Tucson Festival of Books

Finding One's Place


Belonging, identity and heritage come together as we explore the difficulty in finding one’s place in a diverse culture where some are more privileged than others. These authors share unique journeys defining a place in our society grounded in cultural and ethnic heritage, migration stories, and botanical legacies.


Panelists
Julian Brave NoiseCat

Julian Brave NoiseCat is a writer, Academy Award-nominated filmmaker, champion powwow dancer, and student of Salish art and history. His writing has appeared in dozens of publications, including The New York Times, The Washington Post and The New Yorker....

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Daisy Hernández

Daisy Hernández is the author of "The Kissing Bug," winner of the PEN/Jean Stein Book Award and the inaugural title for the National Book Foundation’s Science + Literature Program....

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Nicholas Lemann

Nicholas Lemann is a professor and dean emeritus at the Columbia Journalism School. He is the author of "The Promised Land," "The Big Test," "Redemption," and "Transaction Man." A staff writer for The New Yorker since 1999, he lives in New York....


Books:
Citizenship
Notes on an American Myth
Daisy Hernández
Nuestras Raices
Random House
February 2026
ISBN 9780593730171
304 pages
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Returning
A Search for Home Across Three Centuries
Nicholas Lemann
Memoir / Essays / Creative Nonfiction
Liveright Publishing Corporation
March 2026
ISBN 9781631498411
448 pages
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When Trees Testify
Science, Wisdom, History, and America’s Black Botanical Legacy
Beronda L. Montgomery
Science / Medicine / Technology
Henry Holt and Company
January 2026
ISBN 9781250335166
320 pages
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