Meet The Legendary Mother Hubbard
Above: Barbara Hubbard in her hallway filled with keepstakes from all of the performances she helps shepherd to New Mexico. NO ONE WOULD HAVE predicted that a diminutive girl from hardscrabble…
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Chile Gumbo
I moved to New Mexico in the summer of 1994, and I brought with me a habit-forming vice, something that I kept secret from my new employer. As a college basketball coach, I figured none of my…
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Antonya Nelson: Short and to the Point
Antonya Nelson has kept a home in New Mexico for 25 years, while raising her family and writing many of her 11 books. Nelson arrived to teach at New Mexico State University right after publishing her…
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Expect the Unexpected
To sit and talk with the radiant Denise Chávez is both exhilarating and exhausting. She has the charisma to front a rock ’n’ roll band and the adrenaline to power a football team. Best known as one of…
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Nights of the Round Table
My first week living in Las Cruces, I attended an art gallery opening on the New Mexico State University campus. It had been a hectic few days, as I tried to hit the ground running as a new assistant…
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Roots Take Hold in Silver City
At the first Pickamania festival, in 1985, Bill Bussmann dragged straw bales and wooden planks across his garlic farm to build a crude stage. His makeshift dance floor was blanketed with leftover…
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