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
| Where: | UA Library/Special Collections (Seats 110)  |
| When: | Sun, Mar 16, 11:30 am - 12:25 pm |
| Signing area: | Sales & Signing Area - Integrated Learning Center (following presentation)
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| Genres: | Memoir / Essays / Creative Nonfiction, Nature / Environment, Poetry, Southwest Books of the Year |
| Moderator: | Mark Athitakis |
| Sponsors: | Session made possible courtesy of University of Arizona Libraries, University of Arizona Press |
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....
Kevin Fedarko has spent the past 20 years writing about adventure, exploration and the Grand Canyon. He has been a staff writer at Time magazine and a senior editor at Outside....
Forrest Gander, born in the Mojave Desert, lives in California. A translator/writer with degrees in geology and literature, he’s received the Pulitzer Prize, Best Translated Book Award, and fellowships from the Library of Congress, Guggenheim and US Artists Foundations....
Zak Podmore is an award-winning author and journalist who has spent more than a decade writing about water and conservation issues in the western United States. He is the author of two books, "Confluence: Navigating the Personal & Political on Rivers of the New West" and his new book, "Life After Dead Pool: Lake Powell’s Last Days and the Rebirth of the Colorado River....
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