Writing the Southwest / edited by David King Dunaway and Sara L. Spurgeon.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Gotham Book Mart Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Dunaway, David King

Spurgeon, Sara L.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

American literature--Southwestern States.

American literature.

Authors, American--Homes and haunts--Southwestern States.

Authors, American.

Authors, American--20th century--Interviews.

Authors, American--Homes and haunts.

New Southwest.

Southwestern States--Literary collections.

Southwestern States.

Southwestern States--Intellectual life.

Southwest, New--Literary collections.

Southwest, New.

Genre:

Interviews.

Literary collections.

Literature.

Penn Provenance:

Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)

Physical Description:

xlv, 269 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm + 1 CD (4 3/4 in.)

Edition:

Revised edition, University of New Mexico Press revised paperback edition.

Place of Publication:

Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, 2003.

Summary:

First published in 1995, this assemblage of interviews, bibliographies, excerpts, and criticism on fourteen of the Southwest's most important authors has been updated and expanded. The accompanying 74-minute compact disc provides excerpts from the authors. Tony Hillerman discusses how blindness in the army helped shape his writings; Terry McMillan explains her start as a writer and why she thought, when she was young, that African-Americans didn't write books. Each recorded interview ranges from 4 to 10 minutes.

Contents:

Foreword: Rudolfo Anaya viii

Preface: Paula Gunn Allen xv

Edward Abbey 1

Rudolfo Anaya 16

Denise Chavez 32

Joy Harjo 48

Tony Hillerman 65

Linda Hogan 82

Barbara Kingsolver 98

Terry McMillan 114

John Nichols 128

Simon Ortiz 147

Alberto Rios 165

Stan Steiner 183

Luci Tapahonso 198

Frank Waters 218.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-269).

ISBN:

0826323367

0826323375

OCLC:

52424096