Contributors

C o n t r i b u t o r s A u t h o r s S u e E l l e n C a m p b e l l teach es n atu re/en viron m en tal literatu re at C olo rad o St at e U n iversity. Sh e w rites b oth ecocr iticism an d literary n on fiction : B rin gin g the M o u n t ain H o m e (19 9 6) an d T h e Ed ge o f W in ter (for th com in g). G e r a l d H a s l a m ’s m ost r ecen t n ovel, Straigh t W h ite M ale (20 0 0), w on th e W estern State s Bo ok Aw ard. H e is P rofessor Em eritu s at So n o m a St at e U n iversity. S c o t t H e r m a n s o n is a lectu rer at th e U n iv er sity o f Illin ois at C h icago . H is w ork o n ch ao s th eory an d R ich ar d Pow ers ap p ear ed in C ritiq u e , an d h is essay o n W alt D isn ey W or ld ’s A n im al Kin gd o m w ill so on be pu b lish ed in th e co l­ lection R eth in k in g D isn e y . J u l i a n n e N e w m a r k is origin ally from N e w M e xico an d is cu rren tly a d octor al can d id ate at W ayn e St at e U n iv er sity in D etroit, M ich igan . C u r re n t w ork in clu des a stu dy o f D . H . Law r en ce’s co -o p tatio n o f th e H op i b od y in h is text “T h e H o p i Sn ak e D an ce .” N e w m ark ’s article “Lan gu age, A b se n ce , an d N ar r ativ e Im possibility in M ario V argas Llo sa’s E l h ab lad o r” is for th com in g in T h e L at in A m e ric an L ite rary R ev iew . L o u i s O w e n s (1 9 4 8 - 2 0 0 2 ) w as a celeb r ated n ove list, essayist, an d critic, an in flu en tial voice in w estern cu ltu ral stu dies an d A m e r ican In d ian literatu re, an d a lon gtim e m em ber o f th e W estern Literatu re A sso ciation . H e pu blish ed several essays over th e years in W estern A m e rican L iteratu re, in clu din g on e o f th e first essays to draw con tem porary atten tion to th e w ork o f D ’A r cy M cN ick le. A r t is t s S t e v e C r o u c h p h otograp h ed an d w rote ab ou t th e M on ter ey ar ea for over tw en ty years. H is im ages o f th e lan d are b eau tifu l an d m ystifyin g. M an y o f th em are captu red in h is b oo k Stein b eck C o u n t ry (1973). D a l e T h o m p s o n F l e t c h e r (1 9 2 9...