Desert Road Trip

BorderLore is the Southwest Folklife Alliance’s electronic journal, with more than 8000 subscribers to this nonprofit eJournal that advances community placemaking and cultural education. Postings include interviews, short essays, research and commentaries on the diverse cultural assets in the region.

Each BorderLore edition has a themed cultural focus — with stories, references and images emerging from the theme. Tucson writer Monica Surfaro Spigelman is the Managing Editor of Borderlore. The BorderLore lineup includes:

January 2016: “Preserve”

June 2015: “Mapped: Cultural Mapping”

July/August 2015: “Democracy”

September 2015: “Mastery: Traditional Arts”

October/November 2015: “Recollection: The Universal Significance of Memory”

Visit the Southwest Folklife Alliance BorderLore archives here.

Question.
Why Desert Road Trip?

Answer.
“…That the powerful play goes on, and you may contribute a verse.”
Source:
From the poem, O Me! O Life! by Walt Whitman
Leaves of Grass (1892)