Tucson Festival of Books

Zoe Bossiere (She/They)

Former Tucsonan Zoë Bossiere comes to the festival with their first book, a memoir entitled "Cactus Country." Bossiere is also the managing editor of Brevity: A Journal of Concise Literary Nonfiction, and co-editor of the anthologies The Best of Brevity and The Lyric Essay as Resistance: Truth from the Margins.

Communities: Arizona Author, Tucsonan, LGBTQ+, Gender Nonconforming

Scheduled events:

SW Books of the Year - Uncharted Territory

The desert Southwest is much-discussed but often misunderstood. The four writers on this panel have each traveled deep into the landscape both physically and emotionally, from the Grand Canyon to Lake Powell, the San Andreas Fault to the wilds outside Tucson. They'll share how the region informed their sense of self and their writing

UA Library/Special Collections (Seats 110)

Sun, Mar 16, 11:30 am - 12:30 pm
Multigenre
Signing area: Sales & Signing Area - Integrated Learning Center (following presentation)

Panelists: Zoe Bossiere, Kevin Fedarko, Forrest Gander, Zak Podmore
Moderator: Mark Athitakis

Beyond Pronouns

How much are we prepared to lose to become who we are meant to be? How do poverty and class and what we have left behind influence the next chapter? Our panelists detail their very personal search for self and belonging in a world that seems unprepared to greet them.

Campus Store (Seats 250)

Sun, Mar 16, 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Memoir / Essays / Creative Nonfiction
Signing area: Sales & Signing Area - UA Campus Store Lower Level (following presentation)

Panelists: Zoe Bossiere, Oliver Radclyffe
Moderator: T.C. Tolbert

Books:

Cactus Country

A Boyhood Memoir
Memoir / Essays / Creative Nonfiction
Abrams, Incorporated
May 2024
ISBN 9781419773181
272 pages

The Lyric Essay as Resistance

Truth from the Margins
Southwest Books of the Year
Wayne State University Press
January 2023
ISBN 9780814349601
224 pages