Let's explore the rich, multi-cultural tapestry of the Southwest borderlands with two people who know the territory: authors Victoria Blanco and Gary Nabhan. (Unfortunately, Richard Parker will no longer be able to participate in this session as originally planned.)
Born and raised in El Paso and Juarez, Victoria Blanco received her MFA from the University of Minnesota. Her essays have appeared in the New York Times, Guernica, Literary Hub and Catapult. "Out of the Sierra" is her first book....
Gary Paul Nabhan is an internationally celebrated nature writer, food and farming activist, and proponent of conserving the links between biodiversity and cultural diversity. He holds the W.K. Kellogg Endowed Chair in Sustainable Food Systems at the University of Arizona Southwest Center....