Aside – El Portal Literary Journal

Jim O’Donnell Reading Today! (23 January)

Jim O’Donnell will be reading some of his work in JWLA 112 at 2pm. We welcome and encourage all to join us for today’s reading.

Jack Williamson Endowed Chair Reading and Lecture

Please welcome this year’s Jack Williamson Endowed Chair to campus. Jim O’Donnell is an acclaimed travel writer and photographer. He is a former field archaeologist and conservation specialist. His work has appeared in National Geographic Maps, New Mexico Magazine, Vrai Magazine, Boots-n-All, Perceptive Travel, Taos News, Destinations Travel, Water Matters!, The Ambler, Arrival, Public News Service, Travelati, Itevia, Mesa Green Guide, Taos Green Guide. He is the author of “Notes for the Aurora Society: 1500 Miles on Foot Across Finland”, and “Rise and Go: 200 Images from Around the World” and is currently working on his first novel.

We will hosting two major events while he is in Portales:

Reading on Friday, the 23rd at 2pm in JWLA 112 (our nice, new lecture hall)

Lecture on Thursday the 29^th at 2pm in JWLA 112

A Sample of Jim O’Donnell’s Work

Check out the photo essay and YouTube video of Jim O’Donnell’s recent hike to the Untersulzbachtal Glacier in Austria.

Melting Glaciers in Austria — Hiking the Untersulzbachtal

El Portal’s First Web Feature

Check out El Portal‘s very first web feature (“Silencing Rivers”) by Jade Smith. Our hope is to publish a web feature every month between August and May. If you have any questions about El Portal‘s web features, please feel free to contact the editor at el.portal@enmu.edu.