The Ghost of Milagro Creek by Melanie Sumner, out this month, is fast becoming a favorite of the summer. Set in a bario of Taos, New Mexico, the story has all the ingredients of an electrifying read–love, adventure, friendship, and, of course, murder. Recently, NPR raved about it: read more. Below, Sumner tells us aboutContinue reading
Author of The School of Beauty and Charm and Polite Society, recipient of a Whiting award in fiction in 1995, and creative writing professor at Kennesaw State University, Melanie Sumner is out with her newest novel, The Ghost of Milagro Creek. This coming-of-age tale, set in New Mexico, is generating some serious buzz. Critics areContinue reading
Put on your Southwestern-coming-of-age-mystery hat for The Ghost of Milagro Creek by Melanie Sumner. This story of Ignacia Vigil Romero, a full Jacarilla Apache, and the two boys, Mister and Tomás, she raised to adulthood unfolds in a barrio of Taos, New Mexico—a mixed community of Native Americans, Hispanics, and whites. Now deceased, Ignacia, aContinue reading
One of my favorite parts of a book coming out in paperback is that it gets sexy, new cover art. It’s like a face lift without the swelling or recovery period. I also love how the book becomes suddenly portable. We might as well attach handles or wings. You don’t even know you’re carrying itContinue reading