Friday, October 9, 2026 · 6:00 PM
FUSION | 708, 708 1st Street Northwest, Albuquerque
Free
Author and journalist T.J. English is coming to FUSION on Friday, October 9th, at 6 PM as part of the Rising High Arts Festival. English is the author of Dangerous Rhythms: Jazz and the Underworld , and is currently on tour for his latest book, Blood in the Desert: The T. J. English Reader . Bringing another dimension of storytelling, Blood in the Desert spans subjects as varied as jazz, boxing, police corruption, and violence in the desert Southwest. A follow-up interview will be conducted by Hakim Bellamy, the inaugural Poet Laureate of Albuquerque, NM (2012-2014). ABOUT BLOOD IN THE DESERT From the publisher “T. J. English is, in every great sense of the word, a born raconteur. His tales within this book range far and wide. English is heartless in his assessment of bureaucracies and institutionalized crime and indifference, but he is compassionate (yet quite clear-eyed) about all the hapless and hopeless strivers out there. Out of these strivers, English creates a symphony of souls. A collective voice. A universal hymn.” – from the foreword by DENNIS LEHANE The world of print journalism may be waning, but the art of reporting is anything but dead. A former New York City taxi driver turned acclaimed chronicler of crime, corruption, and the American underworld, T. J. English has spent four decades practicing a form of literary journalism that is as vital as ever. The author o…