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The 2016 Association of American University Presses (AAUP) Book, Jacket and Journal Show is currently on display at The University of New Mexico through Feb. 24, 2017 in the Waters Room at Zimmerman Library. The 51st annual show features the winners of...

A Civil War History of the New Mexico Volunteers and Militia, by leading Civil War historian Jerry D. Thompson, won the 2016 A. M. Pate, Jr. Award in Civil War History from the Fort Worth Civil War Round Table this month. The award, which includes a...

University of New Mexico Press author Angela Morales’s debut essay collection, The Girls in My Town, has been named a finalist for PEN America’s 2017 PEN/Diamonstein-Spielvogel Award for the Art of the Essay. The award honors an outstanding book that...

University of New Mexico Press author Angela Morales’s debut essay collection, The Girls in My Town, has been longlisted for PEN America’s 2017 PEN/Diamonstein-Spielvogel Award for the Art of the Essay. The award honors an outstanding book that...

The University of New Mexico Press has announced the acquisition of High Desert Field Guides. Effective immediately, UNM Press will distribute all High Desert Field Guides titles. Founded in 2006 by Dick and Kathryn Huelster, High Desert Field Guides is...

Ten UNM Press titles won 2016 New Mexico-Arizona Book Awards this month. Winners were announced at the New Mexico-Arizona Book Awards annual banquet held recently at the Tanoan Country Club in Albuquerque. The awards are managed by the New Mexico Book...

Railroad Empire across the Heartland: Rephotographing Alexander Gardner's Westward Journey  by James E. Sherow, with photographs by John R. Charlton, won the 2015 Hamlin Garland Prize from the Midwestern History Association. The association announced the...

The University of New Mexico Press announces the opening of the UNM Press Corner at the UNM Bookstore. A space to discover, browse, and purchase the widest selection of UNM Press books, the Corner features new and popular titles on the history,...

Four books published by The University of New Mexico Press were honored at the 2016 International Latino Book Awards ceremony held recently at California State University, Dominguez Hills. Hoe, Heaven, and Hell: My Boyhood in Rural New Mexico, by...

Lenton Malry’s journey from segregated Louisiana to a distinguished career in public service in New Mexico is chronicled in the inspiring memoir, Let’s Roll This Train: My Life in New Mexico Education, Business, and Politics. Malry, who lives in ...