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1 month ago | 
ladailypost.com | Deborah Taffa |Carol Clark
Author Deborah Jackson Taffa COMMUNITY News:The Los Alamos Public Library will host national bestselling author Deborah Jackson Taffa, 2-3:30 p.m. Sunday, March 9, at Mesa Public Library. Taffa will discuss the importance of the region’s literary voices, educating the next generation of storytellers, and read from her award-winning memoir “Whiskey Tender”. Taffa is the director of the MFA CW Program at the Institute of American Indian Arts.
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Dec 4, 2024 | 
theatlantic.com | Kaveh Akbar |Percival L. Everett |Jo Hamya |Eliana Hernández-Pachón |Adam Higginbotham |Rachel Kushner | +5 more
The books that made us think the most this year
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Nov 13, 2024 | 
time.com | Shannon Carlin |Deborah Taffa
These are independent reviews of the products mentioned, but TIME receives a commission when purchases are made through affiliate links at no additional cost to the purchaser. By Shannon CarlinNovember 13, 2024 8:14 AM ESTDeborah Jackson Taffa’s debut memoir, Whiskey Tender, looks at her coming of age as a member of the Quechan (Yuma) Nation and Laguna Pueblo tribe in 1980s New Mexico.
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Oct 30, 2024 | 
bookriot.com | Rebecca Nagle |Deborah Taffa
Esquire is hopping into the Best Of book list pool with Barnes & Noble and Publishers Weekly with their list of the Best Nonfiction Books of 2024 (So Far), though the “so far” parts confuses us a bit since there are only two months left to the year.
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Oct 1, 2024 | 
publishersweekly.com | Jason de Léon |Deborah Taffa |Linnea Axelsson |Sophia Stewart
The National Book Foundation has announced the 2024 National Book Award shortlists. The winners in each of the five categories—fiction, nonfiction, poetry, translated literature, and young people's literature—will be announced during an awards ceremony on November 20.
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Mar 26, 2024 | 
sheknows.com | Leslie Jamison |Lyz Lenz |Sloane Crosley |Deborah Taffa |Giovana Gelhoren
Before Women’s History Month comes to an end, we hope everyone reading this has taken time to appreciate and reflect on the powerful and inspiring women who make up our lives. And if supporting those around you isn’t enough, we also hope you’ve learned about the multitude of female experiences in many ways, be it through watching complicated female characters on TV or by reading eye-opening books.
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Mar 26, 2024 | 
sheknows.com | Leslie Jamison |Lyz Lenz |Sloane Crosley |Deborah Taffa |Giovana Gelhoren
While we’re all used to seeing (and trying to be) the shiny, unrealistic women we so often see in the media, most women know that the best stories about the female experience come from women who have overcome challenges, hardships and weathered storms.
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Mar 20, 2024 | 
searchlightnm.org | Deborah Taffa
From the book Whiskey Tender by Deborah Taffa. Copyright © 2024 by Deborah Taffa. Published by Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers. Excerpted by permission. The highway to Silverton, Colorado, is an ear-popping ascent with hair-pin turns and missing guardrails. Dad hugged the mountainside with the van as we climbed, tapping his horn before each blind curve to warn truckers of our presence.
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Mar 14, 2024 | 
daily-times.com | Deborah Taffa |Filmmaker Ramona Emerson
The Farmington Daily-TimesUSA TODAY NETWORK - NEW MEXICOA Pi Day celebration takes place from 10 a.m. to noon Thursday, March 14 at the E3 Children’s Museum and Science Center, 302 N. Orchard Ave. in Farmington. The event includes lots of math-related activities and pie. Free. Call 505-599-1425. Meet the Quirkles, a weekly, hands-on science program for children ages 4 and older, will be presented at 10:30 a.m. Thursday, March 14 at the E3 Children’s Museum and Science Center, 302 N. Orchard Ave.
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Mar 8, 2024 | 
newinbooks.com | Cory Mortensen |Deborah Taffa |Richard Evans |Sara Harkness Bovitz
in Biography & Memoir, Books to Read if You Like..., eBook, News
New Memoirs to Inspire and Touch Your HeartEmbark on a journey of introspection and empathy with our selection of new memoirs, each offering a poignant glimpse into the lives of remarkable individuals. From tales of resilience to stories of triumph, these narratives are sure to inspire and touch your heart.
