Rubén Martínez is an author and performer. His books “Crossing Over” and”The New Americans” have been widely acclaimed. In his latest book, “Desert America,” he recounts a ten-year spiritual and socio-political journey into the American Southwest. Moving from the desert of Joshua Tree, California to the arrid Tohono O’odham reservation of Southern Arizona, to the scenic but troubled region of Northern New Mexico and as far as the Marfa, Texas, Rubén shared with Latinopia what he learned on this life journey.