The Element of Beings By Chela Lujan I am grateful for the land, for my hands. Grateful for the browned earth hardened by the [...]
Darryl Lorenzo Wellington Easy Street. Or, The Year of Getting a Driver’s License and Exciting Eldritch Regions of Consciousness [...]
Collecting Culture By Ross Altshuler In 1932, Dr. Harry Percival Mera (1875-1951), curator at the Laboratory of Anthropology, [...]
Excavating the Past and Present By Robert Quintana Hopkins One email can radically change your understanding of yourself. I received that [...]
Sam and the Adams Family By Hannah Abelbeck As a New Mexican, Samuel Adams stands out. Of African American heritage, Adams arrived in [...]
A Bid for the Canon By Dr. Richard I. Ford, Allison Colborne and Gary Hein Attorney Royal A. Prentice (1877-1958) was successful [...]
It’s In the Telling By Molly Boyle On January 20, 2021, when 22-year-old Amanda Gorman read her poem “The Hill We Climb” at [...]
Tracks Through Time By Fred Friedman Confessions of a Trespasser Even before I was familiar with the Lamy branch line technically [...]
The Home that Lives in the Heart By Laurann Gilbertson At its most basic level, clothing provides warmth and protection from the elements. But [...]
Like Butta by Charlotte Jusinski Ever have a whole chunk of time at work go so smoothly you barely have to think about [...]
Pasó por Aquí By Dr. Alicia M. Romero “For through the lack of expert help we made many detours, wasted time from so [...]
Fall Poetry: Scott Wiggerman & David Meischen Scott Wiggerman —Scott Wiggerman is the author of three books of poetry, most recently Leaf and Beak: [...]
A Long Time Coming By Charlotte Jusinski When I look at the table of contents of this issue of El Pal, one word immediately [...]
Most Strange By J.C. Gonzo “The child’s corpse was exposed to view, decked with rosettes of brilliant hues, and [...]
A Drive Through Time By Jayne C. Aubele We are familiar with the cultural diversity of New Mexico, reflected in its people, [...]