Gish, Robert F.

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GISH, Robert F.

GISH, Robert F. American, b. 1940. Genres: Novels, Novellas/Short stories, Literary criticism and history, Autobiography/Memoirs. Career: University of Northern Iowa, professor of English language and literature, 1967-91, emeritus university distinguished scholar, 2001-; California Polytechnic State University, ethnic studies, director, professor of English, 1992-2001. University of New Mexico, visiting New Mexico scholar/writer. Member of Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma. Publications: Hamlin Garland: The Far West, 1976; Paul Horgan, 1983; Frontier's End: The Life and Literature of Harvey Fergusson, 1988; William Carlos Williams: The Short Fiction, 1989; Songs of My Hunter Heart: A Western Kinship, 1992; First Horses: Stories of the New West, 1993; When Coyote Howls, 1994; Nueva Granada, 1995; Bad Boys and Black Sheep: Fateful Tales from the West, 1996; Beyond Bounds: Cross Cultural Essays on Anglo, American Indian, and Chicano Literature, 1996; Beautiful Swift Fox: Erna Fergusson and the Southwest, 1996; Dreams of Quivira: Stories in Search of the Golden West, 1997. Address: PO Box 12652, Albuquerque, NM 87195, U.S.A. Online address: [email protected]