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The University of New Mexico Alumni Association celebrates New Mexico native and Chicano author Rudolfo Anaya on Oct. 17 with its second Lobo Living Room program of the semester. This special Lobo Living Room event, titled "Magic of Words," celebrates...

Annually, the American Library Association (ALA) hosts National Library Week. The event is taking place on April 3-9. This year’s theme is “Connect with your Library.” “This year’s theme encourages patrons to connect with their local libraries and this...

Plans are being made to renovate a space in Zimmerman Library at The University of New Mexico to honor literary great, Professor Emeritus Rudolfo Anaya, who died last year at the age of 82. Known as “Rudy” to his friends and colleagues, Anaya is...

Proof of vaccine will be required for those attending the performance of Poet Laureate Joy Harjo for the Rudolfo and Patricia Anaya Lecture on the Literature of the Southwest at the National Hispanic Cultural Center on Tuesday, Oct. 5. All ticketed...

U.S Poet Laureate Joy Harjo, an alumna of The University of New Mexico, will be the featured speaker at the 10th annual Rudolfo and Patricia Anaya Lecture on the Literature of the Southwest sponsored by the UNM English Department. The event is Tuesday,...

The basic definition for the Spanish language word querencia is a metaphysical concept taken from the verb querer, which means "to want” or “to love." But the reality of querencia is more complicated, more poetic and sentimental, seated in deep emotions...

During his stint as a visiting scholar at The University of New Mexico Center for Regional Studies, New Mexico State University associate professor of Spanish and University of New Mexico alum Spencer Herrera followed two paths. One path was a journey...

If only six degrees of separation are between each New Mexican, there are even fewer degrees between those who worked with, learned from, and were impacted by the writings of literary pioneer Rudolfo Anaya. His talent for capturing New Mexico on pen and...

On Thursday, Oct. 18, the UNM Department of English hosts the distinguished Héctor Armienta as the featured speaker for the ninth annual Rudolfo and Patricia Anaya Lecture on the Literature of the Southwest. The lecture, which is free and open to the...

On Thursday, Sept. 29, the UNM Department of English hosts distinguished writer Rigoberto González as the featured speaker for the seventh annual Rudolfo and Patricia Anaya Lecture on the Literature of the Southwest. González will speak at 6:30 p.m. in...