Bodies ... The Exhibition has been up for about two months at the Albuquerque Convention Center (401 Second Street NW, Northwest Exhibit Hall). It features real preserved corpses in various, though usually sports-related, poses.

If you like a little good, honest raunch along with your holiday tidings, The Dolls have done you a favor.

Leslie Marmon Silko's The Turquoise Ledge: A Memoir begins with speed-walking and rock-hounding out in the desert.