To celebrate this year's Earth Day and National Park Week — and to support the National Park Services as they face historic cuts from the federal government — Pasatiempo highlights three books that speak to three eras of America's best idea, starting with Michael J. Yochim's Requiem for America's Best Idea.

French artist and author Lomig channels his fascination with the naturalist into the award-winning John Muir: To the Heart of Solitude.

Auto Touring America’s National Parks: The Photography of H.A. Spallholz is a perfect coffee table book for anyone who loves road trips through national parks.

Dichos and Nichos by Sage Vogel is a lovely reminder of the importance of cultural heritage and the support of local organizations like New Mexico Writers. Plus, latest news about the NMW annual dinner and a related screening of Frybread Face and Me by keynote speaker Billy Luther.

Cyril Christo and Marie Wilkinson speak about their new book, Wonder and the World, at Collected Works on March 27.

Mark Sundeen speaks about his new book and about the end of an era for a beloved magazine.

The opportunity to learn about and commemorate Black history in the U.S. and celebrate Black cultures here and abroad doesn't have an end date. 

The former state senator is a champion of the little guy. 

Documentary photographer Kevin Bubriski celebrates his new book, The New Mexicans: 1981-1983, by bringing photos to Ohkay Owingeh he made 43 years ago. 

Pasatiempo spoke with Megan Mulry, the new executive director of the Santa Fe International Literary Festival, to find out more about the May event.

January 1 introduced the 1929 class of works which signified richness in the era’s literature and cinematic technology.

Journalist Laura Paskus has curated and contributed to Water Bodies: Love Letters to the Most Abundant Substance on Earth.

Pasatiempo has compiled a list of our favorite British murder mysteries to listen to during the holidays, perhaps while traveling, perhaps to even escape.

Moonlight Elk speaks of a woman's quest to empowerment and self-sufficiency. 

Author and teacher Sharman Apt Russell is deeply rooted in southwestern New Mexico — she and her husband, Peter, moved to the Mimbres Valley four decades ago to pursue…

The comedy writer is helming a number of projects right now, and they all stem from an exciting year of work on a show that sadly never aired.

If you’re driving from Santa Fe to Albuquerque, you might not be aware you’re passing by billions of years of geologic time.