Barnes and Noble is running a preorder special for Premium and Rewards members, 12/30 to 1/1 only! Here are some of the UNM Press books you could get 25% off. #booksky #poetrysky #photography #nonfiction #readersky Check out all of our forthcoming titles at www.unmpress.com

Which of our 2025 books did New Mexico Magazine recommend? (Hint: there are three!) 💙📚 Check out their favorite New Mexico Reads here:

"It’s a mysterious place, crawling with creatures of all kinds, prone to burn, always changing, harsh and lovely in equal measure. I will seek to know all I can about it." Philip Connors on the inspiration behind THE MOUNTAIN KNOWS THE MOUNTAIN. 💙📚 deborahkalbbooks.blogspot.com/2025/09/q-wi...

Author Jonathan Reyman talks with NPR about the research that went into his book Pueblo Bonita and Chaco Canyon Revisited (which also recently won the New Mexico Book Award for Archaeology!). #booksky #archaeology #NewMexico www.nprillinois.org/lincoln-hist...

Man of La Book gives a 4-star review of They Kill People by Kirk Ellis, which comes out on February 3rd! Check out what this reviewer had to say about Ellis's take on this iconic film. #booksky #filmsky #bonnieandclyde manoflabook.com/book-review-...

Latin American Review of Books (@latamrob.bsky.social) review Tales from the Sharp End: "Scott-Stokes provides the reader with a fascinating tapestry of observations on history and culture that will serve as the perfect introduction for visitors to the country." #booksky latamrob.com/chiles-night...

Robert Garner McBrearty's story collection THE PROBLEM YOU HAVE was the November pick for Boulder Bookstore's Radio Bookclub! In this interview, he talks with Arsen Kashkashian about the art of crafting short stories. #booksky #shortstories kgnu.org/radio-bookcl...

We are thrilled to see two UNM Press books on the PEN longlists! 💙📚 🥳 a chronology of blood by Teo Shannon and Delusions and Grandeur by Mark Sundeen

Ore and Empire by Martin Stupich is included in Publishers Weekly's spring preview! This fine art #photography book parallels the still visible impacts of Spanish colonization with the industrial mining empire that overtook the same land. #booksky #historysky www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...

Largehearted Boy’s favorite poetry collections of the year included Gary Jackson's small lives! #poetrysky #booksky #afrofuturism

Congratulations to @uwiscpress.bsky.social and @unmpress.bsky.social and their authors!

At Interstellar Flight Mag, Jamileh Alexandra interviews Gary Jackson, author of the poetry collection small lives, a super hero poetry book that evolves and trangresses the form by rendering a vast, emotional graphic novel in poetry. magazine.interstella...

We are looking forward to 2026, but FIRST, we celebrate all we accomplished in 2025! Our team has explored, brainstormed, read, constructed, volunteered, and tailgated together: www.unmpress.com/blog/2025/12...

A goldmine of treasures grant access into this twentieth century modernist poet's extraordinary work, The Uncollected Louis Zukofsky includes unpublished #essays, #drama, and #poetry that enhances Zukofsky's stature within the revolutionary modernist movement. www.unmpress.com/978082636878...

Kast’s election will open his country's sores. Review: Tales from the Sharp End: A Portrait of Chile, Natascha Scott-Stokes #bookreviews #SouthAmerica #Chile #democracy #dictatorship #Pinochet latamrob.substack.com/p/chiles-nig...

ARMED FRONTIER uses multiple archival records, many previously unknown, from Mexico, Texas, and Spain. It places the local and micro historical aspects of borderlands military culture into the broader context of the Spanish Empire, Mexican nationalism, and the Atlantic World. Out now! #historysky

Booklist loved WRECKING BALL, an underdog tale of a semipro football team. Rick Bass went to Texas to write about this team and ended up playing alongside them—at the age of 62! Have you read it yet? #booksky #football www.unmpress.com/978082636856...

A thoughtful new review of A REAL MAN WOULD HAVE A GUN by Stacey Waite in the Colorado Review. #poetrysky #booksky #queersky #lgbtqbooks

"It’s the perfect gift for the person who has everything except time. For the friend who loves language that lingers, the partner who keeps art books stacked by the bed, the dreamer who sees the world in snapshots."💙📚 Thanks to @yvonnec.bsky.social for including something out there in the distance!

Stars and Stripes thinks THE LLANO COUNTY MERMAID CLUB by @kathleenmrodgers.bsky.social would make a great Christmas gift, and we completely agree! "Every element of this story holds enchantment." #booksky #givebooks www.stripes.com/living/2025-...

Want to win a free copy of DREAMS IN TIMES OF WAR, a bilingual short story collection by Oswaldo Estrada! Hola Cultura is giving one away in their Book Raffle! Enter at the link, and click on the book cover to read what they had to say about this powerful book. 💙📚 holacultura.com/hola-escrito...

What does page 99 reveal about the rest of the book? Robert E.C. Davis takes up the challenge for his book on the history of the Army heliograph network in the Southwest. #historysky #booksky americareads.blogspot.com/2025/11/pg-9...

"Ultimately, Martíneztown, 1945 is more than a memoir or collection of stories. It is García’s attempt to preserve a place that he remembers as vibrant, complex and now largely vanished." Thanks to The Paper for this excellent article about Nasario García's latest book! #booksky #NewMexico

Out now! Voces del Pueblo features nearly two hundred works of art from the Chicana and Chicano Movement in New Mexico, accompanied by interviews with each of these artists and contextualizing essays by @rayhd.bsky.social and @irenevasquez.bsky.social #artsky 💙📚 www.unmpress.com/978082636873...

🚨New Episode Alert 🚨 Buckle your seat belts and enjoy our conversation with author Neil Mathison about his new book, "Airstream Country: A Geologic Journey Across the American West" (@unmpress.bsky.social, 2025). writingwestwardpodcast.podbean.com/e/081-neil-m...

UNM Press has nominated six pieces for the #PushcartPrize, including poems by @teoshannon.bsky.social and @moralesjuanj.bsky.social! Hop over to our blog to see what we chose and to read a brief excerpt from each of the nominated stories and poems. #booksky #poetry #ShortStories

Happening now! Watch the discussion live or check out the recording afterward. #booksky #criminology www.youtube.com/live/7nGdQHj...

Two new social science academic titles just dropped! #booksky #academicsky #latinamerica

We spy a familiar book by @moralesjuanj.bsky.social in the #poetry section of this incredible gift guide! Check out the whole list for some great gifts for your #booksky friends.

COCAINE editors @sebastiancutrona.bsky.social and Jonathan D. Rosen will talk with contributors Alberto Aziani, @ivelaw.bsky.social and @brewerosorio.bsky.social about The Global Reach of the World's Most Lucrative Illicit Drug. Join us live on YouTube on December 4th: www.youtube.com/@UNM-Press

Happy to have contributed a chapter to this path-breaking study, now available from the university press and Amazon.

☃️ Happy holidays from UNM Press! ☃️ This is a magical time of year in New Mexico. Explore our collection of gift suggestions that celebrate our state, our way of life, and stories that originate from our people and places. #giftguide www.unmpress.com/unm-press-gi...

"A history book. A photobook. A fascinating book. I couldn’t put it down." Lee Halvorsen of @photobookjournal.bsky.social reviews ORE AND EMPIRE by Martin Stupich. ORE AND EMPIRE is a fine art #photography book that parallels industry and colonialism, out in early February 2026!

A lyric exploration of the complicated shared legacy of the atomic west through the lens of family history and the aftermath of the Manhattan Project." Enter to win a copy of Ty Bannerman's "Nuclear Family" from the @unmpress.bsky.social #💙📚 #Booksky

"A mas­ter­class on the inter­sec­tion of trau­ma and art and on how and why such poems touch us deeply, The Wound­ed Line will be cher­ished by any­one wish­ing to explore their own painful expe­ri­ences or those of the peo­ple who came before them."

Kate Niles talks about literary mysteries and the challenges of writing on the latest episode of Write On Four Corners

Out now! In The Witch C’oxol, readers will encounter tales about the Mayan calendar and shapeshifting naguals and meet characters such as King Tecún Umán and his powerful witch C’oxol as well as the early Spaniards who deceived the Maya out of their gold and silver. www.unmpress.com/978082636828...

🔆It's publication day for Lieutenants and Light by Robert E.C. Davis!🔆 This deep-dive into military history explores the mirror-based signaling devices used to facilitate communication across remote outposts, forts, and detachments through the Southwest. #booksky www.unmpress.com/978082636840...

“I’d like to preface today’s poem with a fact: Puerto Ricans are U.S. citizens," host @maggiesmithpoet.bsky.social says in today's episode of The Slowdown. Read “Puerto Rico Goes Dark" by Juan J. Morales: bit.ly/3WKt0yH 📖: @unmpress.bsky.social

"Author and historian Garrett Peck traces Willa Cather's adventures in the Southwest and how they influenced her best book." Enter to win a copy of @garrettpeck.bsky.social's "The Bright Edges of the World: Willa Cather and Her Archbishop" from the @unmpress.bsky.social #💙📚 #Booksky

Green Fire Times has devoted their Nov./Dec. 2025 issue to UNM Press author Malcolm Ebright. "(He) was a champion for the land and water rights of the Indigenous, Spanish and Mexican land grants in New Mexico..." #NewMexico writers and historians reflect on Ebright’s impact. www.greenfiretimes.com

"But the Colleyville author’s own story isn’t just about navigating a rocky path toward success, it’s also about developing the self-confidence to persevere and shake off rejection to turn dreams into reality." 360westmagazine.com/kathleen-rod...

In a new blog post, author Jehanne Dubrow discusses her mother's traumas, the power of poetry, and how instead of leaning away from our traumas or inner workings we should lean in. (DuBrow's mother pictured here) Check it out here: tinyurl.com/mr2s5k3k

My favorite still from the set of The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance. I wanted this in the book but I couldn't find the rights to use it and an original was too expensive. I've been doing interviews now that the book's out and will make a list below! @unmpress.bsky.social @sarenaulibarri.bsky.social

Spine Magazine gives a shoutout to the cover design of two of our 2025 books in this University Press special coverage! #booksky #coverdesign

November 16th at Su Teatro, Denver, the "Late Bloomers" performance will feature a story by UNM Press author Robert Garner McBrearty! www.storiesonstage.org/2025-26-seas...

It's publication day for this edited collection featuring leading scholars in #criminology, #sociology, and #politicalscience that offers an unprecedented global analysis of how the world’s most lucrative illicit market operates today. Learn more here: www.unmpress.com/978082636820...

On a new episode of Forgotten Hollywood, Chris Yogerst discusses the reasons he chose to write a deep-dive analysis of the John Ford film THE MAN WHO SHOT LIBERTY VALANCE. #booksky #filmsky #westerns

The Connecticut Horticultural Society planted the seed for further exploration in their lovely review of Judith Taylor's "Women & Gardens: A History From the Victorian Era to Today." tinyurl.com/8r34cnht #WomensHistory

Q&A with Kathleen M. Rodgers about her new novel, THE LLANO COUNTY MERMAID CLUB. tinyurl.com/y44z9nzf @kathleenmrodgers.bsky.social