Southwestern American Literature

Volume XXVII No. 2 (Spring 2002)

Editor's Pages	iv

Guest Editor's Introduction: "Go Forth and Sin No More" Lewis Toland	vi


Nonfiction

Man of Character Preston Lewis	10

Kelton's Clio: The Uses of History Kenneth W. Davis	19

"Sorry as Hell But Pretty Good": Humor and the Sense of the Southwest in Elmer Kelton's The Time It Never Rained Bob J. Frye	27

Eve Calloway and Tamzen Greer: The Grandmothers of West Texas Lou Rodenberger	39

Cages and Eagles in Leaving Cheyenne and The Good Old Boys Dickie Maurice Heaberlin	49

Gypwater and Lacy Mesquite: Gendered Views of West Texas Rebecca Matthews	55

The Core of Conflict Terence A. Dalrymple	61

Modes of Confrontation in Elmer Kelton's The Time it Never Rained John Wagner	69


Fiction

Glow Paul Bowers	77

Lifelines Laurie Marr Wasmund	85


Poetry

Letter to Sor Juana From New Spain Christopher Cessac	98

Couple on a Red Background Christopher Cessac	99

Telegraph from the Great American Deserts Christopher Cessac	100

The Magician's Wife Jacqueline Lyons	101

The Bull Rider's Wife Jacqueline Lyons	102

Valentine, Texas Larry D. Thomas	103

Mule Trader (for Charles Franklin Thomas) Larry D. Thomas	104

The Cisco Kid Larry D. Thomas	105


Reviews

The Way of the Coyote by Elmer Kelton Preston Lewis	108

Wamba by Max Crawford Mark Busby	109

Bone Walker: An Anasazi Novel by Kathleen O'Neal Gear and W. Michael Gear Laura McMennamin	111

Nomads of a Desert City by Barbara Seyda Elka Karl	113

Fire in Beulah by Rilla Askew Lane Knox	115


Contributors	118

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