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).

Andrea Klunder

Andrea Klunder is an award-winning podcast and audio documentary producer, content director, and the founder of The Creative Impostor Studios—a boutique production agency dedicated to crafting powerful podcasting experiences for cultural institutions, creative changemakers, and organizational leaders working toward inspired impact. Notable projects include Sounds Current with Del Sol Quartet (Tribeca Audio Storytelling Official Selection and Signal Award winner for Artists Shaping Culture), Encounter Culture with the New Mexico Department of Cultural Affairs (New Mexico Press Women Award), and Key Change for the Santa Fe Opera’s Department of Community Engagement (Signal Awards for Music and for Diversity, Equity & Inclusion).

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#51 Boots, Books, and the Vast Unknown: Season 8 Preview with Emily Withnall and Andrea Klunder

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