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Klappentext The first collection of its kind in scope and ambition, this volume brings together the most prominent western writers of the current generation to create new visions of the American West-"the West that is still becoming." One of the glories of this book is that it is host to 67 writers...Voices and viewpoints are left out, but that does not diminish the value and pleasure of West of 98.--Tom Wylie"Bloomsbury Review" (07/01/2013) Zusammenfassung The first collection of its kind in scope and ambition, this volume brings together the most prominent western writers of the current generation to create new visions of the American West—“the West that is still becoming.” Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction by Lynn StegnerLouise Erdrich, Big GrassLarry Woiwode, Wealth of the WestLarry Watson, Whose West? Which West? West of What?Dan O'Brien, Viewed from Ground LevelKent Meyers, Naked TimeRon Hansen, Why the West?Jonis Agee, The FenceAntonya Nelson, Two or Three PlacesRick Bass, The Light at the Bottom of the MindAllison Adelle Hedge Coke, PointsJim Barnes, Between the Sans Bois and the KiamichiLarry McMurtry, Excerpt from Walter Benjamin at the Dairy QueenSusanna Sonnenberg, Slurry, Drainage, Frontage RoadJim Harrison, Geopiety River Sequence I-VIIGary Ferguson, Wolf and Coyote and KumbayaJudy Blunt, What We LeaveEd Kemmick, Reading MontanaDan Aadland, Ranching in SuburbiaRussell Rowland, Chasing the LambAnnick Smith, The Summer of NowJohn Clayton, The Native Home of Governors on HorsebackWillard Wyman, The Way HomeMelissa Kwasny, The Imaginary Book of Cave PaintingsWalter Kirn, Livingston BlowsWilliam Kittredge, Where Should We Be?Alyson Hagy, Self-Portrait as the Strong and Silent TypeKenneth Lincoln, Blood WestLee Ann Roripaugh, Motherlands and Mother Tongues: Five Reflections on Language and LandscapeC. J. Box, Blame It on Rancho DeluxeTeresa Jordan, The Conceit of GirlsBeth Loffreda, Pinus ContortaGretel Ehrlich, Where the Burn Meets the DeadStephen Graham Jones, Two Illustrations of the West, the first being second-hand, the second firstLaura Pritchett, Cowboy Up, Cupcake? No ThanksPatricia Nelson Limerick, The Fatal WestPage Lambert, A Shape-Shifting LandTom Miller, Moving West, Writing EastGary Nabhan, Tasting a Sense of Place in the Arid WestDenise Chávez, Entre Mundos/Between WorldsDavid Lee, Matins in the Cathedral of WindKim Barnes, On Language: A Short MeditationRon Carlson, Utah Cabin Under Heaven, July 3Debra Gwartney, Plucked from the GraveRobert Wrigley, Two PoemsProgressCountyStephen Trimble, Tumbling Toward the SeaTerry Tempest Williams, FriendshipAmy Irvine, RedJim Hepworth, Growing Up WesternCharles Bowden, No Direction HomeSally Denton, Beyond This Place There Be DragonsDouglas Unger, City of Nomads, City of Second ChancesUrsula K. Le Guin, Places NamesJohn Daniel, East to the WestDavid Guterson, Three PoemsClosed MillNeighbors White FirsCraig Lesley, Celilo FallsBarry Lopez, A Dark Light in the West: Racism and ReconciliationDavid Mas Masumoto, Dirty StoriesGary Snyder, Two Poems: The Black-tailed Hare Covers the GroundLouis B. Jones, "It's Like They Tilted the Whole Country East-to-West. And Everything that Wasn't Tied-Down Slid"Peter Fish, Star StruckMaxine Hong Kingston, Dias de los MuertosHarold Gilliam, The San Francisco PsycheJane Hirshfield, Three PoemsThe Supple Deer Building and Earthquake The Dark HourGreg Sarris, Maria EvangelisteKris Saknussemm, HeadedPage Stegner, The Sense of No PlaceBiographies...
