Contributors

For over a century, El Palacio has been a forum for voices exploring New Mexico’s art, archaeology, history, and landscape. Explore the writers, photographers, historians, and scientists whose perspectives have defined the magazine’s pages—past and present.

Arthur Sze

Arthur Sze is the current U.S. Poet Laureate. Sze is a poet, translator, and editor. He is the author of twelve books, including Into the Hush, Sight Lines, and others. Sze’s poems have been translated into fifteen languages, and he is the recipient of the National Book Award among many other honors. He lives in Santa Fe.

Deborah Jackson Taffa

Deborah Jackson Taffa is a citizen of the Quechan Nation and Laguna Pueblo. Her memoir Whiskey Tender was a 2024 National Book Award Finalist and was longlisted for the 2025 Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction. Taffa serves as the director of the MFA in creative writing program at the Institute of American Indian Arts.

Cara Romero

Cara Romero is an award-winning contemporary fine art photographer. An enrolled citizen of the Chemehuevi Indian Tribe, Romero’s expansive oeuvre has been informed by formal training in film, digital, fine art, and commercial photography. She maintains a studio in Santa Fe, regularly participates in Native American art fairs, and was featured in PBS’ Craft in America (2019).

Jonathan Warm Day Coming (Taos Pueblo)

Jonathan Warm Day Coming (Taos Pueblo) (opens in a new tab) is an established painter, author, and illustrator. He draws inspiration from the rich history of his native land. His books include Eva Mirabal: Three Generations of Tradition and Modernity at Taos Pueblo, Taos Pueblo Painted Stories, The White Buffalo, and Kiki’s Journey.

Eva Mirabal, Buy War Bonds, 1942. Offset poster, 19 ¾ × 16 1⁄8 in., unframed. Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art, University of Oklahoma, Norman. The James T. Bialac Native American Art Collection, 2010.

We’ve Got a War to Win!

By Lois Rudnick and Jonathan Warm Day Coming The following is an excerpt from the third chapter of Eva Mirabal: Three Generations of Tradition and Modernity at Taos Pueblo (Museum of New Mexico Press, 2021). Eva Mirabal (Eah-Ha-Wa, Fast Growing Corn, 1920–1968, Taos) studied at the Dorothy Dunn Studio Arts Program at the Santa Fe Indian School, where she was a favorite of the founder and served as an assistant to Dunn’s replacement, Geronima Montoya (P’Otsunu, 1915–2015, Ohkay Owingeh).