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C o n t r ib u t o r s Essayist s R a fe e q O . M c G i v e r o n is In st r u c t o r o f E n glish an d A d v iso r at La n sin g C o m m u n it y C o lle g e in M ic h iga n ; cu r r e n tly h e is p u r su in g a d o c t o r a t e at W e ste r n M ic h ig a n U n iv e r sit y . H is p r e v io u s p u b lic a t io n s in c lu d e a r t ic le s in C r it iq u e , T h e E x p lic at o r, E x t rap o lat io n , an d S c ie n c e - Fic t io n S t u d ie s. F o r r e s t G . R o b i n s o n is P r o fesso r o f A m e r ic a n St u d ie s a t t h e U n iv e r sit y o f C a lifo r n ia , S a n t a C r u z. H is b o o k s o n th e A m e r ic a n W est in c lu d e W allac e S t e gn e r (w it h M ar ga r e t R o b in so n ), I n B a d F a it h : T h e D y n am ic s o f D e c e p t io n in M a r k T w ain ’s A m e r ic a, a n d H av in g I t B o t h W ay s: S e l f S u b v e r s io n in W e st e rn P o p u lar C la ss ic s. H e e d it e d T h e C am b rid g e C o m p an io n to M ar k T w ain a n d T h e N e w W e st e rn H ist o r y : T h e T e rrit o ry A h e ad . D a v id S t o u c k is P r o fesso r an d G r a d u a t e C h a ir o f E n glish a t Sim o n Fr aser U n iv e r sit y in Br it ish C o lu m b ia . H e is th e au t h o r o f W illa C a t h e r ’s I m agin at io n (1 9 7 5 ) an d M ajo r C a n a d i a n A u t h o r s (1 9 8 4 ), a n d th e e d it o r o f sev er al b o o k s in clu d in g E t h e l W ilso n : S t o rie s, E ssa y s, L e t t e rs (1 9 8 7 ), S in c lair R o ss’s A s f o r M e an d M y H o u se ’: Fiv e D e c ad e s o f C r it ic sm (1 9 9 1 ), a n d W e st b y N o rt h w e st : B rit ish C o lu m b ia S h o rt St o rie s (1 9 9 8 ). H e is at...