Synopses & Reviews
When the and#147;counter-canonand#8221; itself becomes canonized, itand#8217;s time to reload. This is the notion that animates New Border Voices, an anthology of recent and rarely seen writing by Borderlands artists from El Paso to Brownsvilleand#151;and a hundred miles on either side. Challenging the assumption that borderlands writing is the privileged product of the 1970s and and#8217;80s, the vibrant community represented in this collection offers tasty bits of regional fare that will appeal to a wide range of readers and students.
Among the contributions are:
Introductionand#160;and#160; and#160;and#160;and#160; and#160;and#160;and#160; and#160;and#160;and#160; and#160;and#160;and#160;
and#160;A and#147;Southern Renaissanceand#8221; for Texas Lettersand#160;and#160;and#160;
and#151;Josand#233; E. Limand#243;n
The Texas-Mexico Border: This Writerand#8217;s Sense of Placeand#160;and#160;and#160;
and#151;Rolando Hinojosa-Smith
The Rain Paradeand#160;and#160; and#160;and#160;and#160; and#160;and#160;and#160; and#160;and#160;and#160;
and#160;and#151;Paul Pedroza
Review
andldquo;New Border Voices will no doubt spark animated exchanges on the state of Borderlands studies; as such, this text can be useful for scholars of western American literature and border literature as well as interdisciplinary studies.andrdquo;andmdash;Western American Literature
Review
andldquo;Successfully avoiding sentimentality and clichandeacute;, the authors represented in New Border Voices tackle tradition and assimilation, language, belonging, alienation, superstition, modernity, violence, justice, the land itself, and necessary compromise.andrdquo;andmdash;Concho River Review
About the Author
BRANDON D. SHULER of Lubbock edited the previously unpublished work of Hart Stilwell, Glory of the Silver King: The Golden Age of Tarpon Fishing. ROBERT JOHNSON is a professor of English at the University of Texasand#150;Pan American and author of The Lost Years of William S. Burroughs: Beats in South Texas. ERIKA GARZA-JOHNSONand#8217;s poetry has been published in The Texas Observer and other journals. She teaches composition and literature at South Texas College.