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Viva Texas rivers! : adventures, misadventures, and glimpses of nirvana along our storied waterways

Title
Viva Texas rivers! : adventures, misadventures, and glimpses of nirvana along our storied waterways / edited by Steven L. Davis and Sam L. Pfiester.
Publication
  • College Station : Texas A&M University Press, [2021]
  • ©2021

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Additional Authors
  • Davis, Steven L.
  • Pfiester, Sam L. (Sam Lee)
Description
xviii, 316 pages : color maps (folded); 27 cm.
Summary
"More than the lifeblood of our natural world, Texas rivers have nourished the human spirit for as long as people have gathered on their banks. A living bond has flowed between Texas writers and rivers ever since the 1960 publication of John Graves's classic journey along the Brazos, Goodbye to a River. Many of Texas' leading writers have had their hearts captured by a river, and they have created sparkling accounts of the waterways they love. Now, editors Steven L. Davis and Sam L. Pfiester have assembled the best of those works into a revelatory collection of diverse literary voices. Ranging from the desert canyonlands of the Rio Grande to the swampy Big Thicket, from crystal clear Hill Country streams to the Red River's treacherous quicksand, Viva Texas Rivers! showcases many classic writings along with brand new essays written for this volume. The literary nonfiction is complemented by flashes of poetry that brilliantly reflect these curving ribbons of light. Authoritative and expertly edited, Viva Texas Rivers! offers shimmering accounts of hidden paradises, as well as searing exposés of abuse and despoliation. Yet even in the bleakest times, as these writers have found, Texas rivers can bestow a sacred grace -- and unexpected redemption. Viva Texas Rivers! brings you as close to the living nirvana of a Texas River as you can get without launching yourself into a canoe and following a great blue heron as it glides just above the breaking rapids, leading you around the bend as the river flows onward toward the best places in our hearts"--Dust jacket.
Series Statement
The Wittliff Collections literary series
Uniform Title
Wittliff Collections literary series.
Subject
  • Rivers > Texas
  • Rivers in literature
  • Rivers > Texas > Poetry
  • Rivers
  • Texas > Poetry
  • Texas
Genre/Form
  • Poetry.
  • Essays.
Language (note)
  • English and Spanish texts, some with parallel translations.
Call Number
JFF 22-32
ISBN
  • 1623499801
  • 9781623499808
LCCN
2021942188
OCLC
1256628379
Title
Viva Texas rivers! : adventures, misadventures, and glimpses of nirvana along our storied waterways / edited by Steven L. Davis and Sam L. Pfiester.
Publisher
College Station : Texas A&M University Press, [2021]
Copyright Date
©2021
Edition
First edition.
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Series
The Wittliff Collections literary series
Wittliff Collections literary series.
Language
English and Spanish texts, some with parallel translations.
Added Author
Davis, Steven L., editor.
Pfiester, Sam L. (Sam Lee), editor.
Research Call Number
JFF 22-32
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