If you came out to the Tucson Festival of Books this past weekend, you may have seen our KGUN 9 tent. What you may not have noticed was the magic of connecting with our community and finding a common ground.
TUCSON, Ariz. — If you came out to the Tucson Festival of Books this past weekend, you may have seen the huge 7 day forecast, or even grabbed a magnetic bookmark from the folks at the KGUN 9 tent. What you may not have noticed was the magic of connecting with our community and finding a common ground.
For some reason, those thousands of people walking around the University of Arizona mall gave me a sense of security rather than nerves. It made me feel like things were now how they'd always been, even though I know that's not true. In my mere four hours at the festival, I shook hands, bumped elbows and fists, and talked with people face-to-face for the first time in a couple years. It was a very invigorating experience that truly made me feel more connected to our community.
We talked for a long time, where I learned about her past, books and family which inspired her writings.I bought Dawson's book, and we ended our interaction with a hug. That's the first non-family hug I've had since the pandemic began. Now a couple chapters in, I can really see the connection between her sparkly perspective and the darker world she obviously knows intimately.
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