Peggy Pond Church

{{Short description|American writer (1903–1986)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=May 2024}} {{Infobox person | name = Peggy Pond Church | image = Peggy Pond Church.png | alt =  | caption = | birth_name = Margaret Hallett Pond | birth_date = {{Birth date|1903|12|01}} | birth_place = [[Valmora, New Mexico]], US | death_date = {{Death date and age|1986|10|23|1903|12|01}} | death_place = [[Santa Fe, New Mexico]], US | nationality =  | other_names = | occupation = Author | years_active = 1915–1986 | known_for = Poetry and stories | notable_works = ''Foretaste''<br />''Familiar Journey''<br />''The House at Otowi Bridge'' }} '''Margaret Hallett Pond''' (December 1, 1903 – October 23, 1986), known under the [[pen name]] '''Peggy Pond Church''', was an American author and poet. She was known as "one of the American west's major poets" and was compared to poet [[Witter Bynner]].<ref name="Brosman">{{cite book |last=Brosman |first=Catharine Savage |author-link=Catharine Savage Brosman |date=July 25, 2016 |title=Southwestern Women Writers and the Vision of Goodness: Mary Austin, Willa Cather, Laura Adams Armer, Peggy Pond Church and Alice Marriott |chapter=Chapter Five: Peggy Pond Church |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9fTBDAAAQBAJ |publisher=[[McFarland & Company]] |page=120-134 |isbn=9781476625959}}</ref>

Born in [[New Mexico]], her family had to return to her grandfather's home city of [[Detroit]] after a flood destroyed her father's under-construction school when she was a baby. She grew up in the area of [[Three Mile Lake]] and the family moved back to New Mexico when she was nine years old. Her father established a new school named the [[Los Alamos Ranch School]], which she returned to after obtaining a university degree. Her teenage years would see her begin an interest in poetry and publish several prize winning pieces even as young as twelve years old

Marrying a teacher at the school, Fermor Spencer Church, soon after returning to work at the Ranch School, she worked on and published both poetry and writing pieces throughout the 1920s and 1930s. By the end of the 1930s, Church's family settled in Los Alamos while continuing to work at the Ranch School, where she met and befriended restaurateur [[Edith Warner]].

The creation of the [[Manhattan Project]] and closing of Los Alamos to residents, along with her personal aversion to the work being done on the project, would result in Church becoming a lifelong pacifist and supporter of the anti-violence [[Quaker]] movement. Moving several more times throughout the 1940s, the family once again settled and permanently resided in [[Santa Fe, New Mexico]], where Church would continue to publish her work until her death in 1986.

==Childhood and education== She was born as Margaret Hallett Pond on December 1, 1903, to Ashley Pond Jr. and Hazel Hallett Pond in [[Valmora, New Mexico]],<ref name="Brosman"/> though her birth place was listed as [[Watrous, New Mexico]].<ref name="NMQ">{{cite journal |author= |date=1958 |title=The House at Otowi Bridge: Peggy Pond Church |url=https://digitalrepository.unm.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=3737&context=nmq |journal=[[New Mexico Quarterly]] |volume=28 |issue=2 |access-date=May 6, 2024}}</ref> The family moved back to her grandfather's home in Detroit after a massive flood in October 1904 destroyed the school her father was in the process of building. She grew up in the nature of [[Three Mile Lake]]{{clarify|date=May 2024}}, but the family ended up making several home moves after the death of her grandfather. They went to California and then to [[Roswell, New Mexico]]<ref name="Brosman"/> before her father in 1914 set up a private fishing club on the [[Pajarito Plateau]]. He then worked with a partner in 1916 to establish the [[Los Alamos Ranch School]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Hall |first=Rosanna |date=June 28, 1981 |title=Words a way of life for Peggy Pond Church |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-santa-fe-new-mexican-words-a-way-of/146731104/ |work=[[The Santa Fe New Mexican]] |access-date=May 6, 2024 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>

Church attended [[Santa Fe High School (New Mexico)|Santa Fe High School]] in addition to separate [[boarding schools]] in California and Connecticut, where she began studying and publishing poetry.<ref name="NMQ"/> After turning eighteen, she traveled to [[Massachusetts]] to attend [[Smith College]] from 1922 through 1924. She completed her degree and returned home to work at the Los Alamos Ranch School.<ref name="Brosman"/>

==Career== Later in her life, she moved frequently, including to [[Berkeley, California]] in 1938 to accompany her husband while he studied at [[Stanford University]]. She later returned to Los Alamos to continue work at the school, becoming friends with fellow school employee and restauranteur [[Edith Warner]]. During her time there, she also became acquainted in 1942 with [[J. Robert Oppenheimer]] just prior to the establishment of the [[Manhattan Project]]. When the military took over the area later that year and forced out all of the inhabitants and closed the school, it had a profound effect on Church's life. She was especially angry at the military research going on, opposed to the harm and destruction that the development of [[atomic bombs]] would have, particularly that said research was happening where her family had lived for so many years. This resulted in her becoming a strong [[pacifist]] and a part of the [[Society of Friends]] in 1948 with her husband.<ref name="Brosman"/>

Prior to that, her family had to move in 1942 and they resettled in [[Taos, New Mexico]] in a rental home next door to her brother. She became close friends with many of the well known writers and artists in the local Taos collective, which may have also influenced her pacifist beliefs. Then, in the latter half of the 1940's, her husband took a job in [[Carpinteria, California]] at a private school, but returned a year later due to missing his family. Instead, they established a new school in Taos, but the low number of students caused the school to close a year later, resulting in Church having to take work at the [[Harwood Foundation]] and at the local Taos bookshop. They moved again in 1952 to Berkeley, California where Fermor became a field engineer. By 1960, they moved back to New Mexico and settled in [[Santa Fe, New Mexico|Santa Fe]]. After Fermor's death in 1975, Church gave a series of poetry readings and attended events at nearby universities, but eventually moved to a retirement home named El Castillo in the Santa Fe area.<ref name="Brosman"/>

===Writing=== Church composed her first poem at the age of twelve, titled "Ode to a Flower". Later, she officially published a poem in [[St. Nicholas (magazine)|St. Nicholas]] and her later early work would win $50 awards,<ref name="Brosman"/> including her work that was published in ''[[Atlantic Monthly]]''.<ref>{{cite news |last=Anderson |first=Kim |date=September 8, 1985 |title=Undefinable Quality Keeps 'Amateur' Poet's Name In Print |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/albuquerque-journal-undefinable-quality/146762332/ |work=[[Albuquerque Journal]] |pages=39, [https://www.newspapers.com/article/albuquerque-journal-undefinable-quality/146762369/ 42] |access-date=May 7, 2024 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref> Throughout the 1920s, she struggled with depression and raising her children left her with little writing time. As a joint request from painter [[Gustave Baumann]], however, she did produce a series of poems titled "New Mexico Santos" that was meant to go alongside Baumann's woodblock prints, though neither of the two's work would be published.<ref name="Brosman"/> Her poetry would be included in [[Alice Corbin Henderson]]'s 1928 anthology ''The Turquoise Trail''.<ref name="Begnal">{{cite journal |last1=Begnal |first1=Michael S. |date=Winter 2022 |title="Torn by the Rocks Like the Drowned Girls": Dark Ecology in the Early Poetry of Peggy Pond Church |url=https://muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/article/871434 |journal=[[Arizona Quarterly]] |volume=78 |issue=4 |pages=55–79 |doi=10.1353/arq.2022.0022 |access-date=May 7, 2024|url-access=subscription }}</ref> To help with her writing, a "poem cabin" was constructed in the 1930s to give Church a space to work.<ref name="Brosman"/>

The death of her father in 1933 caused Church to have a breakdown in her marriage and health, leading her to enter a rehabilitation hospital in [[New Haven, Connecticut]] nearby to her sister near the end of 1933. Despite [[Affair|affairs]] by her and her husband, they reconciled and remained married. This experience would result in Church looking into the work of [[Carl Jung]] in 1934, which would influence her writing after she began studying and recording her dreams.<ref name="Brosman"/> Michael S. Begnal in the ''[[Arizona Quarterly]]'' commented that Church's early collections of poetry, such as ''Foretaste'' and ''Familiar Journey'', features a form of "dark ecology" that is a conflict between human existence and the environment.<ref name="Begnal"/>

In addition to her published work, Church kept a large number of personal writing and journals. She also had one named the "Journal of Death", which was written during the death of her husband. Not all of her journals survived, with several having been burned by her personally. But, of those that remained as she was nearing her death, she gave the rest in the autumn of 1986 to Shelley Armitage and they would go on to be published by Armitage in the book ''Bones Incandescent''.<ref name="Brosman"/>

==Awards and honors== For her 1959 publication ''The House at Otowi Bridge'', Church was given the Longmont award for the book's quality.<ref name="Brosman"/> The book was also named one of the 27 winners of the 1960 Southern Books Competition.<ref>{{cite news |author= |date=January 29, 1961 |title=UNM Press Honored With Book |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-santa-fe-new-mexican-unm-press-honor/146756908/ |work=[[The Santa Fe New Mexican]] |access-date=May 7, 2024 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref> Church's 1976 poetry book ''New & Selected Poems'' was chosen as a finalist for the 1976 Pushcart Prize as one of the best books published through American small presses.<ref>{{cite news |author= |date=September 29, 1976 |title=BSU Publications Entered in Contest |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-idaho-statesman-bsu-publications-ent/146761844/ |work=[[The Idaho Statesman]] |access-date=May 7, 2024 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref> The New Mexico Governor's Award for Excellence and Achievements in the Arts was presented to her in 1984.<ref>{{cite news |last=Rusk |first=Winifred |date=September 27, 1984 |title=Church awarded |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-taos-news-church-awarded-by-winifred/146730395/ |work=[[The Taos News]] |access-date=May 6, 2024 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>

A [[literary biography]] of Church's life was released by Sharon Snyder in 2011 as a publication of the Los Alamos Historical Society that was titled ''At Home on the Slopes of Mountains: The Story of Peggy Pond Church''.<ref>{{cite news |last=Snodgrass |first=Roger |date=March 23, 2012 |title=At Home on the Slopes of Mountains: The Story of Peggy Pond Church |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-santa-fe-new-mexican-at-home-on-the/146732767/ |work=[[The Santa Fe New Mexican]] |access-date=May 6, 2024 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>

==Personal life== Church first met Fermor Spencer Church in the summer of 1923 when he arrived to teach at the Los Alamos Ranch School. They were married in June 1924 and spent their honeymoon at Camp May on the nearby mountain. In her writings, she said that her relationship and marriage with Fermor was not one of love, but of companionship, that his personality was "a quiet harbor" that attracted her. They had three children together.<ref name="Brosman"/> She died on October 23, 1986, at her home by taking her own life, following the guidelines of the [[Hemlock Society]] that she was a member of.<ref>{{cite news |last=Shearer |first=Mike |date=August 7, 1987 |title=Death has rights, too |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-albuquerque-tribune-death-has-rights/146731522/ |work=[[The Albuquerque Tribune]] |pages=33, [https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-albuquerque-tribune-death-has-rights/146731710/ 34] |access-date=May 6, 2024 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>

==Bibliography== * {{cite book |last=Church |first=Peggy Pond |date=1933 |title=Foretaste, Poems |publisher=Writer's Editions |page=108 |isbn=9780865341418}}<ref>{{cite news |author= |date=August 10, 1935 |title=Poets Are in Training For Annual Poet's Round-Up Wednesday, Aug. 14 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-santa-fe-new-mexican-poets-are-in-tr/146743529/ |work=[[The Santa Fe New Mexican]] |access-date=May 6, 2024 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref> * {{cite book |last=Church |first=Peggy Pond |author-mask=1 |date=1936 |title=The Burro of Angelitos |publisher=Suttonhouse Limited |page=34}}<ref>Reviews for ''The Burro of Angelitos'': * {{cite news |last=Johnson |first=E. Dana |date=December 8, 1936 |title=The Burro of Angelitos |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-santa-fe-new-mexican-the-burro-of-an/146745204/ |work=[[The Santa Fe New Mexican]] |access-date=May 6, 2024 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}} * {{cite news |author= |date=October 6, 1936 |title=Two Books On Burros, One On First Foods, Feature Old Mexico |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/albuquerque-journal-two-books-on-burros/146747275/ |work=[[Albuquerque Journal]] |access-date=May 6, 2024 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}} * {{cite news |last=W.N. |date=October 18, 1936 |title=Miniature "Tortilla Flat" |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-los-angeles-times-miniature-tortill/146747806/ |work=[[The Los Angeles Times]] |access-date=May 6, 2024 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref> * {{cite book |last1=Church |first1=Peggy Pond |author-mask=1 |last2=Long |first2=Haniel |last3=Long |author-link2=Haniel Long |first3=Anton V. |last4=Sanders |first4=Mark |date=1936 |title=Interlinear to Cabeza de Vaca: His Relation of the Journey from Florida to the Pacific 1528-1536 |publisher=Peccary Press |page=47 |isbn=9780932337009}}<ref name="Brosman"/> * {{cite book |last=Church |first=Peggy Pond |author-mask=1 |date=1937 |title=Familiar Journey, Poems |publisher=Writer's Editions |page=94 |isbn=9780865341340}}<ref>Reviews for ''Familiar Journey'': * {{cite news |last=Bradford |first=Lydia S. |date=December 8, 1936 |title=Familiar Journey |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-santa-fe-new-mexican-familiar-journe/146744845/ |work=[[The Santa Fe New Mexican]] |access-date=May 6, 2024 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}} * {{cite news |last=A.F.I. |date=February 13, 1937 |title="Familiar Journey" By Peggy Pond Church |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/sun-journal-familiar-journey-by-peggy/146745385/ |work=[[Sun Journal (Lewiston, Maine)|Sun Journal]] |access-date=May 6, 2024 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}} * {{cite news |last=M.M. |date=February 21, 1937 |title=Translucent Verse |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-los-angeles-times-translucent-verse/146746076/ |work=[[The Los Angeles Times]] |access-date=May 6, 2024 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref> * {{cite book |last=Church |first=Peggy Pond |author-mask=1 |date=1947 |title=Ultimatum for Man |publisher=J.L. Delkin |page=32}}<ref>Reviews for ''Ultimatum for Man'': * {{cite news |last=J.E.B. |date=July 10, 1946 |title=Santa Feans |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-santa-fe-new-mexican-santa-feans-by/146750483/ |work=[[The Santa Fe New Mexican]] |access-date=May 7, 2024 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}} * {{cite news |last=Prall |first=W. W. |date=October 5, 1946 |title=A Book Of Poems |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-independent-a-book-of-poems-by-w-w/146750610/ |work=[[Richmond Independent]] |access-date=May 7, 2024 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref> * {{cite book |last=Church |first=Peggy Pond |author-mask=1 |date=1954 |title=The Ripened Fields: Fifteen Sonnets of a Marriage |publisher=Lightning Tree Press |page=32 |isbn=9780890160435}}<ref>{{cite news |last=Miller |first=Louise |date=May 20, 1979 |title=Small Books Are Pleasing |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/albuquerque-journal-small-books-are-plea/146751182/ |work=[[Albuquerque Journal]] |access-date=May 7, 2024 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref> * {{cite book |last=Church |first=Peggy Pond |author-mask=1 |date=1960 |title=The House at Otowi Bridge: The Story of Edith Warner and Los Alamos |publisher=[[University of New Mexico Press]] |page=149 |isbn=9780826302816}}<ref>Reviews for ''The House at Otowi Bridge'': * {{cite news |last=Johnson |first=Spud |date=December 8, 1960 |title=The Bridge |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-taos-news-the-bridge-by-spud-johnson/146729145/ |work=[[The Taos News]] |access-date=May 6, 2024 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}} * {{cite news |last=Smith |first=Goldie Capers |date=March 19, 1961 |title=Under The Reading Lamp |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/tulsa-world-under-the-reading-lamp-by-go/146735449/ |work=[[Tulsa World]] |access-date=May 6, 2024 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}} * {{cite news |last=Copeland |first=Edith |date=January 1, 1961 |title=Books In Orbit |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-daily-oklahoman-books-in-orbit-by-ed/146753471/ |work=[[The Daily Oklahoman]] |access-date=May 7, 2024 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}} * {{cite news |last=Pearce |first=T.M. |date=January 12, 1961 |title='House at Otowi Bridge' Tells Los Alamos Story |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/rio-grande-sun-house-at-otowi-bridge-t/146754316/ |work=[[Rio Grande Sun]] |access-date=May 7, 2024 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}} * {{cite news |last=Woodberry |first=Carol A. |date=February 11, 1961 |title=The House At Otowi Bridge |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/el-paso-herald-post-the-house-at-otowi-b/146757144/ |work=[[El Paso Herald-Post]] |access-date=May 7, 2024 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}} * {{cite news |last=Solner |first=Ruth B. |date=June 4, 1961 |title=Indian Life Unchanged by A-Bomb |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-los-angeles-times-indian-life-unchan/146758211/ |work=[[The Los Angeles Times]] |access-date=May 7, 2024 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref> * {{cite book |last1=Church |first1=Peggy Pond |author-mask=1 |last2=Church |first2=Fermor S. |date=1974 |title=When Los Alamos was a Ranch School |publisher=[[Los Alamos Historical Society]] |page=60}}<ref>Reviews for ''When Los Alamos was a Ranch School'': * {{cite news |last=Ahearne |first=John |date=March 31, 1974 |title=LA Museum's role: Storing, interpreting |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-santa-fe-new-mexican-la-museums-rol/146759528/ |work=[[The Santa Fe New Mexican]] |access-date=May 7, 2024 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}} * {{cite news |last=Chabin |first=Martha |date=May 5, 1974 |title=Los Alamos Boys Ranch story traced |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-santa-fe-new-mexican-los-alamos-boys/146761372/ |work=[[The Santa Fe New Mexican]] |access-date=May 7, 2024 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}} * {{cite news |last=Bullock |first=Alice |date=July 28, 1974 |title=When Los Alamos Was A Ranch School |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-santa-fe-new-mexican-when-los-alamos/146761426/ |work=[[The Santa Fe New Mexican]] |access-date=May 7, 2024 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref> * {{cite book |last=Church |first=Peggy Pond |author-mask=1 |date=1976 |title=New & Selected Poems |publisher=[[Ahsahta Press]] |page=77 |isbn=9780916272029}}<ref>Reviews for ''New & Selected Poems'': * {{cite news |last=Monroe |first=Julie T. |date=June 27, 1976 |title=Poet's Unique Vision Influenced by Region |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-idaho-statesman-poets-unique-vision/146736103/ |work=[[The Idaho Statesman]] |access-date=May 6, 2024 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}} * {{cite news |last=Bullock |first=Alice |date=August 8, 1976 |title=Poetry |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-santa-fe-new-mexican-poetry-by-alice/146761974/ |work=[[The Santa Fe New Mexican]] |access-date=May 7, 2024 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref> * {{cite book |last1=Church |first1=Peggy Pond |author-mask=1 |last2=Macleod |first2=Norman |last3=Walsh |first3=Marnie |last4=Krieger |first4=Robert |last5=Wright |first5=Carolyne |last6=Beasley Jr. |first6=Conger |last7=Flanner |first7=Hildegarde |last8=Deal |first8=Susan Strayer |last9=Ehrlich |first9=Gretel |last10=Romero |first10=Leo |last11=Baker |first11=David |last12=Speakes |first12=Richard |last13=Ferril |first13=Thomas Hornsby |last14=Crews |first14=Judson |date=1983 |title=Ahsahta Cassette Sampler |publisher=[[Ahsahta Press]] |isbn=9780916272227}}<ref>{{cite news |last=Ireland |first=Tom |date=January 6, 1984 |title=Tape preserves voices of poets on the prairies |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-santa-fe-new-mexican-tape-preserves/146739262/ |work=[[The Santa Fe New Mexican]] |access-date=May 6, 2024 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref> * {{cite book |last=Church |first=Peggy Pond |author-mask=1 |date=1985 |title=Birds of Daybreak: Landscapes and Elegies |publisher=W. Gannon |page=71 |isbn=9780883076644}}<ref>{{cite news |last=Lund |first=Christine |date=September 24, 1985 |title=Child's Wonder Alive |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/albuquerque-journal-childs-wonder-alive/146762829/ |work=[[Albuquerque Journal]] |access-date=May 7, 2024 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref> * {{cite book |last=Church |first=Peggy Pond |author-mask=1 |editor-last1=Armitage |editor-first1=Shelley |date=1990 |title=Wind's Trail: The Early Life of Mary Austin |publisher=[[Museum of New Mexico Press]] |page=215 |isbn=9780890132005}}<ref>Reviews for ''Wind's Trail'': * {{cite news |last=Baldinger |first=Jo Ann |date=August 31, 1990 |title=Austin, Church: Spinners of legends |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-santa-fe-new-mexican-austin-church/146699449/ |work=[[The Santa Fe New Mexican]] |access-date=May 6, 2024 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}} * {{cite journal |last1=Bailey |first1=Beth |date=September 1991 |title=Winds Trail: The Early Life of Mary Austin. By Peggy Pond Church |url=https://academic.oup.com/jah/article-abstract/78/2/720/838736 |journal=[[The Journal of American History]] |volume=78 |issue=2 |pages=720–721 |doi=10.2307/2079650 |jstor=2079650 |access-date=May 7, 2023|url-access=subscription }}</ref> * {{cite book |last=Church |first=Peggy Pond |author-mask=1 |date=1993 |title=This Dancing Ground of Sky: The Selected Poetry of Peggy Pond Church |publisher=Red Crane Books |page=184 |isbn=9781878610287}}<ref>{{cite news |last=Baldinger |first=Jo Ann |date=June 4, 1993 |title=Poems resonate with passion for the natural order of world |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-santa-fe-new-mexican-poems-resonate/146714612/ |work=[[The Santa Fe New Mexican]] |access-date=May 6, 2024 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref> * {{cite book |last=Church |first=Peggy Pond |author-mask=1 |editor-last1=Armitage |editor-first1=Shelley |date=2001 |title=Bones Incandescent: The Pajarito Journals of Peggy Pond Church |publisher=[[Texas Tech University Press]] |page=236 |isbn=9780896724389}}<ref>{{cite news |last=Sharpe |first=Tom |date=November 18, 2001 |title=The literary re-emergence of Edith Warner |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-santa-fe-new-mexican-the-literary-re/146763475/ |work=[[The Santa Fe New Mexican]] |access-date=May 7, 2024 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref> * {{cite book |last=Church |first=Peggy Pond |author-mask=1 |date=2004 |title=Accidental Magic |publisher=Wildflower Press |page=144 |isbn=9780971434363}}<ref>Reviews for ''Accidental Magic'': * {{cite news |last=Hillerman |first=Anne |date=November 19, 2004 |title=Compilation of Her Works Recollects N.M. Poet's Life |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/albuquerque-journal-compilation-of-her-w/146697967/ |work=[[Albuquerque Journal]] |pages=[https://www.newspapers.com/article/albuquerque-journal-compilation-of-her-w/146698197/ 55], 56 |access-date=May 6, 2024 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}} * {{cite news |last=Belshaw |first=Jim |date=August 8, 2004 |title=Shelter From The Madness |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/albuquerque-journal-shelter-from-the-mad/146779817/ |work=[[Albuquerque Journal]] |pages=13, [https://www.newspapers.com/article/albuquerque-journal-shelter-from-the-mad/146779962/ 16] |access-date=May 7, 2024 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref> * {{cite book |last=Church |first=Peggy Pond |author-mask=1 |date=2010 |title=Shoes for the Santo Niño |publisher=Río Grande Books |page=61 |isbn=9781890689643}}<ref>{{cite news |last=Steinberg |first=David |date=December 16, 2011 |title=The people's opera |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/albuquerque-journal-the-peoples-opera-b/146780306/ |work=[[Albuquerque Journal]] |access-date=May 7, 2024 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref> * {{cite book |last=Church |first=Peggy Pond |author-mask=1 |date=2013 |title=The Pancake Stories |publisher=[[University of New Mexico Press]] |page=96 |isbn=9780826353870}}<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Awalt |first=Barbe |date=December 2013 |title=Southwest Books |url=https://nmsantos.com/archive/TR63.pdf |magazine=Tradición Revista |volume=18 |issue=4 |page=116 |publisher=[[Museum of New Mexico Press]] |issn=1093-0973 |access-date=May 7, 2024}}</ref>

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