Renny Golden

About The Author

Renny Golden is an activist and award-winning author. Her book Blood Desert: Witnesses, 1820-1880 (UNM Press) won the WILLA Literary Award for poetry in 2011, was named a Southwest Notable Book of the Year in 2012, and was a finalist for the New Mexico-Arizona Book Award.

Books by Renny Golden

The Music of Her Rivers

Poems

The Music of Her Rivers pays homage to the rivers that taught the poet—the Rio Grande and the Chicago and Illinois Rivers. Sharp-eyed and empathetic, Golden serves as a witness, documenting place, history, and people, especially those left voiceless due to violence or discrimination—from the refu...
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