New Releases

Jay Hemphill

An awe-inspiring journey across the stunning landscapes of the Gila National Forest. This photographic journey captures the essence and rugged nature of the nation’s first wilderness, showcasing the wonders that make the Gila a true marvel. From the mountain peaks to the meandering rivers and streams and lush valleys, every page is an immersion into this cherished American wilderness on its 100^thanniversary.

This link will lead to local retailer Bear Mountain Lodge, where this publication may be purchased.

October - 2024

Bear Mountain Lodge Cookbook

Unique Recipes, Anecdotes & Art from a New Mexico Treasure, Get your copy at your favorite Indie Bookstore!

Subjects: Cooking recepies

October - 2024

The Gila 100

Jay Hemphill

The Gila is a place of astounding beauty. Emerging from volcanoes, with its rugged peaks, free flowing rivers, tree lined ridges and night skies, the Gila is wondrous and enthralling. The photographs by Jay Hemphill capture this beauty. The Gila […]

Subjects: Photography

August - 2024

The Maverick Volume 3

Kait Phistry

Welcome to volume 3 of The Maverick Undergraduate Literary and Arts Journal, a captivating showcase of creativity, intellect, and imagination. As the beating heart of our academic community, this journal is a vibrant testament to the profound synergy between literature […]

Subjects: Student Publication

March - 2024

Embracing Ambition

Jenny Mitchell

Embracing Ambition unites twelve exceptional women leaders from across North America with a simple goal: to share their leadership stories as a mentorship resource for the next generation of women leaders. From nonprofit pioneers to corporate strategists and from entrepreneurs […]

Subjects: Women leadership

September - 2023

The Maverick, Volume 2

The Maverick is the Western New Mexico University student-run undergraduate academic journal. The Maverick is supported by WNMU’s academic imprint, Mimbres Press, and is dedicated to representing the WNMU undergraduate student body through in-class and extracurricular essays, research, art, and […]

Subjects: Student Publication

September - 2023

A Long Tangent

WHEN M. JOHN FAYHEE first arrived in New Mexico’s rugged Gila Country, he was a naive 20-year-old who didn’t know a javelina from an enchilada. Much has changed in the intervening half century. In this meandering memoir, Fayhee, with his […]

Subjects: Hiking | Humor | Travel Essays

June - 2023

Nostalgias of November

Set in the borderlands, Nostalgias of November, Arturo Magaña Amaya’s first collection of bilingual poems, is a bridge from the struggle of our labor to the serenity of our memory, from the voices of our ancestors to the songs of the barrio, a […]

Subjects: Poetry

June - 2023

The Maverick, Volume 1

The Maverick, Volume One, is a student-run undergraduate academic journal of Western New Mexico University. The Maverick is dedicated to representing the WNMU undergraduate student body through the online publication of in-class as well as extracurricular essays, research, art, and […]

Subjects: Academic | Student Publication

June - 2023

Our Search for Meaning

Our Search For Meaning examines the intellectual history of western civilization as it is portrayed in literature and philosophy within the context of the ALAS Questions: What is truth? What is justice? What does it mean to be human? What […]

Subjects: Academic

June - 2023

The Algorithm of I

The Algorithm of I is Jack Crocker’s second collection of poems. The first, The Last Resort, was published in 2009 by the Texas Review Press. His poems have appeared in The Texas Review, Southern Poetry Review, Mississippi Review, and other […]

Subjects: Poetry