Welcome to The Write Question, a program that explores the world of writing and publishing in the western United States. Our guest today is poet Bonnie Buckley Maldonado from Silver City, New Mexico.
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Maldonado grew up on a sheep ranch in a remote area of northern Montana and attended a one-room school through eighth grade. She was a professor at Western New Mexico University for forty years, where she is now a dean and professor emeritus. In 1998, Maldonado was inducted into the New Mexico Women’s Hall of fame.
Her first book of poetry, From the Marias River to the North Pole, was published in 2006, followed in 2007 by a second book, titled Montana, Too. Her poems have appeared in various university presses and the anthology, Montana Women Writers: a Geography of the Heart, which recently won the Willa award for Creative Non-Fiction.
FYI: Information About New Books By Regional Authors
New children's fiction includes, The Christmas Dinner Guests, by Diana Rose Rohlman from Western Montana.
If you’ve ever wondered about those giant letters on mountain slopes, look for
Hillside Letters A to Z: A Guide to Hometown Landmarks, by Evelyn Corning of Tucson, Arizona.
For more information about new books, contact your favorite bookseller or library.
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The Write Question is produced by Chérie Newman.
Executive producer, Michael Marsolek.
Special thanks to Barbara Theroux, Prageeta Sharma, Renée McGrath, and Kim Anderson.
This program is supported in part by The Greater Montana Foundation — encouraging communication on issues, trends, and values of importance to Montanans. And by Humanities Montana, enriching intellectual, cultural, and civic life for all Montanans.
This program included music by Michael Blessing, Christine Dixon and Matthew Lyon, and Springhill.
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