It’s prime time to head to the beach or put your head in a cooler — and in either case, you’re going to need a good read.
At The Show, our hosts regularly interview local and national authors about their latest works and what they’re working on next. Here are a few of our favorite recent conversations.
On book trends
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Summer always comes earlier than we’d like it to here in Phoenix. But there are some benefits to that. For example, we get a jumpstart on building our summer reading lists. -
With the calendar flipped to 2025, The Show wanted to take a look at some of the books that are coming out in the weeks and months to come.
Valley authors
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When we think about the genre of westerns, many of us think about movies or TV shows or even advertisements. But, this author wrote a book about a different form of media: the Western comic book. -
In “Whiskey Tender: A Memoir,” writer Deborah Jackson Taffa tells the story of her family’s transition from life on a Native American reservation in Yuma to a volatile border town in New Mexico. -
When most people picture Sedona, they picture paradise. But, one Arizona writer says the picture is a bit more complicated. -
Blue corn is an important food to the Navajo people. It’s the title of a new book of poems by Amber McCrary, "Blue Corn Tongue: Poems in the Mouth of the Desert." -
In Robert Melikian's new book, “Forgotten Phoenix, Or The Art of Hotel Management,” Melikian takes readers back in time to a version of downtown Phoenix many of us wouldn’t recognize.
Beyond Arizona
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Companies like FanDuel, MGM, DraftKings and ESPN are all making it remarkably easy to place bets on everything from a single at-bat in an Arizona Diamondbacks game to who will end up as the WNBA’s most valuable player. -
Kyle Lukoff is a former elementary school librarian and the author of several books, including “Call Me Max” and “Too Bright to See.” His new book is called “Different Kinds of Fruit.” -
Duncan Tonatiuh has pretty much always known he wanted a career in the arts. The Mexico native, though, has not always known he wanted to write and illustrate children’s books.
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