Satellite: Essays on Fatherhood and Home, Near and Far
By Simmons Buntin. Trinity University Press, 2025.
In Satellite, Simmons Buntin delves into the idea of belonging—in place, time, family, and community—in 16 essays written over nearly two decades. The pieces range throughout the Desert Southwest, on both sides of the U.S.-Mexico border, and as far afield as Mount Saint Helens, Montana, Vermont, Sweden, and even the moon (if a telescope atop Kitt Peak counts). Buntin examines the beauty and challenges of raising a family and creating more sustainable communities in the Sonoran Desert—and, ...