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"Pink Eye Was All the Rage": Colonial Identity Sickness in Stephen Graham Jones's The Bird Is Gone:A Monograph Manifesto Western American Literature Pub Date : 2024-04-18 Sara Spurgeon
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: "Pink Eye Was All the Rage"Colonial Identity Sickness in Stephen Graham Jones's The Bird Is Gone:A Monograph Manifesto Sara Spurgeon (bio) In Stephen Graham Jones's 2003 novel—a surrealistic, postmodern Native alternate history—readers quickly come to understand that all is not well in the newly created sovereign Indian Territories. In
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Performing Gender in the Bleeding Kansas Novels of Jane Smiley and James McBride Western American Literature Pub Date : 2024-04-18 Elizabeth Abele
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Performing Gender in the Bleeding Kansas Novels of Jane Smiley and James McBride Elizabeth Abele (bio) After the 1995 bombing of the Federal Building in Oklahoma, Jane Smiley decided to write a novel about the intersection of American ideology and violence. She turned to 1850s Kansas and radical abolitionist John Brown, publishing The
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Young, Tough, Beautiful, and a Little Bit Crazy: The Forestry of Norman Maclean's Prose in USFS 1919: The Ranger, The Cook, and a Hole in the Sky Western American Literature Pub Date : 2024-04-18 Thomas Kaye
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Young, Tough, Beautiful, and a Little Bit CrazyThe Forestry of Norman Maclean's Prose in USFS 1919: The Ranger, The Cook, and a Hole in the Sky Thomas Kaye (bio) "It's a swell book. What I couldn't ever understand was what good the sword would do. It would have to stay edge up all the time because if it went over flat you could roll right
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Cascadia Field Guide: Art, Ecology, Poetry eds. by Elizabeth Bradfield, CMarie Fuhrman, and Derek Sheffield (review) Western American Literature Pub Date : 2024-04-18 Nathan Anderson
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: Cascadia Field Guide: Art, Ecology, Poetry eds. by Elizabeth Bradfield, CMarie Fuhrman, and Derek Sheffield Nathan Anderson Elizabeth Bradfield, CMarie Fuhrman, and Derek Sheffield, eds., Cascadia Field Guide: Art, Ecology, Poetry. Seattle: Mountaineers Books, 2023. 400 pp. Paper, $29.95. Cascadia Field Guide fits comfortably
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Valley of Giants: Stories from Women at the Heart of Yosemite Climbing ed. by Lauren Delaunay Miller (review) Western American Literature Pub Date : 2024-04-18 Peter L. Bayers
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: Valley of Giants: Stories from Women at the Heart of Yosemite Climbing ed. by Lauren Delaunay Miller Peter L. Bayers Lauren Delaunay Miller, ed., Valley of Giants: Stories from Women at the Heart of Yosemite Climbing. Seattle: Mountaineers Books, 2022. 240 pp. Paper, $21.95. Yosemite Valley is a mythical Western landscape
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The North American West in the Twenty-First Century ed. by Brenden W. Rensink (review) Western American Literature Pub Date : 2024-04-18 Michael Brickey
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: The North American West in the Twenty-First Century ed. by Brenden W. Rensink Michael Brickey Brenden W. Rensink, ed., The North American West in the Twenty-First Century. Lincoln: U of Nebraska P, 2022. 380 pp. Hardcover, $99; paper, $30; e-book, $30. Historian Brenden W. Rensink's edited collection of essays introduces new
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Reading Aridity in Western American Literature eds. by Jada Ach and Gary Reger (review) Western American Literature Pub Date : 2024-04-18 Rachel L. Carazo
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: Reading Aridity in Western American Literature eds. by Jada Ach and Gary Reger Rachel L. Carazo Jada Ach and Gary Reger, eds., Reading Aridity in Western American Literature. Lanham, MD: Lexington Books, 2020. 296 pp. Hardcover, $133; e-book, $45. Jada Ach and Gary Reger's edited volume, Reading Aridity in Western American
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Planet Work: Rethinking Labor and Leisure in the Anthropocene ed. by Ryan Hediger (review) Western American Literature Pub Date : 2024-04-18 Jennifer Forsberg
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: Planet Work: Rethinking Labor and Leisure in the Anthropocene ed. by Ryan Hediger Jennifer Forsberg Ryan Hediger, ed., Planet Work: Rethinking Labor and Leisure in the Anthropocene. Lewisburg, PA: Bucknell UP, 2023. 284 pp. Hardcover, $130; paper, $39.95; e-book, $39.95. The essays that comprise Planet Work sketch out an array
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This Contested Land: The Storied Past and Uncertain Future of America's National Monuments by McKenzie Long (review) Western American Literature Pub Date : 2024-04-18 Talley V. Kayser
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: This Contested Land: The Storied Past and Uncertain Future of America's National Monuments by McKenzie Long Talley V. Kayser McKenzie Long, This Contested Land: The Storied Past and Uncertain Future of America's National Monuments. Minneapolis: U of Minnesota P, 2022. 280 pp. Hardcover, $24.95. This Contested Land opens with
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Unknown No More: Recovering Sanora Babb eds. by Joanne Dearcopp and Christine Hill Smith (review) Western American Literature Pub Date : 2024-04-18 Caroline Straty Kraft
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: Unknown No More: Recovering Sanora Babb eds. by Joanne Dearcopp and Christine Hill Smith Caroline Straty Kraft Joanne Dearcopp and Christine Hill Smith, eds., Unknown No More: Recovering Sanora Babb. Norman, OK: U of Oklahoma P, 2021. 230 pp. Paper, $26.95; e-book, $21.95. With this collection of thirteen essays, Joanne Dearcopp
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Steinbeck's Imaginarium: Essays on Writing, Fishing, and Other Critical Matters by Robert DeMott (review) Western American Literature Pub Date : 2024-04-18 Jessica Colleen Pérez López
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: Steinbeck's Imaginarium: Essays on Writing, Fishing, and Other Critical Matters by Robert DeMott Jessica Colleen Pérez López Robert DeMott, Steinbeck's Imaginarium: Essays on Writing, Fishing, and Other Critical Matters. Albuquerque: U of New Mexico P, 2022. 200 pp. Hardcover, $45; e-book $45. Robert DeMott's Steinbeck's Imaginarium:
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Dancing with Disaster: Environmental Histories, Narratives, and Ethics for Perilous Times by Kate Rigby (review) Western American Literature Pub Date : 2024-04-18 Andy Meyer
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: Dancing with Disaster: Environmental Histories, Narratives, and Ethics for Perilous Times by Kate Rigby Andy Meyer Kate Rigby, Dancing with Disaster: Environmental Histories, Narratives, and Ethics for Perilous Times. Charlottesville: U of Virginia P, 2015. 225 pp. Paper, $24.50; e-book, $24.50. The opening image of Kate Rigby's
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Voice to Voice in the Dark by Tim Hunt (review) Western American Literature Pub Date : 2024-04-18 Jeanetta Mish
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: Voice to Voice in the Dark by Tim Hunt Jeanetta Mish Tim Hunt, Voice to Voice in the Dark. Frankfort, KY: Broadstone Books, 2022. 112 pp. Paperback, $25, $18.50 direct from publisher. Tim Hunt's Voice to Voice in the Dark explores the philosophical conundrum of everyday space-time and its relationship to memory and story.
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Bears Ears: Landscape of Refuge and Resistance by Andrew Gulliford (review) Western American Literature Pub Date : 2024-04-18 Eytan Pol
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: Bears Ears: Landscape of Refuge and Resistance by Andrew Gulliford Eytan Pol Andrew Gulliford, Bears Ears: Landscape of Refuge and Resistance. Salt Lake City: U of Utah P, 2022. 541 pp. Hardcover, $95; paper, $29.95; e-book $24. In Bears Ears Andrew Gulliford describes the history of the Bears Ears region in San Juan County
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All Is Leaf: Essays and Transformations by John T. Price (review) Western American Literature Pub Date : 2024-04-18 David R. Solheim
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: All Is Leaf: Essays and Transformations by John T. Price David R. Solheim, emeritus John T. Price, All Is Leaf: Essays and Transformations. Iowa City: U of Iowa P, 2022. 218 pp. Paper, $19.95; e-book, $19.95. With All Is Leaf: Essays and Transformations John T. Price has written a fine example of what should be called literary
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Outback and Out West: The Settler-Colonial Environmental Imaginary by Tom Lynch (review) Western American Literature Pub Date : 2024-04-18 Alex Trimble Young
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: Outback and Out West: The Settler-Colonial Environmental Imaginary by Tom Lynch Alex Trimble Young Tom Lynch, Outback and Out West: The Settler-Colonial Environmental Imaginary. Lincoln: U of Nebraska P, 2022. 348 pp. Hardcover, $60; e-book, $60. The importation of Australian settler colonial theory into the US academy has
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58th Western Literature Association Conference Western American Literature Pub Date : 2024-04-18
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: 58th Western Literature Association Conference Click for larger view View full resolution Hope in a Hogan © Ryan Singer, 2022 Speculative Territorializations of New West Literatures Tucson, Arizona | El Conquistador Hilton Resort October 2–5, 2024 As president of the Western Literature Association for 2024, I am thrilled to announce that
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The Water-Energy-Food Nexus: Tracing Mexican American Environmental Concerns in María Amparo Ruiz de Burton's The Squatter and the Don Western American Literature Pub Date : 2023-11-17 Anthony Gomez III
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: The Water-Energy-Food NexusTracing Mexican American Environmental Concerns in María Amparo Ruiz de Burton's The Squatter and the Don Anthony Gomez III (bio) Introduction When San Diego first received mountain water from the Cuyamaca Basin in 1889, government leaders celebrated and cheered for the expanded access to a water supply. No longer
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A Turn in the Fog: Gertrude Atherton Reads Henry James Western American Literature Pub Date : 2023-11-17 Lisa Orr
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: A Turn in the FogGertrude Atherton Reads Henry James Lisa Orr (bio) In 1904 Gertrude Atherton, best-selling author and self-proclaimed admirer of Henry James's work, sought the Master's blessing for her own: she wrote asking if she could dedicate her forthcoming volume of short stories to him. He responded kindly, concluding, "May my name
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Tall Tale and Anti-Capitalist (Post) Western Storytelling in Douglas Coupland's Generation X Western American Literature Pub Date : 2023-11-17 Junwu Tian, Yingjie Duan
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Tall Tale and Anti-Capitalist (Post) Western Storytelling in Douglas Coupland's Generation X Junwu Tian (bio) and Yingjie Duan (bio) In an interview with Contemporary Literature, Jon McGregor, an award-winning British novelist, mentioned Douglas Coupland as an influence on the use of storytelling as a pivotal narrative device in his own
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The American Western in Canadian Literature by Joel Deshaye (review) Western American Literature Pub Date : 2023-11-17 John Donahue
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: The American Western in Canadian Literature by Joel Deshaye John Donahue Joel Deshaye, The American Western in Canadian Literature. Calgary: U of Calgary P, 2022. 414 pp. Hardcover, $64.99; paper, $34.99; e-book, $19.24. It has been argued that the Western is the only truly American genre, rooted in American history and embodying
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Animal Bodies: On Death, Desire, and Other Difficulties by Suzanne Roberts (review) Western American Literature Pub Date : 2023-11-17 Jennifer Sinor
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: Animal Bodies: On Death, Desire, and Other Difficulties by Suzanne Roberts Jennifer Sinor Suzanne Roberts, Animal Bodies: On Death, Desire, and Other Difficulties. Lincoln: U of Nebraska P, 2022. 236 pp. Paper, $19.95; e-book, $19.95. The opening essay to Suzanne Roberts's latest collection, Animal Bodies, prepares the reader
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After One Hundred Winters: In Search of Reconciliation on America's Stolen Lands by Margaret D. Jacobs (review) Western American Literature Pub Date : 2023-11-17 Meredith Eliassen
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: After One Hundred Winters: In Search of Reconciliation on America's Stolen Lands by Margaret D. Jacobs Meredith Eliassen Margaret D. Jacobs, After One Hundred Winters: In Search of Reconciliation on America's Stolen Lands. Princeton: Princeton UP, 2021. 343 pp. Hardcover, $29.95; e-book, $29.95. Cause and effect . . . action
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Violent Inheritance: Sexuality, Land, and Energy in Making the North American West by E Cram (review) Western American Literature Pub Date : 2023-11-17 Christine Self
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: Violent Inheritance: Sexuality, Land, and Energy in Making the North American West by E Cram Christine Self E Cram, Violent Inheritance: Sexuality, Land, and Energy in Making the North American West. Oakland: U of California P, 2022. 292 pp. Hardcover, $85; paperback and e-book, $34.95. The opening to E Cram's Violent Inheritance:
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A Black Woman's West: The Life of Rose B. Gordon by Michael K. Johnson (review) Western American Literature Pub Date : 2023-11-17 Jennifer S. Tuttle
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: A Black Woman's West: The Life of Rose B. Gordon by Michael K. Johnson Jennifer S. Tuttle Michael K. Johnson, A Black Woman's West: The Life of Rose B. Gordon. Helena, MT: Montana Historical Society Press, 2022. 265 pp. Paper, $24.95; e-book, $9.99. A Black Woman's West recounts the life of Rose Beatrice Gordon (1882–1968)
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Hold It Real Still: Clint Eastwood, Race, and the Cinema of the American West by Lawrence P. Jackson (review) Western American Literature Pub Date : 2023-11-17 Jimmy L. Bryan Jr.
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: Hold It Real Still: Clint Eastwood, Race, and the Cinema of the American West by Lawrence P. Jackson Jimmy L. Bryan Jr. Lawrence P. Jackson, Hold It Real Still: Clint Eastwood, Race, and the Cinema of the American West. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins UP, 2022. 312 pp. Hardcover, $44.95; e-book, $44.95. At first glance the jacket
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Cather and Opera by David McKay Powell (review) Western American Literature Pub Date : 2023-11-17 Maria Mackas
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: Cather and Opera by David McKay Powell Maria Mackas David McKay Powell, Cather and Opera. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State UP, 2022. 216 pp. Hardcover, $45; e-book, $14.99 (Nook) / $19.95 (Kindle). Cather and Opera delivers much more than the title implies. Though David McKay Powell presents comprehensive analyses of the author's
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Worlding the Western: Contemporary US Western Fiction and the Global Community by Neil Campbell (review) Western American Literature Pub Date : 2023-11-17 Christopher Conway
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: Worlding the Western: Contemporary US Western Fiction and the Global Community by Neil Campbell Christopher Conway Neil Campbell, Worlding the Western: Contemporary US Western Fiction and the Global Community. Reno: U of Nevada P, 2022. 227 pp. Paper, $45. In a scholarly terrain defined by continuous reinvention, the critical
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Across the West and Toward the North: Norwegian and American Landscape Photography by Shannon Egan and Marthe Tolnes Fjellestad (review) Western American Literature Pub Date : 2023-11-17 Carolina Arellanos
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: Across the West and Toward the North: Norwegian and American Landscape Photography by Shannon Egan and Marthe Tolnes Fjellestad Carolina Arellanos Shannon Egan and Marthe Tolnes Fjellestad, Across the West and Toward the North: Norwegian and American Landscape Photography. Salt Lake City: U of Utah P, 2022. 229 pp. Hardcover
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The Point Alma Venus Manuscripts by Robinson Jeffers (review) Western American Literature Pub Date : 2023-11-17 Cory Willard
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: The Point Alma Venus Manuscripts by Robinson Jeffers Cory Willard Robinson Jeffers, The Point Alma Venus Manuscripts, edited by Tim Hunt and Robert Kafka. Stanford, CA: Stanford UP, 2022. 320 pp. Hardcover, $75. For an American poet who read at the Library of Congress and appeared on the cover of Time Magazine in 1932, it
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Exile, Nature, and Transformation in the Life of Mary Hallock Foote by Megan Riley McGilchrist (review) Western American Literature Pub Date : 2023-11-17 Christie Smith
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: Exile, Nature, and Transformation in the Life of Mary Hallock Foote by Megan Riley McGilchrist Christie Smith Megan Riley McGilchrist, Exile, Nature, and Transformation in the Life of Mary Hallock Foote. Reno: U of Nevada P, 2021. 224 pp. Paper, $40. This beautifully written autobiographical text interweaves the life and transformations
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The True Account of Myself as a Bird by Robert Wrigley (review) Western American Literature Pub Date : 2023-11-17 Ronald McFarland
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: The True Account of Myself as a Bird by Robert Wrigley Ronald McFarland Robert Wrigley, The True Account of Myself as a Bird. New York: Penguin, 2022. 92 pp. Paper, $18. Perhaps having read and reflected briefly on the twenty-two quatrains of "Visitant," wherein the poet pisses in the snow, you found it fun but self-indulgent
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2023 WLA Award Recipients Western American Literature Pub Date : 2023-11-17
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: 2023 WLA Award Recipients Distinguished Achievement Award For an influential scholar or creative writer in western American literature Mark Trahant, Editor-at-Large for Indian Country Delbert & Edith Wylder Award For outstanding service to the association Susan Bernardin, Oregon State University Thomas J. Lyon Book Award For most outstanding
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58th Western Literature Association Conference Western American Literature Pub Date : 2023-11-17
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: 58th Western Literature Association Conference Click for larger view View full resolution Hope in a Hogan © Ryan Singer, 2022 Speculative Territorializations of New West Literatures Tucson, Arizona | El Conquistador Hilton Resort October 2–5, 2024 As President of the Western Literature Association for 2023, I am thrilled to announce that
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Topographies of Western Violence in Claire Vaye Watkins's Battleborn Western American Literature Pub Date : 2023-08-08 Sofía Martinicorena
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Topographies of Western Violence in Claire Vaye Watkins’s Battleborn Sofía Martinicorena (bio) All landscapes are haunted by ghosts. Patricia Price The West for me is a haunted place. There are these mythic ghosts everywhere you go. Claire Vaye Watkins The US West, a geomythic stronghold of the US national imagination as well as a transnational
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Critical Regionality and(Mis-)Translation: The Modernist Elision of Pueblo Source Material in Mary Austin's Later Career Western American Literature Pub Date : 2023-08-08 D. Seth Horton
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Critical Regionality and(Mis-)TranslationThe Modernist Elision of Pueblo Source Material in Mary Austin’s Later Career D. Seth Horton (bio) Here is the standard précis of Mary Austin’s biography: Her mother was cold, her childhood in Illinois lonely, and later, after she moved to California, her family life remained troubled. She left
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A Fable of the Anthropocene: The Disturbing Naturalist Humanity in Frank Norris's The Octopus Western American Literature Pub Date : 2023-08-08 Daichi Sugai
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: A Fable of the AnthropoceneThe Disturbing Naturalist Humanity in Frank Norris’s The Octopus Daichi Sugai (bio) A key trope in literary naturalism is that natural force over-weighs individual power. In The Octopus (1901) Presley, a poet, narrates one of the characteristics of American naturalism that subsumes individual human affairs into
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Lost in the New West: Reading Williams, McCarthy, Proulx and McGuane by Mark Asquith (review) Western American Literature Pub Date : 2023-08-08 Scott Pearce
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: Lost in the New West: Reading Williams, McCarthy, Proulx and McGuane by Mark Asquith Scott Pearce Asquith, Mark. Lost in the New West: Reading Williams, McCarthy, Proulx and McGuane. New York: Bloomsbury Academic, 2021. 243 pp. Hardcover, $120; e-book, $108. Mark Asquith sees that getting lost in the West, or perhaps feeling
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Louise Erdrich's Justice Trilogy: Cultural and Critical Contexts ed. by Connie A. Jacobs and Nancy J. Peterson (review) Western American Literature Pub Date : 2023-08-08 Alison Turner
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: Louise Erdrich’s Justice Trilogy: Cultural and Critical Contexts ed. by Connie A. Jacobs and Nancy J. Peterson Alison Turner Connie A. Jacobs and Nancy J. Peterson, eds., Louise Erdrich’s Justice Trilogy: Cultural and Critical Contexts. Lansing: Michigan State UP, 2021. Paper, $39.95; e-book, $39.95. In Louise Erdrich’s Justice
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Oklahoma Odyssey: A Novel by John Mort (review) Western American Literature Pub Date : 2023-08-08 Steve Yates
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: Oklahoma Odyssey: A Novel by John Mort Steve Yates John Mort, Oklahoma Odyssey: A Novel. Lincoln: U of Nebraska P, 2022. 324 pp. Paper, $24.95; e-book, $24.95. There should be an official novel form delineated to describe a fiction in which a carnival of characters from all around a countryside collide with neighbors and a
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The Conservative Aesthetic: Theodore Roosevelt, Popular Darwinism, and the American Literary West by Stephen J. Mexal (review) Western American Literature Pub Date : 2023-08-08 Matthew Evertson
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: The Conservative Aesthetic: Theodore Roosevelt, Popular Darwinism, and the American Literary West by Stephen J. Mexal Matthew Evertson Stephen J. Mexal, The Conservative Aesthetic: Theodore Roosevelt, Popular Darwinism, and the American Literary West. Lanham, MD: Lexington Books, 2021. 364 pp. Hardcover, $120; e-book, $45
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Enchantments of the Mississippi: A Contemplative Journey of Time and Place by Thomas Becknell (review) Western American Literature Pub Date : 2023-08-08 Susan Naramore Maher
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: Enchantments of the Mississippi: A Contemplative Journey of Time and Place by Thomas Becknell Susan Naramore Maher Thomas Becknell, Enchantments of the Mississippi: A Contemplative Journey of Time and Place, illustrated by Kari Vick. Saint Paul, MN: Beaver’s Pond Press, 2022. 189 pp. Paper, $15.95. The Mississippi River, Thomas
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Produce Wagon: New and Selected Poems by Roy Scheele (review) Western American Literature Pub Date : 2023-08-08 Mark Sanders
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: Produce Wagon: New and Selected Poems by Roy Scheele Mark Sanders Roy Scheele, Produce Wagon: New and Selected Poems. Lincoln: U of Nebraska P, 2022. 238 pp. Paper, $19.95; e-book, $19.95. Roy Scheele’s Produce Wagon: New and Selected Poems, the latest in Ted Kooser’s Contemporary Poetry series, is a collection long overdue
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Cuban Quartermoon by Ann Putnam (review) Western American Literature Pub Date : 2023-08-08 Sarah Driscoll
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: Cuban Quartermoon by Ann Putnam Sarah Driscoll Ann Putnam, Cuban Quartermoon. Seattle: Skylight Press, 2022. 341 pp. Paper, $16; e-book, $8.99. Ann Putnam’s Cuban Quartermoon chronicles central protagonist Laura Gallagher’s trip to Havana, Cuba, for an Ernest Hemingway conference, traversing both time and place as she navigates
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The Comic Book Western: New Perspectives on a Global Genre ed. by Christopher Conway and Antoinette Sol (review) Western American Literature Pub Date : 2023-08-08 Daniel Pinti
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: The Comic Book Western: New Perspectives on a Global Genre ed. by Christopher Conway and Antoinette Sol Daniel Pinti Christopher Conway and Antoinette Sol, eds., The Comic Book Western: New Perspectives on a Global Genre. Lincoln: U of Nebraska P, 2022. 328 pp. Hardcover, $99; paper, $30; e-book, $30. The Comic Book Western:
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Tributary Voices: Literary and Rhetorical Exploration of the Colorado River by Paul A. Formisano (review) Western American Literature Pub Date : 2023-08-08 Ned Schaumberg
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: Tributary Voices: Literary and Rhetorical Exploration of the Colorado River by Paul A. Formisano Ned Schaumberg Paul A. Formisano, Tributary Voices: Literary and Rhetorical Exploration of the Colorado River. Reno: U of Nevada P, 2022. 272 pp. Paper, $45. Tributary Voices offers a tripartite argument where each component seems
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American Dude Ranch: A Touch of the Cowboy and the Thrill of the West by Lynn Downey (review) Western American Literature Pub Date : 2023-08-08 Stephen P. Cook
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: American Dude Ranch: A Touch of the Cowboy and the Thrill of the West by Lynn Downey Stephen P. Cook, lecturer emeritus Lynn Downey, American Dude Ranch: A Touch of the Cowboy and the Thrill of the West. Norman: U of Oklahoma P, 2022. 222 pp. Paper, $24.95; e-book, $19.95. American Dude Ranch: A Touch of the Cowboy and the
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Lost in the New West: Performing Western Identity in Thomas McGuane's Deadrock Novels Western American Literature Pub Date : 2023-04-27 Mark Asquith
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Lost in the New WestPerforming Western Identity in Thomas McGuane’s Deadrock Novels Mark Asquith (bio) Getting lost in the New West is easy because nobody seems to know where or even what it is. Even after years of scholarly study, western historian Donald Worster confided in his ironically titled “New West, True West” that “I could not
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"Shackle-Breakers" and "Adventure-Makers": Fantasies of the US West at Oregon Health and Science University Western American Literature Pub Date : 2023-04-27 Pamela Pierce
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: “Shackle-Breakers” and “Adventure-Makers”Fantasies of the US West at Oregon Health and Science University Pamela Pierce (bio) In the 1970s the Department of Radiology at Oregon Health and Science University produced a training video for transluminal angioplasty (Dotter). In addition to showing how to open up a blocked blood vessel with
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Daring to Dream: Contextualizing B. M. Bower's The Eagle's Wing with Colorado River Compact History Western American Literature Pub Date : 2023-04-27 Patricia J. Rettig
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Daring to DreamContextualizing B. M. Bower’s The Eagle’s Wing with Colorado River Compact History Patricia J. Rettig (bio) For the seven US states of the Colorado River Basin, 2022 was to be the year for centennial celebrations of the Colorado River Compact, the multistate legal agreement that changed the West. Instead, as low river flows
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Cattle Country: Livestock in the Cultural Imagination by Kathryn Cornell Dolan (review) Western American Literature Pub Date : 2023-04-27 Tom Hertweck
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: Cattle Country: Livestock in the Cultural Imagination by Kathryn Cornell Dolan Tom Hertweck Kathryn Cornell Dolan, Cattle Country: Livestock in the Cultural Imagination. Lincoln: U of Nebraska P, 2021. 342 pp. Hardcover, $60; e-book, $60. Beef. It’s what’s for dinner. Even those outside the area of western American literature
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Our Osage Hills: Toward an Osage Ecology and Tribalography of the Early Twentieth Century by John Joseph Mathews (review) Western American Literature Pub Date : 2023-04-27 Sheldon Yeakley
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: Our Osage Hills: Toward an Osage Ecology and Tribalography of the Early Twentieth Century by John Joseph Mathews Sheldon Yeakley John Joseph Mathews. Our Osage Hills: Toward an Osage Ecology and Tribalography of the Early Twentieth Century. Edited by Michael Snyder. Bethlehem, PA: Lehigh UP, 2020. 344 pp. Hardcover, $126;
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Boys and Oil: Growing Up Gay in a Fractured Land by Taylor Brorby (review) Western American Literature Pub Date : 2023-04-27 O. Alan Weltzien, emeritus
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: Boys and Oil: Growing Up Gay in a Fractured Land by Taylor Brorby O. Alan Weltzien and emeritus Taylor Brorby, Boys and Oil: Growing Up Gay in a Fractured Land. New York: Liveright Publishing. 335 pp. Hardcover, $27.95. Montana novelist Thomas Savage, a gay man heterosexually married, threw his overtly gay novel manuscript
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El feliz ingenio neomexicano: Felipe M. Chacón and Poesía y prosa by Anna M. Nogar and A. Gabriel Meléndez (review) Western American Literature Pub Date : 2023-04-27 Juan M. Gallegos
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: El feliz ingenio neomexicano: Felipe M. Chacón and Poesía y prosa by Anna M. Nogar and A. Gabriel Meléndez Juan M. Gallegos Anna M. Nogar and A. Gabriel Meléndez, El feliz ingenio neomexicano: Felipe M. Chacón and Poesía y prosa. Albuquerque: U of New Mexico P, 2021. 445 pp. Hardcover, $75; e-book, $75. In El feliz ingenio
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148 Charles Street: A Novel by Tracy Daugherty (review) Western American Literature Pub Date : 2023-04-27 Max Frazier
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: 148 Charles Street: A Novel by Tracy Daugherty Max Frazier Tracy Daugherty, 148 Charles Street: A Novel. Lincoln: U of Nebraska P, 2022. 144 pp. Paper, $19.95; e-book, $19.95. Tracy Daugherty fictionalizes the friendship between well-known historical literary figures Willa Cather and Elizabeth “Elsie” Shepley Sergeant in 148
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Western Lands, Western Voices: Essays on Public History in the American West ed. by Gregory E. Smoak (review) Western American Literature Pub Date : 2023-04-27 Emily Gowen
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: Western Lands, Western Voices: Essays on Public History in the American West ed. by Gregory E. Smoak Emily Gowen Gregory E. Smoak, editor, Western Lands, Western Voices: Essays on Public History in the American West. Salt Lake City: U of Utah P, 2021. 232 pp. Hardcover, $70; paper, $35; e-book, $28. In the twelve essays that
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On the Trail of the Jackalope: How a Legend Captured the World's Imagination and Helped Us Cure Cancer by Michael P. Branch (review) Western American Literature Pub Date : 2023-04-27 Hal Crimmel
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: On the Trail of the Jackalope: How a Legend Captured the World’s Imagination and Helped Us Cure Cancer by Michael P. Branch Hal Crimmel Michael P. Branch, On the Trail of the Jackalope: How a Legend Captured the World’s Imagination and Helped Us Cure Cancer. New York: Pegasus Books, 2022. 253 pp. Hardcover, $27.95; paper,
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On the Plains, and Among the Peaks, or, How Mrs. Maxwell Made Her Natural History Collection by Mary Dartt (review) Western American Literature Pub Date : 2023-04-27 Erica Hannickel
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: On the Plains, and Among the Peaks, or, How Mrs. Maxwell Made Her Natural History Collection by Mary Dartt Erica Hannickel Mary Dartt, On the Plains, and Among the Peaks, or, How Mrs. Maxwell Made Her Natural History Collection. Edited with introduction by Julie McCown. Boulder: UP of Colorado, 2021. [Originally published
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Sundown at Faith Regional by Barbara Schmitz (review) Western American Literature Pub Date : 2023-04-27 Mark Sanders
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: Sundown at Faith Regional by Barbara Schmitz Mark Sanders Barbara Schmitz, Sundown at Faith Regional. Montrose, CO: Pinyon Publishing, 2021. 116 pages. Paper, $20. All too often really fine poets are overlooked. This is the regrettable case for Barbara Schmitz, a Nebraska poet whose work, despite its wide-publication, has
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The Haunted Southwest: Towards an Ethics of Place in Borderlands Literature by Cordelia E. Barrera (review) Western American Literature Pub Date : 2023-04-27 Bailey Moorhead
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: The Haunted Southwest: Towards an Ethics of Place in Borderlands Literature by Cordelia E. Barrera Bailey Moorhead Cordelia E. Barrera, The Haunted Southwest: Towards an Ethics of Place in Borderlands Literature. Lubbock: Texas Tech UP, 2022. 224 pp. Hardcover, $39.95; e-book, $19.95. Cordelia E. Barrera draws from Chicana