Jennifer Levin

1 week ago | newmexicomagazine.org | Jennifer Levin

THE OPENING PAGES of Ramona Emerson’s new novel, Exposure, are crime-scene-level gory. A family is brutally murdered—and Navajo forensic photographer Rita Todacheene is back on the job. She’s also still seeing ghosts after being shot at the end of Emerson’s first novel, Shutter, which was longlisted for the 2023 National Book Award.

1 month ago | l8r.it | Jennifer Levin

PICURIS PUEBLO’S FORESTRY department is on a mission to make cookouts more environmentally responsible. The pueblo offers all-natural wood charcoal made from piñon, juniper, ponderosa pine, cedar, and blue spruce biomass gathered from Taos County forests during thinning to prevent wildfires. “We’re not supposed to be wasting stuff from Mother Nature,” says Luther Martinez, head of the pueblo’s fire and forestry department.

1 month ago | newmexicomagazine.org | Jennifer Levin

PICURIS PUEBLO’S FORESTRY department is on a mission to make cookouts more environmentally responsible. The pueblo offers all-natural wood charcoal made from piñon, juniper, ponderosa pine, cedar, and blue spruce biomass gathered from Taos County forests during thinning to prevent wildfires. “We’re not supposed to be wasting stuff from Mother Nature,” says Luther Martinez, head of the pueblo’s fire and forestry department.

1 month ago | msmagazine.com | Jennifer Levin

The following is an excerpt from Generation Care: The New Culture of Caregiving, published April 8. Lizzie, a 34-year-old mom who cares for her husband with long COVID, is emblematic of how the classic sandwich generation has evolved for our generation into the multigenerational caregiver—caring for multiple family members of, you guessed it, different generations; in Lizzie’s case, her husband and children.

1 month ago | newmexicomagazine.org | Jennifer Levin

SCANNING THE TABLES AND BOOTHS at Capital Coal Neighborhood Eatery, in Santa Fe, I notice a refreshing disregard for traditional culinary pairings. One diner chases a hot-chicken slider with a kimchi quesadilla. Another pairs a vegan poke bowl with a wedge salad slathered in bacon and blue cheese. A group of friends shares French dips, nachos, and Korean bibimbap, while a solo patron relaxes with a Frito pie and a glass of rosé.