Named in Stone and Sky

Arizona is a land whose natural beauty many have sought to capture in words. Gregory McNamee has combed a body of literature that spans centuries to create this anthology of writings on the widely varied landscapes of Arizona. Named in Stone and Sky includes works of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry; represents Native American, Hispanic, and Anglo authors; and draws on a wide range of sources, from oral literature and mythology to the works of such contemporary authors as Jack Kerouac, Edward Abbey, and Barbara Kingsolver. "The land richly informs the literature of Arizona," observes McNamee. "It underlies the creation stories of the Native American peoples, the inventories of the Spanish conquistadores, the shoot-em-up novels of Zane Grey, the natural histories and romances and poems and romans noirs that Arizonans produce today. The land is the central fact here, the constant that joins the best writing about Arizona from one generation to the next." Named in Stone and Sky collects some of the best of those writings in a celebration of this many-faceted land.
Selections from:Edward AbbeyApache traditionMary AustinReyner BanhamGeorge BlueeyesJohn Gregory BourkeCharles BowdenE.A. BrininstoolCharles O. BrownJ. Ross BrowneRoss CalvinWilliam CalvinRalph CameronPaula CastilloWilla CatherBadger ClarkRichard ElmanLawrence FerlinghettiFrancisco GarcasRay GonzalesZane GreyJohn S. GriffinSharlot HallByron HalstedJoy HarjoHavasupai traditionRichard HintonHopi traditionJack KerouacBarbara KingsolverJoseph Wood KrutchD.H. LawrenceAldo LeopoldJ. William LloydCharles LummisRita MagdalenoNancy MairsCharles McNicholsHank MessickHenry MillerJohn MitchellMojave traditionFelipe MolinaN. Scott MomadayGary Paul NabhanNavajo traditionSimon OrtizJames Ohio PattieJoseph Garrison PearceCharles PhelpsIgnaz PfefferkornJohn Wesley PowellAnna PriceJ.B. PriestlyQuechan traditionAlberto Alvaro RiosR.H. RingM.H. SalmonRob SchultheisHelen SekaquaptewaRichard SheltonGeorges SimenonPage StegnerLarry StevensMartha SummerhayesSue SummersMary TallMountainTohono O'odham traditionAgnes TsoJohn Van DykeSilvestre Velez de EscalanteGeorge WebbEva Antonia Wilbur-Cruce