Arts Review
by Corinne Joy Brown What happens when a professor of Spanish literature and language becomes a character in his own graphic novel, functioning as both author and subject? Nothing less than the creation of a story that holds more suspense and depth than the best “who-dunnit” ever written, one where
Arts Feature
by Dianne R. Layden, Ph.D. In her remarkable first book, Melting Point: Family, Memory, and the Search for a Promised Land, Rachel Cockerell presents history and memoir in an experimental format in which original source material, with all its nuances, is presented as historical context – the search in the
Book Review
By Corinne Joy Brown No One Came to Taos to Be Jewish By Bruce Grossman Nighthawk Press 2022 Amazon.com Op Cit Bookstore Taos Softcover $14.95 For those of us who came of age in the sixties and seventies, you might remember that an entire population known as the
Book Review
by Carl Montoya I approached Where the North Ends with much anticipation. The premise — a time-traveling narrative connecting the contemporary period to pre-Pueblo Revolt New Mexico — promised an ambitious blend of historical fiction and mysticism reminiscent of Carlos Castaneda's work. Unfortunately, the execution left me frustrated and struggling
Culture
by Ilan Stavans Perhaps because the adolescence of Jorge Luis Borges (1899-1986) was marked by the atrocities of the First World War—when his family was caught in Europe during a trip and ultimately stayed there for more than a year—and the friendships he made during the period, and
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Review by Anna Redsand In the first weeks of the current US administration, photos of World War II Diné (Navajo) Code Talkers were removed from US military websites. Due to intense protest, the images were later returned. In the meantime, the Poetry Foundation published something extraordinary, which turns out to
Book Review
Rabbi Dr. Raphael Zarum has written a book of major importance for contemporary Jews who are critical thinkers. Those who have read Baruch Spinoza, Moses Mendelssohn, or any of the myriad Jewish philosophers since the Enlightenment may be left questioning the biblical narratives in Genesis and Exodus and some of