AltWeeklies Wire
Gail Y. Okawa’s Research Uncovered the History of Japanese Internment in New Mexiconew
Gail Y. Okawa found out in her teens that her grandfather, Reverend Tamasaku Watanabe, had been interned at the Santa Fe Internment Camp, which housed 4,555 men from 1942 to 1946 in what is now the Casa Solana neighborhood.
Santa Fe Reporter |
Charlotte Jusinski |
03-25-2010 |
Race & Class
Tags: Gail Y. Okawa, Tamasaku Watanabe
Mystery Man: Author Tony Hillerman's Legacy Lives Onnew
Hillerman began his career as a journalist for The Santa Fe New Mexican and went on to author more than 30 books, most of which were mystery novels set in New Mexico -- more specifically, Navajo lands. Hillerman died last October at the age of 83.
Santa Fe Reporter |
Charlotte Jusinski |
09-17-2009 |
Books
Robin Romm's 'The Mercy Papers'new
In The Mercy Papers: A Memoir of Three Weeks, author Robin Romm has opened herself to the world in a courageous little book that chronicles the three weeks before her mother’s death.
Santa Fe Reporter |
Charlotte Jusinski |
01-29-2009 |
Nonfiction
If Bottled Water is the Devil, What's a Thirsty Person To Do?new
Mounting evidence suggests bottled water -- between the waste produced by the bottles and the energy consumed to produce and transport it -- is a considerable threat to the environment. Green-minded folks have been trying to find alternatives to plastic bottles, but the alternatives are few -- and raise environmental questions of their own.
Santa Fe Reporter |
Charlotte Jusinski |
08-14-2008 |
Food+Drink
Mark Winne Examines the Politics of Eatingnew
The community food systems expert talks with us about how economic divisions in the US affect the way people eat. We also present an excerpt from Winne’s recent book, Closing the Food Gap: Resetting the Table in the Land of Plenty, which examines this problem in detail.
Santa Fe Reporter |
Mark Winne and Charlotte Jusinski |
07-10-2008 |
Food+Drink
