Kay Matthews (pictured with John Nichols) is the publisher of Acequia Madre Press and editor of La Jicarita, an online journal of environmental politics, based in northern New Mexico. She’s the author of numerous books: children’s; hiking, backpacking, and cross-county skiing guides; short stories; literary essays; and non-fiction critiques of environmental and social justice. She lives on a farm in El Valle where she raised two children, grows fruit, vegetables, and pasture hay, and served as an acequia commissioner.
