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title	:	This Place of Memory : A Texas Perspective : a Collection
author	:	Roach, Joyce Gibson.
publisher	:	University of North Texas Press
isbn10 | asin	:	0929398327
print isbn13	:	9780929398327
ebook isbn13	:	9780585270593
language	:	English
subject	Texas--Literary collections, American literature--Texas.
publication date	:	1992
lcc	:	PS558.T4T46 1992eb
ddc	:	810.8/032764
subject	:	Texas--Literary collections, American literature--Texas.

Page i This Place of Memory A Texas Perspective A Collection Edited By Joyce Gibson Roach

Page ii 1992 University of North Texas Press All Rights Reserved Printed in the United States of America 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Requests for permission to reproduce material from this work should be sent to: Permissions University of North Texas Press Post Office Box 13856 Denton, Texas 76203 The paper in this book meets the minimum requirements of the American National Standard for Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, z39.48-1984. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data This place of memory : a Texas perspective : a collection / edited by Joyce Gibson Roach. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references. ISBN 0-929398-32-7 1. TexasLiterary collections. 2. American literature Texas. I. Roach, Joyce Gibson. PS558.T4T46 1992 810.8'032764dc20 92-6890 CIP

Page iii This Place of Memory is dedicated to the Texas Committee for the Humanities, and the Texas Folklore Society who, through their work, conserve the best of Texas, past and present, for the futurethe 21st Century!

Page v Acknowledgment and thanks are offered for the following pieces: "Inner-City Scene: Fort Worth," Betsy Colquitt, from Concho River Review, Spring 1990. "Toward An Understanding of Place for Southwestern Indians," Jane Young, from New Mexico Folklore Record 16. 1987:113. "Who," "Football," Tim Seibles, from Body Moves, San Antonio: Corona Press, 1988. "Nomenclature," Ernest Speck, from An Assortment of Effusions, Hobbs: Hawk Press, 1989. "Remembrances from Childhood," Lionel Garcia, from Houston Chronicle, Texas Magazine, August 18, 1989. "Aunt-Irene-and-Uncle-George," Jan Seale, from New American, Vol.4. No.3, 1982. "Traditions," Neil Daniel, from Fort Worth Star-Telegram, July 3, 1984; "Over the Fence," ''Sidewalks" from the Ryan Place Newsletter. "The Day Gene Went Up Against Bambi," Tony Clark, from Llano Sons: Three From the Southwest, Hobbs: La Prinsa, 1976. "The Devil in Fort Worth," from Llano Sons: Trips and Passings, Hobbs: Hawk Press, 1989. "Mary, This Place," "There Is No Day Better Than This," Jim Harris from Stalking Place, Hobbs: Hawk Press, 1988. Grateful acknowledgment is made to Betsy Colquitt for suggesting the quotation from Katherine Anne Porter's Noon Wine as a title for the book, to Charlotte Wright for editorial guidance and assistance, to Kate Lynass for help of all kinds, and to Fran Vick for thinking of the book in the first place and for opening doors which seemed to be stuck. Book design and illustrations by Charles Shaw

Page vii CONTENTS Introduction: "Every Man Needs a Heath" xi Territory What's Wrong With Being Different? Elmer Kelton 4 Strong Land, Strong Cattle Margaret Rambie 11 Toward An Understanding of Place for the Southwestern Indians Jane Young 18 Nomenclature Ernest Speck 25 Sometimes I Get Lonesome for Lonesome Paul Patterson 27 To An Old Friend Red Steagall 34

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