From the iconic Grand Canyon to the people and places that bring out Arizona's wild side, these authors share how they approach their subjects past and present.
Richard Grant is an author, magazine journalist and documentary film writer who comes to the festival with the Arizona-centric "A Race to the Bottom of Crazy." An earlier book, "God's Middle Finger," was selected as a Southwest Book of the Year by the Pima County Public Library....
Kyle Paoletta’s reporting and criticism has appeared in The New York Times, Harper’s, New York Magazine, The Nation, The New Republic, n+1, The Believer, The Columbia Journalism Review, The Baffler, High Country News, and Boston....
Dr. Yolonda Youngs is a broadly trained geographer with a passion for exploring and writing about the people, places and changing landscapes. Combining her training as an academic scholar with her background of as a professional whitewater river rafting and wilderness kayak guide, her publications reveal often overlooked places in iconic sites....