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Dreams of Quivira: Stories in Search of the Golden West
Dreams of Quivira: Stories in Search of the Golden West in Bloomington, MN
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Robert Gish's stories of the old and new West speak of the search for a
region of the mind and heart, as much as the places where westerners live out
their personal dramas. For some the West remains a destination of renewal and
hope, like Coronado's Quivira, promising escape from wrong starts and
thwarted desires, and holding out the possibility of transformation. For
others it is the graveyard of expectations, or the entrance to a darker inner
territory where desires are shaped by loss and violated innocence. From a
spirited recreation of Elfego Baca's historic gun battle against a hoard of
murderous Texas cowboys, to a coming-of-age story that suggests a near
magical masculine-feminine duality, Gish's stories are animated by passionate
tensions between landscapes and cultures, universal dilemmas and private
lives. Written in a lyrical yet earthy style that reflects the dreams and
conflicts of his characters, these stories draw strength from Gish's deep
roots in the West and from his singular ability to lay bare the longings of
the human heart.
About the Author:
Robert Franklin Gish, Ph.D, heads the Ethnic Studies Department and is a
professor of English and ethnic studies at California Polytechnic State
University. A native of Albuquerque, New Mexico, Gish is the author of
numerous essays and books on ethnicity and the American West, including
"Beyond Bounds: Cross-Cultural Essays on Anglo, American Indian, and Chicano
Literature"; "Nueva Granada: Paul Horgan and the Southwest"; "When Coyote
Howls: A Lavaland Fable"; and "Songs of My Hunter Heart: A Western Kinship."
His other collections of short fiction include "First Horses: Stories of the
New West" and "Bad Boys and Black Sheep: Fateful Tales from the West."
region of the mind and heart, as much as the places where westerners live out
their personal dramas. For some the West remains a destination of renewal and
hope, like Coronado's Quivira, promising escape from wrong starts and
thwarted desires, and holding out the possibility of transformation. For
others it is the graveyard of expectations, or the entrance to a darker inner
territory where desires are shaped by loss and violated innocence. From a
spirited recreation of Elfego Baca's historic gun battle against a hoard of
murderous Texas cowboys, to a coming-of-age story that suggests a near
magical masculine-feminine duality, Gish's stories are animated by passionate
tensions between landscapes and cultures, universal dilemmas and private
lives. Written in a lyrical yet earthy style that reflects the dreams and
conflicts of his characters, these stories draw strength from Gish's deep
roots in the West and from his singular ability to lay bare the longings of
the human heart.
About the Author:
Robert Franklin Gish, Ph.D, heads the Ethnic Studies Department and is a
professor of English and ethnic studies at California Polytechnic State
University. A native of Albuquerque, New Mexico, Gish is the author of
numerous essays and books on ethnicity and the American West, including
"Beyond Bounds: Cross-Cultural Essays on Anglo, American Indian, and Chicano
Literature"; "Nueva Granada: Paul Horgan and the Southwest"; "When Coyote
Howls: A Lavaland Fable"; and "Songs of My Hunter Heart: A Western Kinship."
His other collections of short fiction include "First Horses: Stories of the
New West" and "Bad Boys and Black Sheep: Fateful Tales from the West."
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