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Road to Nowhere and Other New Stories from the Southwest - by D Seth Horton & Brett Garcia Myhren (Paperback)

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Highlights

  • The Southwest of the twenty-first century is full of surprises, and so is this collection of southwestern short stories published between 2007 and 2011.
  • Author(s): D Seth Horton & Brett Garcia Myhren
  • 296 Pages
  • Fiction + Literature Genres, Anthologies (multiple authors)

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About the Book



"An anthology of short fiction featuring Southwestern themes. All selections were originally published between January 2007 and December 2011"--Provided by publisher.



Book Synopsis



The Southwest of the twenty-first century is full of surprises, and so is this collection of southwestern short stories published between 2007 and 2011. The writers represented here remind us that this is not the "Old Southwest" of gunfighters and sagebrush but, instead, a place of rock collectors, palm readers, and Russian mail-order brides. Well-known authors like Sallie Bingham, Ron Carlson, Laura Furman, and Dagoberto Gilb are joined here by exciting newcomers Eddie Chuculate, Don Waters, Claire Vaye Watkins, and others.



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The Southwest of the twenty-first century is full of surprises, and so is this collection of southwestern short stories published between 2007 and 2011.



Review Quotes




"A literary cornucopia of superbly crafted short stories, Road to Nowhere and Other Stories from the Southwest is a fascinating and entertaining anthology that will leave readers eagerly tracking down more from the represented writers."
--Midwest Book Review



"Put aside what you thought you knew for sure about Southwest stories and get ready for an all-new and updated view of the way we live now. . . . The landscape is eternal--hot, breathless, by turns serene and menacing--but it is a living backdrop that speaks to a twenty-first-century Southwest literary tradition and provides us with a fresh way of understanding ourselves and our shared experience."
--Southwest Books of the Year



"The wise, tough depictions of these unforgettable roads to ruin will cause you surprise--and gratitude. The characters here are true creatures of the desert making their way through the Middle of Nowhere to Nowhere, through the dry river beds, the dry lake beds and wastelands, and to the irredeemable places of ghosts and gun culture. Always desiring to leave, they resolve to stay, to be damaged and to cause damage. They find no shelter from the truth of their choices, past and present. Reading this fine anthology is like traveling under the searing, purifying Southwest sky. 'Why have I come?' you will ask, and 'Why would I ever leave?'"
--Kevin McIlvoy, author of The Complete History of New Mexico: Stories

"This staccato portrait of the modern Southwest is a collage of human struggles painted over seething layers of history, culture, and violence. . . . A compelling read. Five stars."--Phaedra Greenwood, enchantment



"In this book the Southwest emerges as a region dominated by short, intercut 'sights' rather than John Ford or Park Service panoramas. The views of the Southwest presented here are fleeting glances--a San Diego neighborhood glimpsed from a freeway on-ramp, a baby's cry heard in the desert night, freshly graded roads to subdivisions that don't yet exist. These stories force the Southwest to face itself in a future neither tourists nor locals could have foretold."
--Phillip Round, author of The Impossible Land: Story and Place in California's Imperial Valley

Dimensions (Overall): 9.1 Inches (H) x 6.1 Inches (W) x .8 Inches (D)
Weight: 1.0 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Sub-Genre: Anthologies (multiple authors)
Genre: Fiction + Literature Genres
Number of Pages: 296
Publisher: University of New Mexico Press
Format: Paperback
Author: D Seth Horton & Brett Garcia Myhren
Language: English
Street Date: August 1, 2013
TCIN: 1002710210
UPC: 9780826353146
Item Number (DPCI): 247-24-5386
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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Estimated ship dimensions: 0.8 inches length x 6.1 inches width x 9.1 inches height
Estimated ship weight: 1 pounds
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