Lynn Moorer chatted with Professor Jesús J. Barquet about his English/Spanish book of poetry, Venturous Journeys/Los viajes venturosos, which is made up of two books: The Emigrant’s Logbook and Shipwrecks. Barquet, a native of Cuba who came though the part of Mariel in 1980 and has been Distinguished Professor of Spanish at New Mexico State University, shared his thinking in deciding to leave Cuba, to study at the University of Tulane, then to relocate to New Mexico. Among several poems, he shared poems drawn from a daily record of his actions and impressions in “New Mexico Landscapes.”
Lynn Moorer discussed with Michael S. Potts his book of short stories, Highgrove, each of which has a western theme and is set in the 1800s. Four of the stories feature Sheriff Pecos McCloud of Highgrove, Arizona and its environs. His common-sense detective skills, knowledge of everyone in his community, and likeability give him unmatched respect and cooperation by the local folks when he tracks down leads and solves crimes. Several stories revolve around prospectors who carry bags of gold ore or dust with them, which are irreplaceable when stolen and which can get men killed. Lynn Moorer welcomed retired English teacher L. C. Hayden to the show to talk about her thriller, What Lies Beyond the Fence, the fourth book in her Harry Bronson thriller series. Retired from the Dallas Police Department, Bronson, who travels around the U.S. with his wife Carol in their RV, is multi-talented and schemes well under terrific pressure—traits that are useful when he is pressed into service to find and free two resourceful youth who are imprisoned in a cult compound after discovery of a human trafficking ring. Lynn Moorer spoke with C. S. “Chris” Fuqua about his collection of short stories, Walking After Midnight. Each features deep unhappiness, sadness, hard times, and/or horror. Some of the stories offer up satirical social commentary that should be taken with a hearty groan and roll of the eyes, according to Chris. Lynn Moorer discussed with Elizabeth N. Lewis her memoir, Between Our Worlds: The True Story of a Poor Peruvian Girl’s Impossible Dream to Become a Doctor and How Our Journey Changed My Life. A nurse who regularly donated her time and expertise to participate in medical mission trips to Peru as part of a surgical team performing cleft-palate or cleft-lip surgeries, Elizabeth explained how meeting a young interpreter with sad eyes who harbored a dream to become a medical doctor led her and her husband Tom to make the momentous decision to help pay for all her medical schooling. When Elizabeth and Tom make a shocking discovery, they have no regrets because their generosity came with no strings attached. Retired police detective and international consultant J. R. “Randy” Lonsway returned to the show to talk about his third book in his Bela Garcia series, The Mack Daddy Affair. When the body of a young female is discovered in the city landfill, Los Palmas, New Mexico police detective Bela Garcia soon finds clues that may indicate that the prime suspect is her immediate supervisor and former husband, Larry McNeeley, a slimy, childish screw-up who lacks respect for patient investigations that follow proper police procedures. After straight-arrow Police Chief Don Davis is diagnosed with cancer and takes medical leave, weak and power-hungry Deputy Chief Clarence Cotter takes over the department—complicating Bela’s efforts to solve the case. Former naval officer and high school JROTC teacher John Coleman II discussed with Lynn Moorer his book of fiction, The Outcome, which traces the candidacy of “common man” Daniel G. Harvey for President of the United States and his Truth Revolution. He insists that he wants to talk about principles, not issues. Harvey also seeks to take the news media out of the equation and convenes Truth Talks. A secret lurks, however, in the identity of a reporter who plays a key role in the story. Lynn Moorer chatted with Aurora Dunn, who was raised in Mesilla and who has a daughter and many nieces and nephews, about her book, I Wonder What It’s Like to be a . . . Fish? The book, which was illustrated by her husband Mark, was written for her daughter Sarah who asked a lot of questions when she was young. Pennsylvania native Dan Hein conversed with Lynn Moorer about his book of fiction, The Decagen Chronicle, which begins in Freudenberg, Germany and spans about 250 years and ten generations of a family that suffers die lange fluch (the long curse) through those generations because an early ancestor was deemed guilty of disrespecting life. A key theme is the importance of respecting trees and using dead wood rather than live wood when making wooden products. Award-winning writer, assistant writing professor at Doña Ana Community College, and former journalist Gwendolyn Mintz joined Lynn Moorer to discuss her short story collection, Where I’ll Be If I’m Not There. Each of her moving seven stories displays her spare writing style that captures a series of poignant life and, sometimes, death experiences. Most feature both yearning and some sense of achievement. |
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