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Carmen Baca taught high school and college English for 36 years before retiring in 2014. A lifelong New Mexican, she embraces her Spanish heritage which is evident in her works through her use of regionalism. Her motivation comes from her desire to keep her culture's dying traditions alive through her story-telling. El Hermano, her debut novel (2017) was endorsed as "a valuable contribution to New Mexico literature" by the late Rudolfo Anaya, and selected as a finalist in historical fiction from the NM-AZ Book Awards Coop. Her third book, Cuentos del Cañón, won 1st place in short story anthology from the same organization. She has published 5 books, over 50 short publications in 13 genres. Between caring for feral and adopted cats, she and her husband live a quiet life at the base of the Sangre de Cristo mountains of northern New Mexico.

Features

The Poet Writes

Interview Q&A With Carmen Baca

Sometimes It Takes a Chisel to Find the Poem

Interviews

Interview Q&A With Carmen Baca

Spotlight On Writers – Joseph Amendolare

Spotlight On Writers – Anna Canić

A Poem

The Brooklyn Mothers

The Poet Writes

My Ideal Life

Dance With The Devil

The Nun on The Bicycle

The Man Who Collects

Dream Collector

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Life’s Breath

Circle Songs

The Brooklyn Mothers

A Pictured Perfect Piece

Before The Snow

Sometimes It Takes a Chisel to Find the Poem

Distance

Awkward Adolescent Words

Angels

A Game of Chess

Odds

Sink