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<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic", sans-serif;">Please see below information regarding the two books selected to represent New Mexico at the National Book Festival this weekend.
</span><span style="font-family: "Century Gothic", sans-serif;"><i>Tumble</i></span><span style="font-family: "Century Gothic", sans-serif;"> was our Youth Services Book Club read in the Spring - and it is fantastic! I'm adding
</span><span style="font-family: "Century Gothic", sans-serif;"><i>Shutter</i></span><span style="font-family: "Century Gothic", sans-serif;"> to my list now as well. You can find both
</span><span style="font-family: "Century Gothic", sans-serif;"><i>Tumble</i></span><span style="font-family: "Century Gothic", sans-serif;"> and
</span><span style="font-family: "Century Gothic", sans-serif;"><i>Shutter</i></span><span style="font-family: "Century Gothic", sans-serif;"> in ebook and audiobook form in the free</span><a href="https://nmreads.axis360.baker-taylor.com/" title="https://nmreads.axis360.baker-taylor.com/" id="LPlnk187253"><span style="font-family: "Century Gothic", sans-serif;">
New Mexico Reads</span></a><span style="font-family: "Century Gothic", sans-serif;"> collection. </span></div>
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<b><span lang="EN" class="x_ContentPasted0" style="font-size: 16pt; font-family: "inherit", serif; letter-spacing: -0.75pt; color: rgb(17, 17, 17);">Books by regional authors selected to represent New Mexico at the 2023 National Book Festival </span></b></p>
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<i><span lang="EN" class="x_ContentPasted0" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif; color: rgb(17, 17, 17);">“Tumble” and “Shutter” chosen for the National Center for the Book’s Great Reads from Great Places program</span></i><span lang="EN" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif; color: rgb(17, 17, 17);"> </span></p>
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<span lang="EN" class="x_ContentPasted0" style="font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(17, 17, 17);">SANTA FE — </span><span style="color: black;"><a href="https://bookfestival.nmculture.org/" data-auth="NotApplicable" id="OWA550cc58b-c78c-db72-1bc3-59433d20b974" class="x_OWAAutoLink x_ContentPasted0"><span lang="EN" style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif; font-size:10pt">New
Mexico Center for the Book</span></a></span><span lang="EN" class="x_ContentPasted0" style="font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(17, 17, 17);"> has selected one youth book and one adult book to represent the state at the </span><span style="color: black;"><a href="https://www.loc.gov/events/2023-national-book-festival" data-auth="NotApplicable" id="OWA186b5f56-092c-f70d-2a55-90501516826c" class="x_OWAAutoLink x_ContentPasted0"><span lang="EN" style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif; font-size:10pt">2023
National Book Festival</span></a></span><span lang="EN" class="x_ContentPasted0" style="font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(17, 17, 17);">: “Tumble ” by Celia C. Pérez; and, “Shutter” by Ramona Emerson.</span><span lang="EN" class="x_ContentPasted0" style="font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif; color: rgb(17, 17, 17);"><span style="font-size:10pt"> </span></span></p>
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<span lang="EN" class="x_ContentPasted0" style="font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(17, 17, 17);">Both titles will be part of </span><span style="color: black;"><a href="https://read.gov/cfb/" data-auth="NotApplicable" id="OWA72c4e74d-d80a-786b-b996-c5b8e831d876" class="x_OWAAutoLink x_ContentPasted0"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(12, 100, 192);">National
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Reads from Great Places</span></a></span><span lang="EN" class="x_ContentPasted0" style="font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(17, 17, 17);"> features books and authors representing the literary heritage of all 50 states, the District
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<span lang="EN" class="x_ContentPasted0" style="font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(17, 17, 17);">“We are pleased to showcase these books about New Mexico and share them with this year’s National Book Festival participants,” said
New Mexico State Librarian Eli Guinnee. “The National Book Festival brings booklovers together from across the country and beyond to celebrate reading, literacy, authors, and community.”</span><span lang="EN" class="x_ContentPasted0" style="font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif; color: rgb(17, 17, 17);"><span style="font-size:10pt"> </span></span></p>
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<span lang="EN" class="x_ContentPasted0" style="font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(17, 17, 17);">This year's National Book Festival on August 12 will be held in Washington, D.C., but will include many livestreamed and recorded
virtual programs celebrating books and authors. Peréz and Emerson took part in online panel conversations with other chosen authors from state Centers for the Book in the Western Region to talk about their book and what inspired them.
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<span lang="EN" class="x_ContentPasted0" style="font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(17, 17, 17);">This and other panel discussions are posted on the National Book Festival website and the </span><span style="color: black;"><a href="https://www.loc.gov/search/?fa=partof:great+reads+from+great+places" data-auth="NotApplicable" id="OWAf670ad23-0f84-793d-2b40-2762fe3d7014" class="x_OWAAutoLink x_ContentPasted0"><span lang="EN" style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif; font-size:10pt">Library
of Congress’s YouTube channel</span></a></span><span lang="EN" class="x_ContentPasted0" style="font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(17, 17, 17);">. You can also find out more about the New Mexico titles, find activities for children,
and view the videos by the authors at the </span><span style="color: black;"><a href="https://bookfestival.nmculture.org/" data-auth="NotApplicable" id="OWA1c25e3a6-1642-0614-11bc-69adc197c779" class="x_OWAAutoLink x_ContentPasted0"><span lang="EN" style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif; font-size:10pt">New
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dazzling novel about a young girl who collects the missing pieces of her origin story from the family of legendary luchadores she’s never met.</span></strong><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt"> </span></span></b></p>
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</span></i></b><strong><span class="x_ContentPasted0" style="font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: black;">is a blood-chilling debut set in New Mexico’s Navajo Nation is equal parts gripping crime thriller, supernatural horror, and poignant
portrayal of coming of age on the reservation.</span></strong><b><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif; color: rgb(17, 17, 17);"><span style="font-size:10pt"> </span></span></b></p>
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<span style="color: black;"><a href="https://www.teachingbooks.net/pronounce.cgi?pid=2415" data-auth="NotApplicable" id="OWA6e873307-2779-0e40-0a54-f856a2f4c017" class="x_OWAAutoLink x_ContentPasted0"><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif; font-size:10pt">Celia
C. Pérez</span></a></span><span class="x_ContentPasted0" style="font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: black;"> is the daughter of a Mexican mother and a Cuban father.</span><span class="x_ContentPasted0" style="font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif; color: black;"><span class="x_ContentPasted0" style="font-size:10pt">
</span></span><span class="x_ContentPasted0" style="font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: black;">She is originally from Miami and is a graduate of the University of Florida and the University of South Florida. She lives with her family
in Chicago where, in addition to writing books about lovable weirdos and outsiders, she works as a community college librarian. </span><b><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif; color: rgb(17, 17, 17);"><span style="font-size:10pt"> </span></span></b><b style="font-size:12pt; font-style:inherit; font-variant-ligatures:inherit; font-variant-caps:inherit"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif; color: rgb(17, 17, 17);"><span style="font-size:10pt"> </span></span></b></p>
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spent 16 years documenting crime scenes. As a police department photographer in Albuquerque, N.M.,</span><span class="x_ContentPasted0" style="font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif; color: black;"><em><span class="x_ContentPasted0" style="font-size:10pt"> s</span></em></span><span class="x_ContentPasted0" style="font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: black;">he
covered everything from car accidents to refinery explosions. Once she had to ride a mule up a mountain for two hours with all her gear just to document a scene where someone got hurt.</span><b><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif; color: rgb(17, 17, 17);"><span style="font-size:10pt"> </span></span></b><span style="font-size:10pt"> </span></p>
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promotes literacy and a love of books, reading, and libraries throughout the state, celebrating New Mexico’s literary heritage. The New Mexico Center for the Book is administered by </span><span style="color: black;"><a href="https://www.nmstatelibrary.org/" data-auth="NotApplicable" id="OWA6fc7f462-32e4-5335-877a-7d4d03f116d3" class="x_OWAAutoLink x_ContentPasted0"><span lang="EN" style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif; font-size:10pt">New
Mexico State Library</span></a></span><span lang="EN" class="x_ContentPasted0" style="font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(17, 17, 17);">, a division of the </span><span style="color: black;"><a href="https://newmexicoculture.org/" data-auth="NotApplicable" id="OWA93ef1308-329e-a790-3845-75008a5bfc11" class="x_OWAAutoLink x_ContentPasted0"><span lang="EN" style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif; font-size:10pt">Department
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