As my parting words about the commentaries on the issues raised in our desert anthology, I just wanted to mention…
Somebody recently asked me why I decided to include both religious and scientific voices in the same anthology (as if…
In his essay for the UA Press/Southwest Center anthology, Ruben Martinez reminds us that (at least) two deserts simultaneously exist…
In the writings of contributors Doug Christie, Ruben Martinez, Dave Denny, and Tessa Bieleki, we are reminded that the desert…
Dr. Larry Stevens, a Grand Canyon ecologist who once was within spittin’ distance of becoming a physician, admits that during…
Vertebrate ecologist Ray Pierotti reminds us that desert nature includes human collaboration: “As I learned as a child playing in…
The classic image of the desert in novels is of someone stumbling upon a mirage at dawn and believing that…
If beauty is relief from monotony, as my art teacher Dorothy Ives used to tell me, then I’ve found true…
When photographers like Bill Steen and Steve Trimble or artists like Paul Mirocha and Ellen McMahon bring us an entirely…