Show me the road...

This evocative collection of poems by Donna Castañeda explores the Sonoran Desert in Southern California/Northern Mexico, its immense age and beauty; the U.S.-Mexico border realities; and the natural world of this region. She observes in her poems how the landscape vibrates with a solitary beauty and quiet meaning. Desert windstorms, creatures both real and imaginary, and a landscape of richness and emptiness intertwine to create a new perspective on what it means to be of this area, one embedded in history, as well as the social, political, and environmental forces that shape contemporary responses to the border.