Tune in to KUNM 89.9 ON SATURDAY, APRIL 21, 1 PM, WOMENS FOCUS to hear Valerie talk about EACH AND HER with Carol Boss: at kunm

VALERIE, ARTHUR SZE and JOAN LOGGHE–the first three Santa Fe Poets Laureate will read on FRIDAY, APRIL 27 AT 6 P.M. at the New Mexico History Museum (auditorium) in Santa Fe. Seating is limited so please arrive early. Free admission.

Join Valerie for a READING OF AWARD-WINNING EACH AND HER on Saturday, April 28th at 2 p.m. at ALAMOSA BOOKS, in Albuquerque. Andrea Serrano will also read, an event in celebration of National Poetry Month. Click here for details.

Please MEET US AT THE SANTA FE RIVER, MAY 18-20. Artists Bobbe Besold, Dominique Mazeaud and Valerie Martínez will walk the full length (46 miles) of the Santa Fe River, from Lake Peak in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains to Cochiti Pueblo. Along the way, the artists will meet the community at the riverbank. Valerie invites you, your families, your friends and/or your organizations to create/present/perform art, engage in science and restoration projects and otherwise honor and celebrate the river declared the most endangered in the US in 2007 (American Rivers). The walk, part of the RIVERS RUN THROUGH US project launches a comprehensive effort (learn more by clicking on “Community,” left) to rehabilitate the Santa Fe River, and ourselves.

Valerie’s poem “Bowl” has been set to music by composer Glen Roven, part of the song cycle, “Santa Fe Songs” on soprano Talise Trevigne’s debut album “At the Statue of Venus,” GPR Records.  The CD has just hit #3 on the Amazon Best Selling Classical Album list:
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Valerie’s fourth book of poetry, EACH AND HER, was awarded the ARIZONA BOOK AWARD FOR POETRY as well as Honorable Mention in the 2011 INTERNATIONAL LATINO BOOK AWARDS. Each and Her was also nominated for the Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Critics Circle Award, the Ron Ridenhour Prize, the William Carlos Williams Award, among other awards.

Valerie, Lauren Camp, Jazz Cuffee and Shelle Sánchez present FOUR POETS RESPOND: “AND I FIND HER,” poetry-as-performance in response to art by six New Mexico artists: Lauren Camp, Becky Holtzman, Stephanie Lerma, Maria Moya, Carol Sanchez and Jennifer Zona, MARCH 8, 2012, 7 PM AT THE NATIONAL HISPANIC CULTURAL CENTER. For more information, click on “Art/Community.” Artwork: “Undoing” by Lauren Camp.

Valerie, along with artists Bobbe Besold and Dominique Mazeaud and VISTA’s Rachel Boothby, will walk the length of the endangered Santa Fe River in mid-May- This four-day journey will serve as a deep exploration of the Santa Fe River Watershed and is designed to create art, promote awareness, engage community, and illuminate our relationship with river systems, earth and water.  Read more about  “RIVERS RUN THROUGH US” on the “Art/Community” page.  Image: Bobbe Besold