Title: Literary Nevada : writings from the Silver State /
Authors: Glotfelty, Cheryll
Publisher: University of Nevada Press,
Year: 2008
Subjects: American literature Nevada.; Nevada Literary collections.
Abstract: "Literary Nevada is the first comprehensive literary anthology of Nevada. It contains over 200 selections ranging from traditional Native American tales, explorers' and emigrants' accounts, and writing from the Comstock Lode and other mining boomtowns, as well as compelling fiction, poetry, and essays from throughout the state's history. There is work by well-known Nevada writers such as Sarah Winnemucca, Mark Twain, and Robert Laxalt, by established and emerging writers from all parts of the state, and by some nonresident authors whose work illuminates important facets of the Nevada experience. The book includes cowboy poetry, travel writing, accounts of nuclear Nevada, narratives about rural life and urban life in Las Vegas and Reno, poetry and fiction from the state's best contemporary writers, and accounts of the special beauty of wild Nevada's mountains and deserts. Editor Cheryll Glotfelty provides insightful introductions to each section and author. The book also includes a photo gallery of selected Nevada writers and a generous list of suggested further readings."--Jacket.
Contents: One. Voices from the Homeland: Native American Stories and Myths -- Two. Great Basin Rangings: Journals of Exploration -- Three. Fearful Crossings: Emigrant Encounters and Indian Responses -- Four. Literary Riches from the Mining Frontier -- Five. The Other Nevada: Reflections on Rural Life -- Six. A Gathering of Cowboy Poetry -- Seven. The Biggest Little City: Writings About Reno -- Eight. Living Las Vegas: Inside the Entertainment Capital of the World -- Nine. In Our Backyard: Notes from Nuclear Nevada -- Ten. The Loneliest Roads in America: Contemporary Travel Writing -- Eleven. A Desert Blooms: Contemporary Poetry -- Twelve. Anything is Possible: Contemporary Fiction -- Thirteen. Wild Nevada: Lessons of the Land.