Book Signing: Dichos en Nichos, by Sage Vogel

Bookworks | 4022 Rio Grande Blvd. NW, Albuquerque, NM 87107 | 505-344-8139

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.Join Sage Vogel at Bookworks on Saturday, March 29, for a special reading and signing of his new book, Dichos en Nichos.

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.

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.

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.