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Author Archives: Traci J. Macnamara

Posted inLiterature

Predictable but Enjoyable: John Nichols’ ‘Spoon Mountain’ Seeks the Summit

by Traci J. Macnamara April 10th, 2013December 16th, 2020

In a career that spans five decades, New Mexico author John Nichols has written more books and screenplays than he can count on his fingers and toes. His first novel, The Sterile Cuckoo, was published when he was in his mid-20s, and The Milagro Beanfield War—the first book in his New Mexico trilogy—remains a classic […]

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