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Busby, Mark. Larry McMurtry and the West: An Ambivalent Relationship. Denton: University of North Texas Press, 1995.
Daynard, Jodi, ed. The Place Within: Portraits of American Landscapes by 20 Contemporary Writers. New York: Norton, 1996.
Fishkin, Shelley Fisher. Lighting Out for the Territory: Reflections on Mark Twain and American Culture. New York: Oxford University Press, 1996. (Fall publication)
Hart, James D. and Leininger, Philip. The Oxford Companion to American Literature. 6th ed. New York: Oxford University Press, 1996.
Kazin, Alfred. A Writer's America: Landscape in Literature. New York: Knopf, 1988.
Lopez, Barry. "Caring for the Woods." Audubon, vol. 97, no. 2, March-April 1995, pp. 58-63.
Mee, Susie, ed. Downhome: An Anthology of Southern Women Writers. Orlando, FL: Harcourt Brace, 1995.
Morris, Gregory L. Talking Up a Storm: Voices of the New West. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1994.
Nealon, Jeffrey T. "Work of the Detective, Work of the Writer: Paul Auster's City of Glass." Modern Fiction Studies, vol. 42, no. 1, Spring 1996, pp. 91-110.
Nelson, Robert M. Place and Vision: The Function of Landscape in Native American Fiction. New York: Peter Lang, 1993.
O'Connell, Shaun. Remarkable, Unspeakable New York: A Literary History. Boston: Beacon Press, 1995.
Quantic, Diane Dufva. The Nature of the Place: A Study of Great Plains Fiction. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1995.
Rasmussen, R. Kent. Mark Twain A to Z: The Essential Reference to His Life and Writings. New York: Facts on File, 1995.
Ross, Daniel W. "Barry Lopez's Arctic Dreams: Looking into a New Heart of Darkness." CEA Critic, vol. 54, no. 1, Fall 1991, pp. 78-86.
Setterberg, Fred. The Roads Taken: Travels Through America's Literary Landscape. Athens: University of Georgia Press, 1993.
Simonson, Harold P. Beyond the Frontier: Writers, Western Regionalism and a Sense of Place. Fort Worth: Texas Christian University, 1989.
Stine, Annie. The Earth at Our Doorstep: Contemporary Writers Celebrate the Landscapes of Home. San Francisco: Sierra Club, 1996.
Temple, Judy Nolte, ed. Open Spaces, City Places: Contemporary Writers on the Changing Southwest. Tucson: University of Arizona Press, 1994.
Twain, Mark. The Oxford Mark Twain. Edited by Shelley Fisher Fishkin. 29 vols. New York: Oxford University Press, 1996. (Fall publication)
Selected Internet Sites on American Literature
"These pages list resources by or about Mark Twain. They range from texts of his books to an analysis of his character's appearance on Star Trek: The Next Generation'." Major subdivisions of this site include: Exhibits, E-Text Collections, Scattered Writings, Maxims and Quotations, Popular Culture, Sci-Fi TV, Homes and Haunts, Biography and Criticism, Teaching Resources, the Mark Twain Forum E-List, and Searching for Mark Twain.
Literary Resources on the Net
Developed by Jack Lynch, Ph.D. candidate in 18th-century literature at the University of Pennsylvania, this site comes close to being an inclusive collection of pointers for many of the major literary sources on the Web. The page is updated monthly and provides a comprehensive listing of scholarly resources arranged by broad subject category.
Salon
". . .an interactive magazine of books, arts, and ideas," Salon contains lengthy interviews with writers such as John Updike, Richard Ford, Louise Erdrich, and Amy Tan under the "books" subheading. Shorter interviews with other authors including Alice Walker, Barbara Kingsolver, and Joyce Carol Oates appear in the "Lit Chat" section.
Southwestern Writers Collection
This collection at Southwest Texas State University in San Marcos contains books, manuscripts, personal papers, correspondence, and artifacts related to the literary and artistic spirit of the American Southwest. Other major components of this collection include photographs of the Southwest and Mexico, music, and films (e.g., "Lonesome Dove") from this region. The Hispanic Writers Collection also at this site primarily covers the work of fiction writers, poets and playwrights, including Rudolfo Anaya and Ana Castillo.
The Criminal Element; An Annotated Guide to Mystery Fiction Sites on the World Wide Web
The General Interest Sites on this page provide links to many contemporary and classic mystery authors; comprehensive crime and detective sites; and prominent authors, collections and discussion groups. Also contains links to mystery newsletters; electronic journals; the "Scrolling Mystery Theatre," an episodic electronic serial; and "The Case," a weekly solve-it-yourself mystery.
BDD Online
Pat Conroy, Elmore Leonard, Sara Paretsky, and Robert B. Parker are among the featured authors interviewed on this Bantam-Doubleday-Dell site. Also of interest are author profiles, information on previous books, and excerpts from new titles from these publishers.
Current and Upcoming Titles by Regional Writers
Anaya, Rudolfo, Rio Grande Fall, Warner Books
Bass, Rick, The Book of Yaak, Houghton Mifflin Company
Bell, Madison Smartt, Ten Indians, Pantheon
Brown, Larry, Father and Son, Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill
Burke, Lames Lee, Cadillac Jukebox, Hyperion Books
Cornwell, Patricia, Cause of Death, G. P. Putnam's Sons
Doig, Ivan, Bucking the Sun, Simon and Schuster
Dorris, Michael, Cloud Chamber, Scribner's
Grafton, Sue, M' is for Malice, Henry Holt and Company
McCorkle, Jill, Carolina Moon, Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill
Mosley, Walter, A Little Yellow Dog, W. W. Norton
Power, Susan, Strong Heart Society, G. P. Putnam's Sons
Proulx, E. Annie, Accordion Crimes, Scribner's
Ravenel, Shannon, ed., New Stories From the South: The Year's
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U.S. Society and Values, USIA Electronic Journals, Vol. 1, No. 10, August 1996.