Summer Sunset Lecture Series at UNM

The University of New Mexico Libraries presents the Summer Sunset Lecture Series on the UNM campus. The lectures are all free and the public is welcome.

Maria Hinojosa – Latina journalist
“Stories from the Frontlines of American Journalism…Immigration, Katrina and our Divided Country”
Saturday, June 24, 6:30 p.m.
Student Union Building , UNM Campus
Ballroom A

Maria Hinojosa is an award-winning journalist and author. She is managing editor and host of NPR's LatinoUSA and Senior Correspondent and host of PBS “NOW.”

Luci Tapahonso – Diné poet, writer and professor
“Saah: Luminous Beads of Beauty”
Wednesday, July 12, 6:30 p.m.
Zimmerman Library, UNM Campus
West Wing

Luci Tapahonso was born and raised in Shiprock , New Mexico on the Navajo Nation reservation. She is a professor of English and American Indian Studies at the University of Arizona in Tucson . She is the author of five books of poetry and three children's books.

Simon Ortiz – Acoma pueblo poet, writer and professor“Indigenous Sovereignty and Identity: Land, Culture, Community”
Wednesday, July 26, 6:30 p.m.
Zimmerman Library, UNM Campus
West Wing

Simon Ortiz is a professor of indigenous literature and indigenous literature of resistance at Arizona State University . He is the author of “Out There Somewhere,” “Beyond the Reach of Time and Change,” “Woven Stone”, “From Sand Creek” and other books. Ortiz will discuss today's awareness of the existence of indigenous people in New Mexico and throughout the Americas from a literary perspective.