Cactus Country RV Resort is a transitory place. We’ll hear an author’s reflection on growing up gender-fluid in the desert but not knowing it at the time. Plus, how a local professor became the authority on extreme weather.
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Abrams PressZoë Bossiere talks about “Cactus Country: A Boyhood Memoir,” a series of essays about growing up as a gender-fluid kid in the harsh environment of the Sonoran Desert. -
Lydia OteroLydia Otero was born in Tucson in 1955 and grew up and went to school there, where they faced discrimination. In 1978, Otero decided to move west to Los Angeles, but Otero came back to Tucson in the '90s, after living in LA for two decades. Their most recent book is called "LA Interchanges: A Brown and Queer Archival Memoir." -
Haymarket Books, Bear GuerraJohn Washington is a journalist who’s covered the border for a long time. In his new book, he makes the case for open borders. In fact, that’s the title of the book. He joined The Show to talk about why that doesn’t mean no borders. -
Simon & Schuster and William WidmerIn "A Race to the Bottom of Crazy," Richard Grant turns the camera on himself, documenting his recent return to Tucson, where he first lived when he was in his 20s. Grant joined The Show to talk about how his book chronicles his rediscovery of the state where he found his voice as a writer. -
Amber Victoria Singer/KJZZRandy Cerveny, an ASU professor and "the world's weatherman," joined The Show to talk about his new book, "Judging Extreme Weather." -
Arizona State UniversityOn KJZZ's SOAPBOX, The Show turns over the the mic to listeners. For the summer 2022, writers tackled the theme HOME.
