Strata

No. 1 Saguaro Cactus

Edited by Ron Broglio, Heather Green and Celina Osuna

Arizona State University’s Desert Humanities Initiative has launched a crafted, limited-edition book series called "Strata" focusing on dwelling in the desert. The first issued book centers on the iconic saguaro. "Saguaro" includes internationally known artists Mark Klett and Andy Brown; two of the scientists who sequenced the DNA of the saguaro, Martin Wojciechowski and Alberto Burquez; the inaugural Arizona Poet Laureate Alberto Ríos; and cultural scholar of the Akimel O’odham nation David Martinez, among other beautiful contributors.

Bios

Ron Broglio is associate director of the Institute for Humanities Research at ASU, where he also directs the Desert Humanities Initiative, is a professor in the Department of English’s literature program and is a senior sustainability scholar in the Julie Ann Wrigley Global Futures Laboratory.

Heather Green is an associate professor in the Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts' School of Art.

Celina Osuna is a program coordinator for the ASU Global Drylands Center and is an ASU alum, having earned a PhD in English literature in 2020.

Cover of Strata edited by Ron Broglio and Desert Humanities
Date published
Publisher
Desert Humanities Initiative at Arizona State University
Genres
Science, Poetry, Nonfiction, Humanities, Environment and sustainability, Culture, Biology, Arts
College or unit
The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, School of Art, Julie Ann Wrigley Global Futures Laboratory, Institute for Humanities Research, Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts, Department of English

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