Literature

Some may know Damien Flores as the host of KUNM’s “spoken word hour” on Sunday evenings. Others have known him as a teacher and mentor over the past 15 years. As of July 7, he will now be known as Albuquerque’s 7th Poet Laureate.

Literary giant N. Scott Momaday has died at his home in Santa Fe. He was 89. The novelist, poet, essayist and painter was the first Native American to win a Pulitzer Prize and he ushered in a renaissance in Native American literature.

This Saturday on The Children’s Hour, we had a special show about Beatrix Potter. The author and illustrator of classic children’s books like Tale of…