Forthcoming November 2024
Love Lessions: Poems 1973–2023
“Mary Ellen Capek’s first book of poems, Love Lessons, is a sample of her brilliant mind at work on a long life spent in intellectual endeavor and joyful living. What a treat!”
—Hilda Raz, Letter from a Place I’ve Never Been: New and Collected Poems, 1986-2020

This is Mary Ellen Capek’s first collection of poems. She describes growing up in the ‘50s, coming of age, first love, sex, marriage, her mother’s early death, friendships, divorce, stepchildren, and coming out as a lesbian. Read more…

Book 2: Willa Cather and Edith Lewis Mystery
Death Comes features Willa Cather and Edith Lewis in a mystery about art, artists, love, marriage, and the mix of cultures in the American Southwest. Cather and Lewis help catch the killers and expose an international smuggling ring.

Sue Hallgarth’s first book in the mystery series, On the Rocks, was named ‘one of the top ten titles to pick up now’ by O, The Oprah Magazine. Check out author Sue Hallgarth’s blog and events at SueHallgarth.com

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Follow the River Home, Book CoverCorran Harrington wins the Best New Voice: Fiction, IBPA Benjamin Franklin Award for our second novel, Follow the River Home.

“[These] beautifully intertwined stories . . . vividly evoke the ebb and flow of life in New Mexico. Harrington’s writing is thoughtful, fluid, keenly observant, and filled with voices that resonate beyond the page. I highly recommend this book.”—Mary Wolf, owner of Collected Works bookstore, Santa Fe, New Mexico

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