Writing the Southwest

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 CD 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. Book and CD.

ISBN	0826323367	Pages	268
ISBN13	9780826323361 (What's this?)	Volumes	1
Publisher	University of New Mexico Press	Weight (grammes)	630
Imprint	University of New Mexico Press	Published in	Albuquerque, NM
Format	Hardback	Height (mm)	230
Publication date	15 Dec 2003	Width (mm)	155
Library of Congress	PS566 \.W7	Spine width (mm)	28
DEWEY	810.8979	Academic level	General, Professional / Scholarly
DEWEY edition	DC21

		Acknowledgments
		Foreword: Rudolfo Anaya
		Preface: Paula Gunn Allen
		Introduction
		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
		Selected Bibliography		233

"David Dunaway and Sara Spurgeon offer a hybrid of biography, interview, and excerpts about fourteen Southwestern poets, playwrights, essayists, and novelists in "Writing the Southwest," . . . A very worthwhile, attractive package. It is in some way a snapshot or voiceprint of the major Southwestern writers in the early 1990s, and we hear their own voices as they articulate their concerns and aspirations."

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