The Sonoran Desert [electronic resource] : a literary field guide / edited by Eric Magrane and Christopher Cokinos ; illustrations by Paul Mirocha ; foreword by Don Swann.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Cokinos, Christopher, editor.

Magrane, Eric, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

American poetry--21st century.

American poetry.

American prose literature--21st century.

American prose literature.

Sonoran Desert--Fiction.

Sonoran Desert.

Sonoran Desert--Poetry.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (212 p.)

Manufacture:

Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2016

Place of Publication:

Tucson : The University of Arizona Press, 2016.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"This is an anthology of poetry and short prose about the Sonoran Desert that is organized in the manner of a field guide"--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Illustrator's Note; Plants; Arizona sycamore // Platanus wrightii - Amanda Jean Bailey; Barestem larkspur // Delphinium scaposum - Scott Calhoun; Brigham's tea // Ephedra nevadensis - Gary Paul Nabhan; Brittlebush // Encelia farinosa - Kristi Maxwell; Coulter's lupine // Lupinus sparsiflorus - Rachel Lehrman; Creosote // Larrea tridentata - Ofelia Zepeda; Desert globemallow // Sphaeralcea ambigua - Melissa Buckheit; Desert ironwood // Olneya tesota - Jeevan Narney; Desert mistletoe // Phoradendron californicum - Matthew Conley

Devil's claw // Proboscidea parviflora - Lisa Cooper AndersonFairy duster // Calliandra eriophylla - Christine Baines; Jojoba // Simmondsia chinensis - Erec Toso; Jumping cholla // Cylindropuntia fulgida - Logan Phillips; Limberbush // Jatropha cardiophylla - Rebecca Seiferle; Ocotillo // Fouquieria splendens - Maya L. Kapoor; Foothill palo verde // Parkinsonia microphylla - Stephen Trimble; Sacred datura // Datura wrightii - Cybele Knowles; Saguaro // Carnegiea gigantea - Alison Hawthorne Deming; Velvet mesquite // Prosopis velutina - Eric Magrane; Invertebrates

Arizona blond tarantula // Aphonopelma chalcodes - Laynie BrowneArizona walkingstick // Diapheromera arizonensis - Karen Falkenstrom; Bark scorpion // Centruroides sculpturatus - Joshua Marie Wilkinson; Pinacate beetle // Eleodes spp. - Erin Wilcox; Tarantula hawk // Pepsis spp. - Aisha Sabatini Sloan; White-lined sphinx moth // Hyles lineata - TC Tolbert; Yucca moth // Tegeticula yuccasella - Sherwin Bitsui; Birds; American kestrel // Falco sparverius - Rita Maria Magdaleno; Broad-billed hummingbird // Cynanthus latirostris - Alberto Álvaro Ríos

Cactus wren // Campylorhynchus brunneicapillus - Maria Melendez KelsonCommon raven // Corvus corax - Shawna Thompson; Curve-billed thrasher // Toxostoma curvirostre - Michael Rerick; Elf owl // Micrathene whitneyi - Annie Guthrie; Gambel's quail // Callipepla gambelii - Geraldine Connolly; Gilded flicker // Colaptes chrysoides - Christopher Cokinos; Greater roadrunner // Geococcyx californianus - Jane Miller; Harris's hawk // Parabuteo unicinctus - M. E. Wakamatsu; Lucy's warbler // Vermivora luciae - Christina Vega-Westhoff; Phainopepla // Phainopepla nitens - Ellen McMahon

Pyrrhuloxia // Cardinalis sinuatus - Samuel AceTurkey vulture // Cathartes aura - Christopher Cokinos; Verdin // Auriparus flaviceps - Valyntina Grenier; White-winged dove // Zenaida asiatica - Kimi Eisele; Yellow-rumped warbler // Dendroica coronata - Claire Skinner; Mammals; Black-tailed jackrabbit // Lepus californicus - Alberto Álvaro Ríos; Bobcat // Lynx rufus - Wynne Brown; Coyote // Canis latrans - Angelo Joaquin Jr.; Desert cottontail // Sylvilagus audubonii - Simmons B. Buntin; Gray fox // Urocyon cinereoargenteus - Heather Nagami; Javelina // Pecari tajacu - Joy Williams

Lesser long-nosed bat // Leptonycteris yerbabuenae - Farid Matuk

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 177-179)

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-8165-3377-6

OCLC:

935989835