Southwestern American Literature

Volume XXIV No. 1 (Fall 1998)

Editors' Pages	v


*Nonfiction*

Writing Home: Katherine Anne Porter, Coming and Going Janis P. Stout	11

Katherine Anne Porter's Birthdays Darlene Harbour Unrue	23

Katherine Anne Porter and the University of Texas: A Map of Misunderstanding Richard Holland	33

Troubled Innocent Abroad: Katherine Anne Porter's Colonial Adventure Jeraldine R. Kraver	43

Gender and Creativity in Katherine Anne Porter's "The Princess" Christine H. Hait	51

Trapped by the Great White Searchlight: Katherine Anne Porter and Marital Bliss Larry Herold	61

Porter and Dobie: The Marriage from Hell James Ward Lee	69

The Prodigal Daughter Comes Home Lou Rodenberger	77

Katherine Anne Porter and Texas: Ambivalence Deep as the Bone Mark Busby	85

Knowing Nature in Katherine Ann Porter's Short Fiction Terrell F. Dixon	95

A "taste for the exotic": Revolutionary Mexico and the Short Stories of Katherine Anne Porter and Maria Cristina Mena Rob Johnson	105

Katherine Anne Porter and William Humphrey: A Mentorship Reconsidered Bert Almon	119

Memories that Never Were: Katherine Anne Porter and the Family Saga Sylvia Grider	129


*Poetry*

Belaire Theater Jill Patterson	139

An Absurd Film Bill Stobb	140

The Visit Elisa A. Garza	142


Contributors	143

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