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Darkness Waits, a poem written by Verona Jones at Spillwords.com

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

Interview Q&A With Carmen Baca

Sometimes It Takes a Chisel to Find the Poem

Circle Songs

Interviews

Interview Q&A With Carmen Baca

Spotlight On Writers – Joseph Amendolare

Spotlight On Writers – Anna Canić

Life’s Breath

Lost

At The Gate

Darkness Waits

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With All Their Scars

A Peculiar Forest

Circle Songs

Life’s Breath

The Absence of Grace

A Pictured Perfect Piece

Interview Q&A With Carmen Baca

Before The Snow

Viscerally, As True As My Cat

Dear Austin III

Cluelessly Wisest