Research Catalog

Title

Writing on the wind : an anthology of West Texas women writers / edited by Lou Halsell Rodenberger, Laura Payne Butler, and Jacqueline Kolosov.

Publication

Lubbock, Tex. : Texas Tech University Press, ©2005.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Rodenberger, Lou Halsell.
• Butler, Laura Payne.
• Kolosov, Jacqueline A.

Description

xxi, 274 pages; 24 cm

Summary

The vast disparate region called West Texas is both sparsely populated and scarcely recognized. yet it has given voice to a surprising number of women writers who have left more than a faint impression on its hardscrabble terrain and consciousness. The short stories and essays in this collection, through strong emphasis on individual triumphs and failures, evoke place on a poignantly personal level, yet remind West Texans of their shared heritage and what it means to live in the landscapes these authors know so well.

Subject

• American literature > Texas, West
• American literature > Women authors
• Women > Texas, West > Literary collections
• American literature
• American literature > Women authors
• Women
• Texas, West > Literary collections
• West Texas

Genre/Form

• Literature
• Literary collections
• Literature.
• Littérature.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 261-274).

Contents

Preface / Jacqueline Kolosov -- Introduction / Lou Halsell Rodenberger -- Poetry and post, Texas / Betsy Colquitt -- Writing llano / Shelley Armitage -- Be all right / Lisa Sandlin -- The scent of water / Barney Nelson -- Making place / Susan Tomlinson -- Place and grace / Sherry Craven -- Almost like rain / Toni Jensen -- The chronicles of Toad--West Texas / Joyce Gibson Roach -- Indignities, a memoir / Sandra Scofield -- It's three o'clock in the morning / Laura Payne Butler -- The summer my engine died / Monica Teresa Ortiz -- Fast women and naked legs / Sharon D. Miller -- West Texas journal / Carol Coffee Reposa -- Elizabeth Boyle (Aunt Hank) Smith: the Scottish lassie who became a West Texas legend / Janet Neugebauer -- The art of dipping candles / Judy Alter -- Waiting for Gideon Prince / Pat Carr -- Cash and doll's golden anniversary / Donna Walker-Nixon -- To reap, to thresh / Jan Epton Seale -- Box Canyon / Jewel Mogan -- How I got into big trouble and the mistakes I made in increasing order of importance / Carmen Tafolla -- Gold stars and silver wings / Betty Wiesepape -- Welcome to Magdalena / Shirley Sullivan -- Nell Peterson's right hand man / Kelly Teague Smith -- Lisa and her brothers / Laurie Champion -- Road signs / Jill Patterson -- Only connect / Jacqueline Kolosov.

ISBN

• 0896725405
• 9780896725409
• 0896725480
• 9780896725485

LCCN

• 2004022461
• 9780896725409
• 9780896725485

OCLC

• ocm56615761
• 56615761
• SCSB-8413724

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library