06/15/2026
Join us for an LGTBQ+ Month Reading w/ Nancy Stapp and Kristin Graziano on Friday June 19 at 5:30 pm at SOMOS.
FREE
Nancy Stapp
The former talk show host of “Breakfast With Nancy” returns with the stories you’ve never heard. A deeply personal account of growing up gay in a homophobic and conservative area of California.
Nancy Stapp moved to Taos in 1980. Her heart never left, but her natural talent in broadcast journalism took her to many larger markets across the West. Settled back home in Taos for many years now, she has been writing a compilation of essays based on her life in a revealing way that she never felt she could write before.
She is an award-winning journalist, writer, and talk-show host. Best known for her popular morning show “Breakfast With Nancy.” Her awards include “Best News Series in the Nation” presented by Dianne Sawyer at the American Women in Radio and Television Awards. Nancy also received the top awards in every category years running from the New Mexico Broadcasting Association. During the Aids epidemic, Nancy was recognized by the American Medical Association for “Best Aids series.”
LGBTQ+ and human rights issues have driven her mission and her work. She fought passionately for the Gay Marriage Act and for her efforts was invited to sign the proclamation legalizing gay marriage in New Mexico.
The need to hide her own sexuality in the world of media was a painful and unforgiving experience.
Nancy will be reading from a collection of essays about the pain of growing up q***r in a deeply conservative area and her experiences of her own gender identity and q***rness in an incredibly regressive time. Her writing takes a fierce look at the degradation of our culture and its impact on our q***r communities. These are unflinching personal stories of the enduring human spirit.
Kristin Graziano
Kristin Graziano is a lover of nature, sharing time with friends and family, good food, and adventuring. She is a recently retired family physician who spent most of her career with the
Indian Health Service in the rural southwest. She had the privilege of working and living on the Navajo and Jicarilla Apache Nations where she gained an intense appreciation for the strength and stories of her patients and the beauty of their landscapes.
In 2019, she began a course of study in Narrative Medicine at Columbia University. This led her on a journey of self-discovery, creativity, and the resurrection of a writing practice. Kristin firmly believes that literature and the arts coupled with reflective writing can improve the doctor–patient relationship and help sustain a passion for medicine.
She lives in Arroyo Seco with her wife, Joan, and their adorable and brilliant rez dog, Macy.
