Since January 2017 I have been spending most of my time recording oral histories for Special Collections at the University of Arizona Libraries. These histories capture some of the everyday stories and subjective experiences that seldom make it into an archive: what it was like to grow up in a Chinese grocery store, or be the second black graduate from the UA Law School, or move to Tucson to be closer to the Yaqui community.

This episode will give you a few brief glimpses into what I've been recording lately and, hopefully, explain why I have been absent from Tucsonense.

Thanks to Anthony Sanchez for the episode music. You can find more of his work here. Thanks also to the University of Arizona Libraries for making all of these oral histories possible.