Podcasts: Ruben Martinez - January 17, 2008
Outline of Podcast
Additional Notes
- Dean Stoffle's welcome
- Introduction of Deming, professor at UA, author of several poetry and non-fiction books, selected by Gerald Stern for the Walt Whitman Award.
- Alison H. Deming's introduction
- Introduction of Ruben Martinez, author of "The Other Side," "Notes from the New L.A.," "Mexico City and Beyond," "Crossing Over: a Mexican Family on the Migrant Trail." Currently working on "American Monsoon: a New War for the West."
- Ruben Martinez reads his prepared comments
- He opens with a monolog listing his reasons for coming to Southern Arizona. Other topics include descriptions of his grandparents home, public lands, wilderness, the Secure Fence Act, the San Pedro River, viewpoints on migration, Naco, views of property holders, tribal members, vehicle barriers. Environmental concerns, and opposite viewpoints.
- Questions and answers
- Comment from audience making a comparison to the wall between Israel and Palestine.
- Question from audience if Martinez thinks the wall between Israel and Palestine will disappear one day.
- Martinez questions the audience, is it the same solution?
- Audience comment on negative sentiments.
- Martinez explains how issues are politically divided.
