Southwestern American Literature

Volume XVII No. 2 (Spring 1992)

Essential Reading	7


*Nonfiction*

This Place Where I Live Elmer Kelton	9

Worcester and the World John Dufresne	12

Literature of Place: Fort Griffin Country as Microcosm Lawrence Clayton	24


*Poetry*

Reading Western Landscapes Tony Clark	26

Leaving Juarez Tony Clark	27

Poet at the Party Tony Clark	29

Under the Long Sky John Garmon	30

At the Groom Cemetery John Garmon	31

Growing Up With the Drunks on Highway 66 John Garmon	32

The Dead Don't Dream Rafael Zepeda	33

Out in the Work Room Rafael Zepeda	34

Burrito Rafael Zepeda	35

What I See Each Morning Theodore Enslin	36

The Pack Theodore Enslin	38

Tunnel Mountain Campground Keith Wilson	39

Untitled Theodore Enslin	40

Held More by Inertia Than Love Keith Wilson	41

Untitled Theodore Enslin	42

Old Cowpunchers Keith Wilson	43

just making himself at home Gerald Locklin	44

just a relatively fair fight Gerald Locklin	45

he blames it on a bad prawn, and i believe him Gerald Locklin	46

mediation occasioned by a midnight snack Gerald Locklin	47


*Nonfiction*

Southwest Connection: Literature and Place Glen Sorestad	49

Sky Pilot Peter Christensen	52

Joyous Day Watching the Cranes Soar Robert Gish	56

Querecho Flats Curt Brummett	58

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