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Southwestern American Literature
Volume XXXIII No. 2 (Spring 2008)
CONTENTS
| Editors’ Page: The Pecos River—Past, Present, and Future | v | ||
| Special Section: The Pecos River | |||
| Reading Rio Pecos: A Geographic Interpretation Jim Kimmel, photos by Jerry Touchstone Kimmel |
9 | ||
| The (Illustrated) Pecos River in Frontier History John Miller Morris |
23 | ||
| The Pecos River as a Relict Enclave in the Hispano Homeland Brock Brown |
39 | ||
| The Pecos River in Folklore Rollo K. Newsom |
57 | ||
| West of Everywhere: The Pecos River in Literature and Film Mark Busby |
73 | ||
| Fiction | |||
| The Spitter Reuben Sanchez |
97 | ||
| Poetry | |||
| Father-Son Talk: A Ghazal James Hoggard |
109 | ||
| Summer Evening James Hoggard |
110 | ||
| Night on the El Train James Hoggard |
111 | ||
| Woman in the Pipe Shop karla k. morton |
112 | ||
| One Drop of Rain John Grey |
113 | ||
| Reviews | |||
| Petra’s Legacy: The South Texas Ranching Empire of Petra Vela and Mifflin Kenedy by Jane Clements Monday and Frances Brannen Vick Jane Manaster |
117 | ||
| Jerry Bywaters, Interpreter of the Southwest edited by Sam Deshong Ratcliffe Steven L. Davis |
118 | ||
| Brave New West: Morphing Moab at the Speed of Greed by Jim Stiles David Cremean |
119 | ||
| Listening to Cougar edited by Marc Bekoff and Cara Blessley Lowe Steven L. Davis |
121 | ||
| Postwestern Cultures: Literature, Theory, Space edited by Susan Kollin Robert Murray Davis |
123 | ||
| Exploring the American Literary West: International
Perspectives edited by David Rio et al. David Cremean |
125 | ||
| Hiking Alone: Trails Out, Trails Home by Mary Beath Robert Murray Davis |
127 | ||
| Of Snakes and Sex and Playing in the Rain: Random Thoughts on Harmful Things by Clay Reynolds David Cremean |
128 | ||
| Sandhill County Lines: Stories by Clay Reynolds Grant L. Sisk |
130 | ||
| Some Clarifications y otros poemas by Javier O. Huerta David Meischen |
132 | ||
| I Swallow Turquoise for Courage: Poems by Hershman R. John Linda Lizut Helstern |
134 | ||
| Contributors | 136 |
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Editors
Mark Busby
Dick Heaberlin
Assistant Editor
Twister Marquiss
Editorial Associate
Linda Busby
Editorial Assistant/Business Manager
Tammy Gonzales
Editorial Interns
Karima Alavi
Cheyenne Mathews
David Meischen
Cassie Polasek
Editorial Advisors
Val Griffin
Student Assistants
Melody Edwards
Ricky Martinez
Cynthia Rodriguez