Contributors

C o n t r ib u t o r s E s s a y is t s Bert Almon h as w r it ten e igh t co lle ct io n s o f poetry. H e recen tly p u b lish ed a cr it ical b iograp h y o f W illiam H u m ph rey, an d h e h as a stu dy o f G ar y Sn y d er in th e W ester n W riters Ser ie s. Martin Bucco is P rofessor o f En glish at C o lo r ad o St a t e U n iv er sit y . A ch ar ­ ter m em b er o f th e W LA (as w ell as a form er p r esid en t an d e xe cu tiv e secr e ­ tar y ), h e h as w r it ten n u m er ou s b o o k s, essay s, an d review s o n th e literatu re o f th e W est. A u t h o r o f M ain St ree t: T h e R ev olt o f C aro l K e n n icot t, h e is n ow w ritin g an o th e r b o o k o n Sin c lair Lew is. Fred Erisman, Lo r r ain e Sh e r le y P rofessor o f Lite r atu r e at T e xas C h r ist ian U n iv er sit y , is co e d ito r o f Fifty W estern W riters an d au th o r o f th e W ester n W riters Se r ie s p am p h let s o n Fred eric R e m in gto n , T on y H iller m an , an d Lau r a In galls W ilder , as w ell as th e au th o r o f n u m er ou s ar ticle s on w estern literatu re . Kristan Sarve-Gorham is co m p le t in g h er P h .D . a t Em ory U n iv er sit y . H er d isser tat io n exp lo r es th e r e latio n sh ip b etw een th e W ester n an d A m e r ican In d ian fiction . Nicolas W itschi r eceiv ed h is P h .D . fr om th e U n iv e r sit y o f O r e go n in 1998 an d is fin ish in g a b o o k ab o u t A m e r ic an R ealism , w estern literatu re, an d th e r e p r e sen tat io n o f n atu r al reso u rce in d u st ries. H e is a Fu lb r igh t Lectu r er in A m e r ic an St u d ie s at th e U n iv e r sit y o f R egen sb u r g, G erm an y . ARTISTS Rita Deanin Abbey, Em eritu s P rofessor o f A r t at th e U n iv e r sit y o f N e v ad a, Las V egas, h as liv ed in th e A m e r ic an So u t h w e st sin ce 1950. In sp ir ed by h er close o b se r v at io n o f th e d eser t an d its geo lo gical featu r es, h er w ork illu s­ t r ates th e te n sio n s b etw een tr ad it io n al m et h o d s an d co n tem p o r ar y...