A Higher Purpose: Why the state poet laureateship is about more than poetry
By Hakim Bellamy and Manuel GonzálezCreditsPhotographs by Isabel Miranda Read the poem, Ritual. Vessel. [...]
Spring 2026
Ritual. Vessel. Volcano. Vision.
By Manuel González Read the profile of New Mexico State Poet Laureate Manuel González, here. [...]
Arroyo Lessons
By Adrienne Rugg Iwrite letters to my father, the riverbed, when I need answers that mother can’t give. [...]
From Javelinas to Oil Refineries: Building the New Mexico Epic Poem Project One Community at a Time
By Lauren Camp and Michelle Laflamme-Childs Lauren Camp: The goal was to go everywhere, county to [...]
Art as Inheritance
By Emily Withnall Poetry is my inheritance. My dad, raised by Scottish immigrants in New York City, was [...]
What Happens to the Land, Happens to the People
By Dr. Christina M. Castro (Taos & Jemez Pueblos) Indigenous Artists in the Movement to Protect Their [...]
A selection of Arthur Sze’s poetry
By Arthur Sze Photograph by Don J. Usner LeaflessSunlight strikes the leafless aspen branches,strikes the [...]
El Placio Plática: The women of the Chicano Movement
By Myrriah Gómez and Emily Withnall On February 22, 2026, 120 people in Las Vegas, NM, [...]
One of New Mexico’s Most Beloved Poets, Arthur Sze on His Uncompromising and Unconventional Journey to Becoming the Nation’s Poet Laureate
BY KATHRYNE LIMPHOTOGRAPHS BY DON USNER At age twenty-one, Arthur Sze hitchhiked from El Paso to Santa Fe in [...]
Copyright © 2024 El Palacio Magazine. Published by the New Mexico Department of Cultural Affairs.