{"product_id":"9780826347183","title":"Trickster in the Front Yard: Still Semi-Native","description":"\u003cp\u003eOver twenty years ago, Jim Belshaw compiled some of his newspaper columns for a book called \u003ci\u003eSemi-Native\u003c\/i\u003e. As he is not a native New Mexican, Belshaw's wife, who is a native, decided he was entitled to that status. As Belshaw notes, \"Something about the place [New Mexico] gets inside of you and the next thing you know you've become a Semi-Native. I still am.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBelshaw has been a columnist for the \u003ci\u003eAlbuquerque Journal\u003c\/i\u003e for nearly three decades, writing about the people who have shared a portion of their lives with him. Conversational in tone, some humorous and some tragic, these columns invite the reader to participate in the discussion.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor this sequel to \u003ci\u003eSemi-Native\u003c\/i\u003e, Belshaw returned to the columns he has written since that book appeared, selecting his favorites. He has arranged the stories into groupings dealing with his adopted state and hometown, friends (old and young) who have passed, and people and acquaintances with whom he can still commune.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of New Mexico Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47070774919408,"sku":"9780826347183","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780826347183_p0.jpg?v=1763749416","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780826347183","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}