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Image of Guard Tower 4, Manzanar. Courtesy of the National Park Service.

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Live vid with Tucson Festival of Books ICYMI!

Thank you to everyone who tuned into my live video!

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The accidental (plant) tourist

You GUYS. Look closely. Someone BOLTED LOOPS to the WALL OF THE BUILDING to support this plant. This cactus is a BELOVED PET. My heart!

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Write. Your. Book. This. Year.

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  • Kelly Ramsey

    flannel thief and plant enthusiast; former wildland firefighter. author of the memoir WILDFIRE DAYS (Scribner, 2025). writing coach.

  • River Selby (they/them)

    Ex-firefighter; PhD candidate; autistic, queer, nonbinary person; hype man in civvies. My memoir, HOTSHOT, is available wherever books are sold.

  • Tucson Festival of Books

    A 501(c)3 organization founded to offer a community-wide celebration of literature annually on the University of Arizona campus in Tucson, Arizona. One of the largest literary festivals in the U.S. Named one of 9 worth traveling to in the world.

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