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Recent books by NMSU faculty members and alumni:
› The Collected Poems and Journals of Mary Tighe
› In the Shadows of the Sun
› The Puebloan Society of Chaco Canyon
› Sunnydell Farm
› White Men I Love, White Men I Hate

The Collected Poems and Journals of Mary Tighe
Edited by Harriet Kramer Linkin
University Press of Kentucky, 2005
Mary Blachford Tighe was born in Dublin in 1772 and became a poet by the age of 17. Her enormously popular 1805 epic poem Psyche; or, The Legend of Love made her a fixture of English literary history for much of the 19th century. For much of the 20th century, however, Tighe was better known for her influence on John Keats' poetry than the considerable merits of her own work. With more than 85 poems, including the complete Psyche, and extracts from several journals, both by and about Tighe, Linkin's annotated edition is the most complete collection of Mary Tighe's work to be published in one volume. Harriet Kramer Linkin is head of the Department of English at NMSU.
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In the Shadows of the Sun
Alexander Parsons
Nan A. Talese, 2005
Parsons, a 1999 graduate of NMSU, has captured in this poignant novel the brutality of World War II, both on the front lines and at home. Set in New Mexico and the war-torn landscape of the Philippine jungle, In the Shadows of the Sun is the story of America's journey through the war and post-war period, a passage lit by the fierce glare of the atomic bomb. At once a stunning portrait of the desolate beauty of the Southwest and a harrowing and poetic lament about the very personal tragedy of war, this unforgettable novel delves into the nature of family, sacrifice, and that which binds us together in the face of unforgiving circumstances and tragedy.
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The Puebloan Society of Chaco Canyon
Paul Reed
Greenwood Press, 2004
Almost 1,000 years ago, Chaco Canyon was the hub of a flourishing Native Puebloan society, with 12 multistory great houses built of stone and wood, more than a dozen great kivas, and hundreds of smaller habitation sites - small pueblos along the intermittent drainage known today as Chaco Wash. This society peaked around AD 1100, when more than 150 Chacoan towns, in addition to the dozen great houses in Chaco Canyon, and perhaps 30,000 people across the greater San Juan Basin of the southwestern United States, were affiliated with Chaco. The Puebloan Society of Chaco Canyon makes this ancient society understandable to a wide audience, cutting through much of the archaeological debate and highlighting the important issues with a straightforward approach. Paul Reed graduated from NMSU with degrees in anthropology in 1986 and 1988.
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Sunnydell Farm
Karen Bucher
Visual Studies Workshop Press, 2005
Sunnydell Farm is the name Karen Bucher's mother gave to the Pennsylvania dairy farm that the family started in 1947. This book about growing up on that farm also is a mother/daughter dialogue about the past and shared memory. The book explores these themes through a series of photos Bucher took from 1992 through 1999 and a rich layering of images drawn from family snapshots, magazines, greeting cards, pamphlets, brochures - all found in the house and buildings on the farm. Karen Bucher is an instructor in the Department of Art and a 1994 graduate of NMSU.
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White Men I Love, White Men I Hate
Chuck Snowden and Genghis Snow
Classic Day Publisher, 2004
White Men I Love, White Men I Hate is an outrageously honest book on race, racism, religion, sex, sexism, discrimination, politics and human weaknesses. It offers readers a unique glimpse of life and a thought-provoking look at the two very distinct and opposite views of the "American White Male" from the standpoint of one African-American male's life. Snowden, a 1973 graduate of NMSU, and his invented alter ego "Genghis Snow," introduce us to his family and friends, his mentors and tormentors, always drawing from his belief that men, including white men, are primarily good.
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