Book Launch: Dichos en Nichos, by Sage Vogel

Collected Works Bookstore | 202 Galisteo Street, Santa Fe, NM 87501 | 505-988-4226

Book cover of Dichos en Nichos, by Sage Vogel, features a nicho, an oil painting by Christen Vogel and Jim Vogel inside a wooden box, depicting a farmer holding a peach.Celebrate the launch of a captivating and immersive new book, Dichos en Nichos, by Sage Vogel, at Collected Works Bookstore in Santa Fe on Sunday, March 23.

Sage Vogel’s debut story collection invites readers into the heart of an archetypal 1950s Northern New Mexico village, where the fruit orchards, arroyo roads, adobe homes, and even pigsties hold tales of wit, romance, woe, and wisdom.

Dichos en Nichos
contains ten interconnected stories inspired by original dichos—pithy folk sayings and proverbs. Vogel’s dichos—presented in both Spanish and English—are shared among a colorful cast of characters. The dichos offer guidance, caution, and comfort as the townsfolk navigate themes of identity, community, loss, and love. From tales of sacrifice and survival to those of intimacy and independence, each story is a testament to the strength and resilience of the human spirit.

Oil painting of a fisherman in a colorful canyon, by Jim Vogel, is one of the images inside the book Dichos en Nichos, by Sage Vogel. Oil painting of an old woman talking to a little girl, by Jim Vogel, is one of the images inside the book Dichos en Nichos, by Sage Vogel.

Created in collaboration with each story is a nicho—an oil painting set in an antique frame—created by renowned Southwestern artists Christen Vogel and Jim Vogel. These fine artworks serve as both vibrant altars and vivid windows into a village brimming with the dynamic rhythms of life, from poetry and music to tragedy and scandal.