Tierra del Maíz
Ernesto Camou Healy on the history of maize in Sonora, Mexico Interview by Kimi Eisele Many of us associate Sonora and the Arizona-Sonora borderlands with … Read more
Maíz and the Macehual
Educator, artist, and community organizer Claudio Rodriguez on how corn helped him reconnect to himself and his community by Claudio Rodriguez, as told to Kimi … Read more
Singing Agaves: An Interview with Violin Maker Anthony Belvado
Anthony Belvado is a violin maker from the San Carlos Apache Tribe. Traditional Apache violins are made by hand from a hollowed agave stalk and … Read more
Agave Returns: Resurrecting a Botanical Spirit of the Borderlands
by Kimi Eisele Part 1: The Spirit It’s early evening on a Thursday at Tucson’s EXO Bar. Bartender Vadi Erdal slides citrus across rims of … Read more