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Newspaper Article
OUR FIRST LADY OF LETTERS
1997
Overview
Finding a lost treasure is a thrilling prospect. Now, a Southwest literary gem that had been virtually buried is again gleaming in the sun with the recent publication of Beautiful Swift Fox.Erna [Erna Fergusson] (1888-1964), born into a prominent Albuquerque family, gained a national reputation in the 40s and 50s as a regional travel writer. The author of thirteen books on the Southwest and Latin America (including her best-selling Mexican Cookbook), numerous essays, newspaper and magazine articles, Fergusson was dubbed New Mexicos First Lady of Letters by Lawrence Clark Powell, the distinguished Southwestern author who called himself her friend. Yet, today, many do not recognize her name, and only two of her books (Dancing Gods: Indian Ceremonials of New Mexico and Arizona, 1931 (reissued 1991); and Murder and Mystery in New Mexico, 1948) are still in print.The lack of attention in recent years to Fergusson and her work is in sharp contrast to that paid to many of her contemporaries and colleagues -- and this book is a good step in the right direction for a more comprehensive understanding of the Southwests literary legacy. (Witter Bynner, Paul Horgan, Mabel Dodge Luhan, Oliver La Farge, Mary Austin, Willa Cather, Spud Johnson, Frank Waters, Fray Anglico Chvez, Peggy Pond Church, Frieda Lawrence, Will Keleher, T.M.
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Santa Fe New Mexican
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