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Make yourself a mug of hot chocolate and get toasty warm as you listen to this week’s podcast episode celebrating the hottest annual event in town. Writer, graphic designer, printmaker and teacher Daniel Clavio joins me to launch Zozobra & Santa Fe: 100 Years of Burning Gloom and Loving A Monster in The City Different. A wealth of illustrations, rare archival photos and a veritable rogues’ gallery accompanied by the fantastic myths and extraordinary, real history of our beloved city. Dan Clavio and The Kiwanis Club purposefully waited until after the 100th Burning of Old Man Gloom this past August before completing and publishing this gorgeous “coffee table” book. Look for it at our wonderful local bookstores, online, at our treasured history museum on Lincoln Avenue. Learn more at burnzozobra.com

With an author self-described as “the brief flash of brilliance” behind the Fool’s Gold column you know you’re in for a little bit of fun. Humorist, award-winning poet and former radio guy himself Zach Hively joins me on the other side of the mic with Call Me Zach Hively, Because That is My Name. A fabulous collection of short essays written along the way to “a dubious adulthood,” you get the drift that Hively is not only a master of poking fun at himself, but will have you nodding embarrassingly along with him as you listen today and turn each page wanting more. zachhively.com and zachhively.substack.com

Last week, we learned about the intimate habits of insects, today we roar along with the largest ever-known creatures, dinosaurs. Meet author, therapeutic yoga teacher and wellness educator Taran Collis and Rex the protagonist of Dinosaurs Have Big Feelings Too. It’s a little story that teaches mindfulness and emotional resting to young children, their parents, teachers and caregivers alike. And you, too, the grown up podcast listener!Keep your hands free for a few minutes and learn gentle finger holds that help to restore emotional balance and which have been recognized in medical and educational settings around the world. Enjoy Taran’s teaching at tarancollis.com and more about finger hugging at capacitar.org

Take a few minutes to sink into this rich and intimate conversation with Santa Fe author, hospice worker and grief counselor Nancy London as she discusses her new book, The Ripening: Essays on Love, Loss, Marriage and Aging.

We begin 2025 with Lisa Madison and Mari Angulo co-owners of Mango Moon Media a Santa Fe based independent publishing house. Mango Moon’s mission “… support(s) authors who dare to explore the depth of human experience and present ideas that can reshape the world.” How and when on the writing journey do you submit your manuscript? What if your book has been published elsewhere, can you get help now to market your treasured work? Can AI help, or not? Lisa and Mari answer these and other questions which all authors wonder and sometimes worry about. Most importantly, you don’t have to do it alone. Listen and learn and perhaps 2025 will be the year you realize your dream as a successful published author.For more information visit mangomoonmedia.com

By popular demand a return visit by renowned entomologist Professor Barrett Klein with his truly fascinating book, The Insect Epiphany: How Our Six-Legged Allies Shape Human Culture. A volume filled with photographs and drawings and pages of notes Barrett’s contagious enthusiasm for bugs promises to delight you. Even if you’re a lifelong arachnophobe or terrified by anything that slithers or stings set your fears aside for 23 minutes to listen and be enchanted. Insects have informed humanity since the beginning of time, healed us, fed us, inspired us, comforted us, even taught us to fly! Learn much more at Barrett Klein’s website pupating.org where he invites you to explore a world at the intersection of science and art.

From the very first sentence, Abiquiu memoirist Karen Chrappa take us on a journey that will have us hanging on by a thread as we read, and alternately resting deeply with her into the breathtaking beauty of our enchanted state. From her New York City roots, through the mystical high Andes of Peru to New Mexico, Beyond Fear: A Woman’s Path to Enlightenment is a story of love, resilience and awakening of spirit. An intimate story of vulnerability and grace, of yearning for meaning, learning from ancient wisdom, and especially learning how to receive. We may recognize ourselves in Karen’s search to stretch beyond fear while looking fear firmly in the face. This interview and Karen’s book, published last week, comes at a time when fear is gripping half the country, yet as the author reminds us, fear, however seemingly real, is an illusion of our minds, a saboteur designed to disempower us individually and collectively. So, how do we use our mind and heart to go Beyond Fear to find our inner strength? www.karenchrappa.com

A unique opportunity to support student literacy through Reading Quest, hone your writing skills and participate in stimulating conversation with wonderful local authors. Coming up this Saturday, September 7th meet eight of New Mexico’s finest authors in the genre of Memoir and Mystery. As a preview, I interview historical mystery writer, Kari Bovee, author of 14 “cosy” mysteries including The Pryce of Murder series, and workshop organizer, memoirist Bettye Kearse author of The Other Madisons: The Lost History of A President’s Black Family. Saturday, September 7th, 9:00 am at Santa Fe Women’s Club. The afternoon session on mystery begins at 1:00 pm with a keynote by Anne Hillerman. Registration details for the full day or half day at bettyekearse.com

Do you ever wonder how to speak authentically to your friends, acquaintances and colleagues or do you even question that your words may not really be what you’re thinking and feeling deep down ? Robert W. Jensen, Professor Emeritus in the School of Journalism and Media at UT, Austin, poses these and many provocative questions and ideas in his latest book, It’s Debatable: Talking Authentically about Many Tricky Topics. While not necessarily a book about politics, Professor Jensen takes the wide view that almost everything is political and our personal thoughts, conversations, decisions and actions, when in congruence, can sow seeds and form a vital thread of influence. Even if only to influence and clarify our own thinking and nudge us out of denial. And because of the title of his book and the fact that we’re in such a head-butting political time I couldn’t help asking Bob how he would advise both Kamala Harris and Donald Trump if he was on their debate advisory teams! robertwjensen.org

Journey down to the Mississippi Gulf Coast of the turbulent 1950s with award-winning author Minrose Gwin and her unforgettable characters with enchanting names like Memory Feather. How does a writer portray the angst and terror and also the beauty of times past? Minrose Gwin has a deft and rich, descriptive style to her prose and composes a picture for us so vivid that might have us swatting (imagined) mosquitos as we read Beautiful Dreamers in our air conditioned living rooms. A fabulous storyteller from Albuquerque to add to our reading list and meet at Books in The Bosque on Sunday, September 8th at 2:00 pm minrosegwin.com