Don Usner

During his three-week residency, Don Usner worked on a book documenting the cultural life of Chimayó, New Mexico. In his final report to the foundation he stated that “…rather than a simple recounting of facts or a catalogue of elements of place, I felt compelled to create semi-fictional vignettes. To produce them, I had to stretch my writing and imagining abilities in ways that I hadn’t anticipated.”

This forthcoming work will be published in both English and Spanish. When he is not writing, Mr. Usner works as a professional photographer. He lives in Chimayó, New Mexico.

Artwork


	Sebastiao Salgado, Readings and Conversations Author, 2001 Size: 16 x 20 inches Medium: Black and white photograph Current Lannan Art Collection

	Peter Matthiessen, Readings and Conversations Author, 2001 Size: 16 x 20 inches Medium: Black and white photograph Current Lannan Art Collection

	Edward Said, Readings and Conversations Author, 2001 Size: 16 x 20 inches Medium: Black and white photograph Current Lannan Art Collection

	David Foster Wallace, Readings and Conversations Author, 2000 Size: 16 x 20 inches Medium: Black and white photograph Current Lannan Art Collection

	W.S. Merwin, Readings and Conversations Author, 2001 Size: 16 x 20 inches Medium: Black and white photograph Current Lannan Art Collection

	Eduardo Galeano, Readings and Conversations Author, 2000 Size: 16 x 20 inches Medium: Black and white photograph Current Lannan Art Collection

	Robert Hass, Readings and Conversations Author, 2001 Size: 16 x 20 inches Medium: Black and white photograph Current Lannan Art Collection

	Michael Cunningham, Readings and Conversations Author, 2001 Size: 16 x 20 inches Medium: Black and white photograph Current Lannan Art Collection

	Billy Collins, Readings and Conversations Author, 2001 Size: 16 x 20 inches Medium: Black and white photograph Current Lannan Art Collection

	Lois-Ann Yamanaka, Readings and Conversations Author, 2001 Size: 16 x 20 inches Medium: Black and white photograph Current Lannan Art Collection

	Denise Chavez, Readings and Conversations Author, 2001 Size: 16 x 20 inches Medium: Black and white photograph Current Lannan Art Collection

	A.J. Verdelle, Readings and Conversations Author, 1998 Size: 16 x 20 inches Medium: Black and white photograph Current Lannan Art Collection

	Simon Ortiz, Readings and Conversations Author, 2001 Size: 16 x 20 inches Medium: Black and white photograph Current Lannan Art Collection

	Naomi Shihab Nye, Readings and Conversations Author, 2000 Size: 16 x 20 inches Medium: Black and white photograph Current Lannan Art Collection

	J.M. Coetzee, Readings and Conversations Author, 2001 Size: 16 x 20 inches Medium: Black and white photograph Current Lannan Art Collection

	Toni Morrison, Readings and Conversations Author, 2001 Size: 16 x 20 inches Medium: Black and white photograph Current Lannan Art Collection

	Jay Wright, Readings and Conversations Author, 1999 Size: 16 x 20 inches Medium: Black and white photograph Current Lannan Art Collection

	Michael Ondaatje, Readings and Conversations Author, 2001 Size: 16 x 20 inches Medium: Black and white photograph Current Lannan Art Collection

	Thomas Lynch, Readings and Conversations Author, 2001 Size: 16 x 20 inches Medium: Black and white photograph Current Lannan Art Collection

	Hinewirangi Kohu Morgan, Readings and Conversations Author, 2001 Size: 16 x 20 inches Medium: Black and white photograph Current Lannan Art Collection

	Lucille Clifton, Readings and Conversations Author, 1999 Size: 16 x 20 inches Medium: Black and white photograph Current Lannan Art Collection

	William Gass, Readings and Conversations Author, 2004 Size: 16 x 20 inches Medium: Black and white photograph Current Lannan Art Collection

	Amy Goodman, Readings and Conversations Author, 2002 Size: 16 x 20 inches Medium: Black and white photograph Current Lannan Art Collection

	Gary Snyder, Readings and Conversations Author, 2003 Size: 16 x 20 inches Medium: Black and white photograph Current Lannan Art Collection