NMSU alumnus publishes second book in series
New Mexico State University alumnus George Mendoza released his book “Vision of the Spirit Man,” this spring.
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New Mexico State University alumnus George Mendoza released his book “Vision of the Spirit Man,” this spring.
George Mendoza is a 2022 Pulitzer Prize nominee in fiction for "Journey of the Spirit Man"
“Journey of the Spirit Man” by George Mendoza. At the age of 15, he was diagnosed with a rare, incurable, degenerative eye disease called fundus flavimaculatus. It caused him to lose his central vision and keep only a gray, foggy fringe of peripheral vision. In the center of his view he sees what he calls “kaleidoscope eyes” – intense and changing visual images of fiery suns, brightly burning eyes and colorful pinwheels. These spectacles almost never leave him, not even when he lies down in darkness to go to sleep. That didn’t deter him as he went on to become a world-class runner...