FISH NOT FLESH: SYMBOLISM OF THE NEW MEXICO LENTEN FEAST

By Vanessa Baca
“Ultimately, it is the return to life after the darkness of death that is at the heart of Lent and Easter Sunday, and it is this contrast that is represented in the food eaten by New Mexico Catholics.”

CARLOS, PRIETO, AND RAMIRO COME TO HOE THE MILPA

By Levi Romero
“Hay más tiempo que vida, my cousin would often say.
And maybe he was right, although sometimes I have a hard time
Grasping what he meant, there is more time than life.”

SOY MAGDELENA… Y HE PECADO

By Diana Velazco
“Represento a toda mujer
Que en el mundo se le ha juzgado;
Por prejuicios o por genero,
Por machismo o egoismo.”

INTERNATIONAL JAZZ DAY: JAZZ AND DEMOCRACY

By Andy Kingston
“The irony was not lost on many artists that a nation struggling with racial segregation at home should turn to those denied full participation in American democracy as ambassadors of American ideals abroad.”