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	0826323375	DEWEY edition	DC21
ISBN13	9780826323378 (What's this?)	Pages	269
Publisher	University of New Mexico Press	Volumes	1
Imprint	University of New Mexico Press	Weight (grammes)	496
Format	Multimedia Item	Published in	Albuquerque, NM
Publication date	15 Dec 2003	Height (mm)	230
Playing time (mins)	74	Width (mm)	155
Library of Congress	PS566 \.W7	Spine width (mm)	23
DEWEY	813.5409	Academic level	General, Undergraduate

		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

"This highly entertaining and instructive potluck contains excerpts from the works of fourteen of the southwest's most important writers along with their biographies and their comments on the meaning and process of writing. . . . If you can read only one book about the southwest, it should be this one. If you have any inclination to be a writer, you must read this book and listen to the CD."

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