The Sonoran Desert is a place of transformation, where our heritage becomes music, the landscape becomes art, and the people spark change. Today, five Southwest Book of the Year honorees will discuss the many ways our past inspires our future.
| Where: | UA Library - Special Collections (Seats 110)  |
| When: | Sat, Mar 4, 2:30 pm - 3:30 pm |
| Signing area: | Sales & Signing Area - Integrated Learning Center (following presentation)
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| Genre: | Southwest Books of the Year |
| Moderator: | Mark Athitakis |
Lawrence Downes is a writer, editor and former newspaperman who recently co-wrote "Feels Like Home: A Song for the Sonoran Borderlands" with Linda Ronstadt. His career in news included stops at The Chicago Sun-Times, Newsday and The New York Times, where he was an editor and editorial writer....
Paul Gold is an author and publisher of short run regional art books in Tucson, Ariz. "Michael Moore: Drawings" is the first in a series of southwest artist catalogs, following his first book, "Bend in the Wash: The Rancho Linda Vista Artist Community....
Michael Moore is a charcoal landscape artist from Oracle, Ariz. Landscape drawing satisfies his love of solitary activity and the lure of remote places which still remain at the end of dirt roads in the American west....
Mariana Nuno Ruiz is a chef and now the author of "Dining With the Dead," a cookbook with recipes fo dishes that are served in Mexico during Day of the Dead meals. Her husband, Ian McEnroe, is a professional photographer whose photos illustrated the book, which was released by Rio Nuevo Publishers in Tucson....
Roni Rivera-Ashford is an accomplished international bilingual award-winning author. She has the ability and natural gift to relate to children and adults in English, as well as Spanish. She is the author of "Raulito: The First Latino Governor of Arizona/El Primer Gobernador Latino de Arizona" and "Miguel and the Amazing Alebrijes....
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