published by Dramatic Publishing. Ronnie was the artistic director of the staged play that we held in Minneapolis, Minnesota. I then moved into filmmaking and Ronnie into painting when we moved to Harlem, New York City, where I earned my M.F.A. in film from Columbia University and where we eloped in 2006. We then went on a backpacking journey in Guatemala and Honduras and then ended up back in El Paso, Texas, where I earned my Ph.D. in Rhetoric and Composition. It was during this time that we started adapting my film “Ochoa” into the graphic novel “A.W.O.L.: Cruz Ochoa,” which premiered at El Paso Comic Con and the Japanese version premiered at Tokyo Comic Con within a year. We are currently working on two new titles, graphic novel one-shots, and look forward to bringing a new book into the world in 2025.
This award is exciting for us, especially because this is our second graphic novel that we’ve produced. We met in 1996 working in theatre where I wrote, directed, and produced my play “Father’s Shadow / Sombra del Padre,” which won a National Playwriting Award and it was published by Dramatic Publishing. Ronnie was the artistic director of the staged play that we held in Minneapolis, Minnesota. I then moved into filmmaking and Ronnie into painting when we moved to Harlem, New York City, where I earned my M.F.A. in film from Columbia University and where we eloped in 2006. We then went on a backpacking journey in Guatemala and Honduras and then ended up back in El Paso, Texas, where I earned my Ph.D. in Rhetoric and Composition. It was during this time that we started adapting my film “Ochoa” into the graphic novel “A.W.O.L.: Cruz Ochoa,” which premiered at El Paso Comic Con and the Japanese version premiered at Tokyo Comic Con within a year. We are currently working on two new titles, graphic novel one-shots, and look forward to bringing a new book into the world in 2025.
Our graphic novels are in English, Spanish, Japanese, and German and we’ve exhibited our books at Tokyo Comic Con, Japan; The Leipzig Book Fair Manga Comic Con, Germany; and FIL Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico. DUKEScomics’s major US shows include the American Library Association in Chicago and San Diego; Chicago Comic & Entertainment Expo (C2E2); BIPOC Pop; The Latinx Comic Arts Festival; Latino Comics Expo; Texas Latino Comic Con; Con-Front; and Chuco Con.
DUKEScomics is our LLC and is an international small press and studio based in southern New Mexico led by Dr. E.C.-Dukes, a Xicana author and native New Mexican, and her husband, illustrator and animator Ronnie Dukes, a Black Chicago native. Our motto is visualizing the future through comics. We specialize in graphic novels, Chicanafuturism, borderland culture, technology, and BIPOC characters. For more information, please visit our website: DUKEScomics dot com (DUKEScomics.com).
DUKEScomics is our LLC and is an international small press and studio based in southern New Mexico led by Dr. E.C.-Dukes, a Xicana author and native New Mexican, and her husband, illustrator and animator Ronnie Dukes, a Black Chicago native. Our motto is visualizing the future through comics. We specialize in graphic novels, Chicanafuturism, borderland culture, technology, and BIPOC characters. For more information, please visit our website: DUKEScomics dot com (DUKEScomics.com).
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Our "Meet the Authors" collaboration with Garcia Street Books will now take place nearly year-round, moving indoors when the weather is inhospitable. There will be tables in November and December; we’ll take a break in January; then the tables will resume in February.
The November 2 table has been filled from the waiting list, but we still have space on the December 7 table. So we're putting out a call for authors who would like to participate on that date. Authors are scheduled on a first come, first serve basis, and anyone who applies after we've filled the December table will go on the waiting list for February and later.
Note that “Meet the Authors” is for authors new to Garcia Street Books. If you participated at an earlier date, or already have a book consigned to the store, you’re unfortunately not eligible.
Email us at libroentry@gmail.com, put "Meet the Authors" in the subject line, and please include the following:
1. Titles of the book(s) you plan to show
2. A brief author biography (300 words, more or less)
3. An author photograph
Thank you for your interest in "Meet the Authors"!
Paula Lozar, NMBA Book Show Chair
The November 2 table has been filled from the waiting list, but we still have space on the December 7 table. So we're putting out a call for authors who would like to participate on that date. Authors are scheduled on a first come, first serve basis, and anyone who applies after we've filled the December table will go on the waiting list for February and later.
Note that “Meet the Authors” is for authors new to Garcia Street Books. If you participated at an earlier date, or already have a book consigned to the store, you’re unfortunately not eligible.
Email us at libroentry@gmail.com, put "Meet the Authors" in the subject line, and please include the following:
1. Titles of the book(s) you plan to show
2. A brief author biography (300 words, more or less)
3. An author photograph
Thank you for your interest in "Meet the Authors"!
Paula Lozar, NMBA Book Show Chair
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The NM Book Association is planning to attend the Tucson Festival of Books on March 15-16, 2025. The Festival draws over 100,000 attendees, so it’s a good opportunity to market your book directly to potential readers. There are also author talks, workshops, and exhibitors ranging from health providers to model train fans, so it’s a fun event to attend.
We know from past experience that authors who appear in person have better sales, so we’d like to gauge our members’ interest in volunteering in our booth at the show. Would you like to join us in Tucson? (We unfortunately can’t offer any financial support, but consult your tax professional – your travel and lodging may be deductible as business expenses.)
If you’re interested in volunteering in Tucson, email us at libroentry@gmail.com by October 31. This isn’t a commitment, but it will help us plan for the event. Registration for our booth will open in January, and we’ll ask volunteers to sign up then.
Thank you,
Paula Lozar, NMBA Book Show Chair
We know from past experience that authors who appear in person have better sales, so we’d like to gauge our members’ interest in volunteering in our booth at the show. Would you like to join us in Tucson? (We unfortunately can’t offer any financial support, but consult your tax professional – your travel and lodging may be deductible as business expenses.)
If you’re interested in volunteering in Tucson, email us at libroentry@gmail.com by October 31. This isn’t a commitment, but it will help us plan for the event. Registration for our booth will open in January, and we’ll ask volunteers to sign up then.
Thank you,
Paula Lozar, NMBA Book Show Chair
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From The Authors Guild:
These best practices cover AI issues authors may encounter in the writing and publishing process. This includes best practices around using AI tools to assist writing, what disclosures are needed to publishers and readers if AI is used, and more.
We encourage authors to review and adopt these suggested best practices around AI where relevant.
These best practices cover AI issues authors may encounter in the writing and publishing process. This includes best practices around using AI tools to assist writing, what disclosures are needed to publishers and readers if AI is used, and more.
We encourage authors to review and adopt these suggested best practices around AI where relevant.
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NIGHT TRAIN TO ODESSA, a novel by Mary L. Grow, has received a Gold Award in the category of Literary Fiction from the Independent Publishers Book Awards 2024. The award recognizes excellence in independent publishing and honors the voices of authors worldwide. Mary has accepted this award in celebration of the writers, publishers, and people of Odesa, Ukraine.
See more at: www.marylgrow.com
See more at: www.marylgrow.com
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Shirley Melis and Anna Sochocky were recently interviewed on KSFR by Carly Newfeld for her show, The Last Word. Shirley and Anna talked about NMBA's history, the upcoming Summer Gala and more. Listen to the interview below:
https://www.ksfr.org/show/the-last-word-show/2024-08-15/08-15-2024-with-anna-sochocky-and-shirley-melis
https://www.ksfr.org/show/the-last-word-show/2024-08-15/08-15-2024-with-anna-sochocky-and-shirley-melis