Ink Bullets, Award Winners, Ideas for a New Millennium

Ink Bullets

Saturday from 6 to 10 pistol packing poets at Las Pistoleras will fire ink bullets and blister ears with their 12 Gauge shot guns and 30-30 Winchesters while reading from their cultural cooking pots under the banner: In This Kitchen Breathes a Sensuous Woman. Produced by Dr. Tessa Cordova, whose grandmother Josephine Cordova of historic El Prado, wrote a famed children’s book and taught the three Rs to generations of school children, Las Pistoleras events carry on the proud tradition of strong Hispanic-Chicanisma women who cook and pack the heat.

The New Mexico Awards at Hotel Albuquerque on Friday, November 21, 2014 night honored Taos commuters with awards for poetry, prose, and photography. Phyllis Hotch, 3 A.M. and Leslie Ullman, 3: A Taos Press, tied for first place in the poetry category with Reese Taylor of Santa Fe (Leaves). Taos Portraits, photographs by Paul O’Connor, Edited by Bill Whaley, Designed by Kelly Pasholk, and copy-edited by Dory Hulburt, won best Art Book (a tie), Best New Mexico Book (a tie), and Best Cover for a Coffee Table book. O’Connor’s Taos Portraits has been picked up by UNM Press for distribution and appears in the fall 2014 catalogue. Over four hundred people attended the awards banquet including NM award-winners like Anne Hillerman, Max Evans, and Nasario Garcia.

More than 1200 writers and presses submitted books to the contest: there were 236 finalists, and 83 winners in 59 categories, according to an announcement from the MC at the awards dinner. Paul O’Connor, whose Hondo Mesa produced Taos Portraits, acknowledged the support of LA’s Kathryn Moseley and Arroyo Hondo’s Healy Foundation as well as his wife Tizia, daughter, Sophia, and the cats, dogs, and Coyotes of Coyote Loop in Upper Hondo “for their devotion to the cause.”

Pennie’s son, Jason Warlow-Herrera will be promoted to Deputy Chief of Police in Los Alamos on Nov. 24, 2014. He got his start in the Taos County Sheriff’s Office in 2003 before transferring to the Atomic city P.D. in 2006. Congrats to Pennie, Jason, and all those primos and primas in Valdez, Arroyo Seco, and El Salto.

From the Desk of Bill Davis

It is my great pleasure to announce a new work which will be displayed in connection with the upcoming show of Tina Mion’s provocative paintings that will open at David Anthony Fine Art on November 22, 2014.

It is titled IRIS DECO and is one of my most sensuous works to date. While this work captures the overtly sensual nature of the iris flower, at the same time it serves as a worthy metaphor for the erotic nature of feminine beauty that for centuries has been a recurring theme in Western Art.

So, come out to see Tina Mion’s show and while there take a look at a picture that captures the essence of black and white photography.

Iris Deco 32 x 22″ @William Davis 2014. For Price and availability contact

www.davidanthonyfineart.com

Ideas for Marketing El Taos

“In 2011, the first of the baby boomers reached what used to be known as retirement age. And for the next 18 years, boomers will be turning 65 at a rate of about 8,000 a day. As this unique cohort grows older, it will likely transform the institutions of aging — just as it has done to other aspects of American life.”—AARP.

“And lets stock big trout in the Rio like they do at Pagosa and Red River. The guy in charge of that for RR said it brings in lot of people. “ —Taylor Streit

“Education/training/seminars/lectures/classes….(you’re in the field so you know). Think about the spectrum of potential, the existing infrastructure, the link to UNM/TPS/TCA/SMU/OSU: the link to the knowledgeable people who live here already. It seems like a natural to me. The subject matter ranges from core academic to practical trades, to art, to recreation, to sports, to skiing, to whatever. Everyone has a desire to know more… at some level. None of the other tourist meccas focus on this… Take the $$$ and develop the concept? Aristotle says in the Metaphysics that All men (and women) desire to Know. —Gary Ferguson. (According to Mary Lutz of UNM Bachelor and Graduate Programs, the extended university team is considering plugging in a “continuing education program” for Taos.

Self-Promotion:

UNM-Taos Bachelor and Graduate Programs:

English 320 : Writer’s Workshop emphasizing revision for expository, fiction, and creative nonfiction work: 12 week course

 Instructor: Bill Whaley                   Email: William Whaley <wwhaley@unm.edu>

Office: 246-B Ledoux St.                                         Office Phone: (575) 776-4115

Office Hours: TBA                                                   Course Credits: 3

Class Meeting Days:            Wed.                                       Class Time: 5 to 8

Start Date: Feb. 11                                                  

One Sat. April 11:                                                    Class Time: 10 am to 3 pm                                                                                                                                     

Class Location/Room: Ledoux St. Classroom       Term/Semester: Spring 2015

Course Description: Students may take English 320, advanced Expository Writing, more than once for credit. The topics vary, according to student needs. The instructor encourages students to revise fiction, non-fiction, and academic papers.

Course Objectives. In English 320, the instructor will teach fundamental principles of technique, focusing on style, language, and clarity. Students will learn how to develop voice, economy of means, revision and editing skills. The course is designed to teach students how to read published writers and use well-known techniques to improve their own writing skills. Revision will be emphasized. The instructor is open to creative and multimodal approaches to the contemporary essay. Course focuses on peer discussion of student reading.