A Reader's Guide to New Mexico Literature

“Did you know that William Shawn, the distinguished editor of The New Yorker, once worked at the Las Vegas Optic? Did you know that Henry Roth, the great Jewish author of Call It Sleep, lived for many years in a mobile home in Albuquerque’s North Valley? Do you have any other questions about New Mexico writers and their work? Baker Morrow and V. B. Price have answers. Their loving collection of mini-biographies and -histories belongs in the library of any reader of New Mexico’s vast and surprising literature.” - Beth Hadas, former director of the University of New Mexico Press

Baker H. Morrow is the author or editor of many books, including Best Plants for New Mexico Gardens and Landscapes and the coedited Canyon Gardens: The Ancient Pueblo Landscapes of the American Southwest (both published by UNM Press). A practicing landscape architect in Albuquerque for more than fifty years, he is the founder of and a professor of practice in the landscape architecture program at the School of Architecture and Planning at the University of New Mexico.

V. B. Price is a poet, human rights and environmental columnist, editor, reporter, and teacher. Price’s poetry and prose have been published in more than seventy national and international publications since 1962. He is the author of numerous books.

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