Soaking in a Georgia O’Keef…

In April of this year I had the great pleasure of visiting the DH Lawrence ranch in Taos, New Mexico. My lovely daughter, Donna, had organised this trip for me so it was especially precious. Thanks t…

In January of 2004, the D. H. Lawrence Ranch was added to the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) at the National level, which means the property is eligible for National Landmark S…

I think the saying goes something like this; the more I know, the more I realize how much I don't know. Or something like that. As an undergraduate at Alfred University I can almost remember the day …

Terry and Merry Michels

When I was eight years old, my father having just returned from five years at war, purchased the complete Gadshill Edition of Charles Dickens, and I read one volume after anot…

Aside from the connections between D.H. Lawrence and Mabel Dodge Luhan—and between the Kiowa Ranch near San Cristobal that Mabel Dodge Luhan traded for the manuscript of Sons and Lovers&#1…

At the D. H. Lawrence Ranch Initiatives, we are working to impart the value and importance of the property we serve, not only to potential donors, University staff and faculty — but also to futu…

This summer is my first in nearly twenty that I haven’t devoted to directing a large writers’ conference in northern New Mexico. Nothing lasts forever, neither writers’ conferences n…

The International D.H. Lawrence conferences are always a time of fellowship and good meetings with colleagues from around the world who are trying to keep the legacy of Lawrence alive. I have been pr…

In an event co-hosted by the UNM Alumni Association through their Lobo Living Room, award-winning author Mark Doty gave a discerning, passionate, and both scholarly and artistic reading of Lawren…