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B o o k R e v i e w s ers h av e (4 9 ). T h e b o o k is d iv id e d by p e riod s: T h e C iv il W ar to th e T u m - o f th e-Cen tu ry , th e 1 9 2 0 s- 1 9 5 0 s, th e 1 9 6 0 s- 1 9 8 0 s, an d th e 1990s, w h ere it en d s w ith “M o v in g O n ,” by Jill P att erson . N o t on ly are th e selectio n s th ou gh tfu lly ch osen , th ey are cap acio u s en ou gh to in clu d e form u laic, sen tim en t al, realistic, m od ern istic, fu tu ristic, an d postm o d e m fiction . T h e b o o k also celeb r at es v o ices from th e re gio n ’s rich cu ltu ral an d e th n ic m ixes, in clu d in g su ch w riters as D en ise C h av e z an d Su n n y N ash . T h e in t rod u ctor y rem arks, “Te xas W om en an d th e Sh o r t St or y ,” sh o u ld be m an d ato ry re ad in g for an y o n e in ter est ed in th e d e v e lo p m e n t o f th e literatu re o f th e region , as w ell as th o se in t ere sted in th e d e v e lo p m e n t o f th e sh o rt story, o f re gion alism as a literary p h en o m e n o n , or o f fe m in ist literatu re in gen eral. In th is th irty -p age in tr od u ctio n , readers w ill le ar n ab o u t th e p io n eer s o f liter­ ary jo u r n als, clu b s, crit icism , an d e d u cation ; o f w om en ’s roles in p r om ot in g an d co n tr ib u tin g t o libraries an d m agazin es; an d o f w o m e n ’s co n scio u s efforts to su p p ort e ach o t h er an d im p rov e e ach o t h er ’s literary styles an d fict io n in gen eral. P rior to e ach selectio n , th e ed itors h av e in clu d e d b r ie f b iograp h ie s o f th e au th ors, d e scr ip tio n s o f th e ir w ork an d salie n t literary crit icism , as w ell as b ib lio gr ap h ies t h at co n t ain p rim ary an d se co n d ar y m aterials. T h e se in t ro d u c­ tion s alo n e m er it stu dy for an y stu d e n ts in te re ste d in e xam p le s o f exem p lar y literary sch olar sh ip . L e t ’s H e a r I t c an b e re ad in a n u m b e r o f w ays, all o f w h ich th e ed itors ad d ress in th e ir in trod u ctor y rem arks. Q u e stio n s read ers m igh t ask in clu d e th e follow in...

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