News

In the United States popular stories of heroes and villains, bandits and fallen women are seen in films or graphic novels. In Brazil those tales frequently come in cordéis or little books hung on strings, filled with narrative poetry and popular images...

“The word death is not pronounced in New York, in Paris, in London, because it burns the lips. The Mexican, in contrast, is familiar with death, jokes about it, caresses it, sleeps with it, celebrates it. 

"On the Line: Living the U.S. - Mexico Border" is a new exhibit curated by Kristen Valencia in the Herzstein Latin American Reading Room Gallery at Zimmerman Library on the UNM main campus. The exhibit encourages a closer examination of the United ...