SCHOLARLY
ARTICLES, CRITICAL REVIEWS, ESSAYS
“Trilogy Adventures Rounded Out: Larry McMurtry's
Terms of Endearment: A Review-Essay.” Southwest Review. 61.1
(1976): 102‑105.
“A Bibliography of Jean Rhys” [coll. with
B. J. Murray]. Bulletin of Bibliography and Magazine Notes. 36.4
(1979): 177‑182.
“Showdown in the New Old West: The Cowboy
vs. the Oilman in the Novels of Larry McMurtry.” Lamar Journal of the
Humanities. 6.1 (1980): 19‑31.
“Visual Imagery in Madame Bovary.”
Linguistics in Literature. 5.1 & 2 (1980): 1‑36.
“The Contributions of the Social Dramatists.”
Journal of the American Studies Association of Texas. 12 (1981):
31‑36.
“Modern Chivalry and the American
Tradition.” The McNeese Review. 29 (1982‑1983): 13‑25.
“Home Before Morning: A Distaff Perspective
of War.” Lamar Journal of the Humanities. 10.2 (1984): 51‑55.
“Come Home Larry, All is Forgiven: A Native
Son Seeks His Direction.” Cross Timbers Review. 2.1 (1985): 65‑73.
“Marder: Exiles at Home: A Story of Literature
in the Nineteenth Century: A Review-Essay.” South Central Review.
2.1 (1985): 86‑90.
“Exploding the Myths: One Author's Response
to War.” Journal of the American Studies Association of Texas. 16
(1985): 42‑48.
“Humor, Dreams, and the Human Condition
in the Plays of Preston Jones.” The Southern Quarterly. 24.3 (1986):
14‑24.
“Johnson on Fielding.” College Literature.
13.2 (1986): 157‑167.
“James Michener's Texas: A Review-Essay.”
The Texas Review. 7.1 & 2 (1986): 105‑109.
“Texas Writers: Don Graham's Literary
View of the Southwest.” Western
American Literature. 21.4 (1987): 363‑364.
“Seasonal Rain and Other Stories,
by Robert Flynn: A Review-Essay.” Texas Writers' Newsletter. 45 (1987):
2-5.
“Rebirth of Formal Style: The Drive‑In,
by R. S. Gwynn.” The Bloomsbury Review. 7.5 (1987): 27‑28.
“Irsfeld's Novel a Tale of Brutal Horror:
Rats Alley, by John H. Irsfeld: A Review.” Texas Books in Review.
7.1 (1987): 30‑31.
“Pinpin Chose the Good Life: Home Again,
by Jose Yglesias: A Review.” The New York Times Book Review. 1 November,
1987: 28.
“Erotic Universe: Sexuality and Fantastic
Literature and Eros in the Mind's Eye, Ed., Donald Palumbo: A Review-Essay.”
Lamar Journal of the Humanities. 13.2 (1987): 49-51.
“Joe Coomer's A Flatland Fable: A
Review.” The Concho River Review. 1.2 (1987): 61‑65.
“Backtrailing to Glory in the Novels of
Larry McMurtry.” The Texas Review. 8.3 & 4 (1987): 22‑29.
“Terry's Dallas Stories: Urban Stories
with a Difference: A Review.” Texas Books in Review. 8.1 (1988):
24‑25.
“Personal Reminiscence ‑ 'Just So
with the Sun': A Review.” Texas Books in Review. 8.2 (1988): 29,
31.
“Once More With Feeling: An Essay and a
Review of A Spectrum of Rhetoric, by Dorothy M. Guinn and Daniel
Marder.” English in Texas. 19.3 (1988): 29-31.
“Paul Ruffin's 'The Fox': Introduction.”
Ploughshares. 14.2 & 3 (1988): 92-93.
“The Agony of the Southern Poet: A Review
of After the Lost War, by Andrew Hudgins.” Cotton Boll/Atlanta
Review. 3.4 (1988): 120-125.
“I Married Wyatt Earp: The Recollections
of Josophine Sarah Marcus Earp, Ed., Glenn C. Boyer: A Review-Essay.”
The Redneck Review of Literature of Literature. 15.2: (1988): 62-64.
“Ringer and Dallas Stories:
A Review-Essay.” Southwestern American Literature. 14.1 (1988): 25-28.
“Southern Voices, American Images: The
Made Thing: An Anthology of Contemporary Southern Poetry: A Essay-Review.”
Cotton Boll/Atlanta Review. 4.1 (1989): 106-111.
“Remembering the Alamo: A Comment on the
New Colonization of Texas.” Lamar Journal of the Humanities. 14.1
& 2 (1988): 37-50.
“Through a Glass Meanly: Texasville,
by Larry McMurtry: An Essay-Review.” Southern Humanities Review.
23.1 (1989): 92-94.
“Into the Unknown: An Outsider's View of
Texas Letters: An Essay-Review of Unknown Texas, Eds., Jonathan Eisen
and Harold Straughn.” The Concho River Review. 3.1 (1989): 69-72.
“Anything for Billy, by Larry McMurtry:
A Review.” Western American Literature. 24.1 (1989): 65-66.
“For Real Cowboys: Pulling Leather: Being
the Early Recollections of a Cowboy on the Wyoming Range, 1884-1889,
by Reuben B. Mullens: A Review.” The Redneck Review of Literature of
Literature. 16 (1989): 93-96.
“Crossing the Line of Poetic Biography:
Andrew Hudgins' Narrative of the Life of Sidney Lanier.” Journal of the
American Studies Association of Texas. 20 (1989): 27-40.
“Armitage, John Held Jr.: Illustrator
of the Jazz Age: An Essay-Review.” Journal of the American Studies
Association of Texas. 20 (1989): 119-121.
“Texas Vulgar, Texas Legend?: Fast Copy
by Dan Jenkins: An Essay-Review.” Studies in American Humor. 5 [new
series].1 (1989 [for 1986]): 76-81.
“The Eight Corners of the World,
by Gordon Weaver: An Essay-Review.” Studies in American Humor. 5
[new series].1 (1989 [for 1986]): 82-85.
“The Long Road Home, by Ronald B.
Taylor: An Essay-Review.” The Roundup Quarterly. 2.1 [New series]
(1989): 34-36.
“The First Novel Blues: An Essay and a Review
of Terry Pringle's Preacher's Boy.” The Texas Review. 10.1
& 2 (1989): 73-85.
“Fine Example of Contemporary American Fiction
at Its Best: A Review of Good Rockin' Tonight, by William Hauptman.”
Texas Books in Review. 9.3 (1989): 16-17.
“Eats: A Folk History of Texas Foods,
by Ernestine Sewell Linck and Joyce Roach: A Review.” Western American
Literature. 24.3 (1989): 275-276.
“Luck and Pluck: A Practical Guide to Publishing
in the Humanities.” Editor's Notes: Bulletin of the Conference of Editors
of Learned Journals. 8.2 (1989): 13-23.
“For All Mankind, by Harry Hurt III:
An Essay and Review.” Lamar Journal of the Humanities. 15.2 (1989):
49-55.
“No Name on the Bullet: A Biography of
Audie Murphy, by Don Graham: A Review.” Western American Literature.
24.4 (1990): 381-382.
“The Scapeweed Goat, by Frank Schaefer:
A Review.” Western American Literature. 24.4 (1990): 393.
“New Novel Gentle and Well-Wrought: A Review
of Some Can Whistle, by Larry McMurtry: A Review.” Texas Books
in Review. 10.1 (1990) 20-21.
“Prior Convictions, by Dave Hickey:
A Review.” Western American Literature. 25.2 (1990): 176-177.
“The Night Hank Williams Died: A Play
in Two Acts With Incidental Music, by Larry L. King: A Review.” Western
American Literature. 25.2 (1990): 182-183.
“Chronicle Recollection of a Small
Town's Past: A Review of Chronicle of a Small Town, by Jim W. Corder.”
Texas Books in Review. 10.2 (1990): 12.
“John Graves, by Dorys Crow Grover; Joseph Wood Krutch, by Paul N. Pavich; Tony Hillerman, by Fred Erisman; David Wagoner, by Ron McFarland; & David Henry Hwang, by Douglas Street: An
Essay-Review.” Journal of the American
Studies Association of Texas. 21 (1990): 116-119.
“First-Class Western Suffers from Formula
Restrictions: A Review of A Time for Hanging, by Bill Crider.” Texas
Books in Review. 10.3 (1990): 7.
[As 'Roy Breedlove'] “Christmas Out West,
Ed. by Bill Pronzini and Martin H. Greenberg, and Christmas in Texas,
by Elizabeth Silverthorne: A Review.” Texas Books in Review. 10.3
(1990): 32.
“The Book That Scarry Built: Being in Part
a Discourse on the Importance of the Role of Children in Children's Literature.”
Studies in American Humor. 5 [new series].4 (1986-87 [pub. 1990]):
280-286.
“Whither the Great American Short Story:
An Essay and a Review of The Best of the West 2: New Short Stories from
the Wide Side of the Missouri. The Texas Review. 11.1&2 (1990):40-49.
“The Frontier Experience and the American
Dream, Eds., Mark Busby and David Mogan: An Essay-Review.” Southwestern
American Literature. 16.1 (1990): 29-32.
“Texas Fiction in the Nineties: A Formula
for the Twenty-First Century.” Cimarron Review. 94 (1991): 113-122.
“A Literary History of the American West,
Sponsored by the Western Literature Association, Eds., J. Golden Taylor,
et al.,: An Essay-Review.” The Social Science Journal. 28.1 (1991):
139-141.
“A 'Book for 'Railroad Buffs or Texana Nuts':
A Review of The Quanah Route, by Charles C. Britton.” Texas Books
in Review. 10.4 (1991): 9.
“CW2, by Lane Heath: A Review.”
Western American Literature. 25.4 (1991): 373-374.
“Buffalo Nickel, by C. W. Smith:
A Review.” Western American Literature. 25.4 (1991): 374-375.
“Un-Due West, by Roland Sodowsky:
An Essay-Review.” New Mexico Humanities Review. 34 (1991): 145-146.
“Black Cats, Hoot Owls, and Water Witches,
Eds., Kenneth W. Davis and Everett Gillis: An Essay-Review.” New Mexico
Humanities Review. 34 (1991): 147-148.
“Duel of Eagles, by Jeff Long: An
Essay-Review.” Western American Literature. 26.1 (1991): 59-63.
“California Rush, by Sherwood Kiraly:
An Essay-Review.” Western American Literature. 26.1 (1991): 76-77.
“Books on the Heroines of Texas Myth--For
a Change.” Texas Books in Review. 11.1 (1991): 24-26.
“Buffalo Girls, by Larry McMurtry:
A Review.” Western American Literature. 26.2 (1991): 24-26.
“The Importance of Truthful Violence in
Art.” The Roundup Quarterly. 4.1 (1991): 43-48.
“Articles of War, Ed., Leon Stokesbury:
A Review.” Manoa: A Pacific Journal of International Writing. 3.2
(1991): 217-218.
“Cynthie, We Hardly Knew Ye: Cynthia
Ann Parker: The Life and the Legend, by Margaret Schmidt Hacker, &
Cynthia Ann Parker, by James D. DeShields: An Essay-Review.” Texas
Books in Review. 11.3 (1991): 19-20.
“Jerry Bradley's Simple Versions of Disaster:
A Review.” Concho River Review. 5.2 (1991): 106-107.
“The Hereafter Gang, by Neal Barrett,
Jr.: An Essay-Review.” New Mexico Humanities Review. 35 (1991): 152-155.
“Ralph Ellison, by Mark Busby: A
Review.” The Texas Review. 7.1&2 (1991): 142-144.
“A Sunrise Brighter Still: The Visionary
Novels of Frank Waters, by Alexander Blackburn: An Essay-Review.” Re:
Arts and Letters. 18.1 (1992): 169-172.
“I am Looking to the North for My Life:
Sitting Bull 1876-1881, by Joseph Manzoine: An Essay-Review.” Western
American Literature. 27.1 (1992): 87.
“A Genuine Hero As Subject and Author: Nolan
Ryan: The Authorized Pictorial History, Eds. Jennifer Biggs, et al.,
and Kings of the Hill: An Irreverent Look at the Man on the Mound,
by NolanRyan: An Essay-Review.” Texas Books in
Review. 12.2 (1992): 9.
“Paul Scott: A Life of the Author of
the Raj Quartet, by Hillary Spurling: A Review and a Remembrance.” New
Mexico Humanities Review. 36 (1992): 178-181.
“Men Who Would be Good, by Gordon
Weaver: A Review.” New Mexico Humanities Review. 36 (1992): 185-187.
“The Art School Baby: Poems, by David
Vancil: A Review.” Texas Writer's Newsletter. 59 (1992): 17.
“Desert Lawmen, by Larry D. Ball:
An Essay-Review.” Redneck Review of Literature. 24 (1993): 103-104.
“Glory, Glory, Glorietta: The Gettysburg
of the West, by Robert Scott: A Review.” Western American Literature.
28.3 (1993): 249-250.
“Bad Hand: A Biography of General Ranald
S. Mackenzie, by Charles M. Robinson III: A Review.” Southwestern
American Literature. 19.1 (1993): 105-106; rpt. Concho River Review.
7.2 (1993):88.
“Something Old, Something New: Five New
Titles from SMU: A Regional University Press's New Direction.” The Texas
Review. 15.3&4 (1994): 112-115.
“Walls Rise Up, by George Sessions
Perry: A Review.” Southwestern American Literature. 19.2 (1994):
85-86.
“Los Comanches, by Stanley Noyes:
An Essay-Review.” Southwestern American Literature. 19.2 (1994):
92-94.
“Dictionary of the American West,
by Winfred Blevins: A Review.” Montana: The Magazine of Western History.
Winter (1995): 83.
“Dreamers and Desperados: Contemporary
Short Fiction of the American West, Ed., Craig Lesley: A Review.” Western
American Literature. 30.2 (1995): 114-115.
“Dirty White Boys, by Stephen Hunter:
A Review.” Western American Literature. 30.3 (1995): 312-313.
“Living with the Hyenas, by Robert
Flynn: A Review.” The Redneck Review of Literature of Literature.
29 (1995): 80-81.
“Editorial Services: A Warning.” Texas
Writer's Newsletter. 67 (1996): 5-7.
“Is McMurtry Worth a Book: An Essay-Review.”
Western American Literature. 21.1 (1996): 63-67.
“On Snakes and Sex and Playing in the Rain:
Folklore and Popular Fictions.” Southwestern American Literature.
21.2 (1996): 73-80; rpt. Best Texas Writing. Eds., Joe Ahearn and
Brian Clements.Dallas: Rancho Loco Press, 1998: 60-70.
“Indians!: What's in a Name: An Attempt
to Find Perspective.” Roundup Magazine. 4.3(1997): 6-9.
“Promising but Predictable and Overburdened
Spy Novel: A Review of Prism, by Austin Bay.” Texas Books in Review.
16.3-4 (1996): 12-13.
“Roger Jones’ Larry McMurtry and the
Victorian Novel & Mark Busby’s Larry McMurtry and the West: An
Ambivalent Reltaionship: An Essay-Review.” SouthCentral Review. 14.1 (1997): 77-79.
“Comanche Political History: An Ethnohistorical
Perspective 1706-1875, by Thomas
“An Unusually Good First Novel: A Review
of Crazy for Trying, by Joni Rogers.” Texas Books in Review.
17.1 (1997): 16.
“The State of Publishing.” The Texas
Review. 18.1-2 (1997): 52-67.
“Peckinpah: The Western Films, by
Paul Seydor: A Review.” Western American Literature.
32.2 (1997): 299-300.
“The Role of the Writer in the Academy.”
Journal of General Education. 47.1 (1998): 18-30.
“Larry McMurtry and the West: An Ambivalent
Relationship, by Mark Busby: A Review.” Great Plains Quarterly
18:1 (1998): 85.
“A Tangled Tale Along Texas’ River Road:
A Review of El Camino del Rio, by Jim
“Agony and Irony in West Texas: A Review
of Keepers, by Bobby Jack Nelson.” Texas
“Coming of Age in the Texas Fifties: C.
W. Smith Recalls an American Era: An Essay-
“Giant Country, by Don Graham: A
Review.” South Central Review. 16.1 (1999): 91-92.
“A Texan’s View of Alta California: A Review
of Bear Flag Rising: The Conquest of
“The Best Yet: A Review of The Gates
of the Alamo, by Stephen Harrigan.” Texas
“Gridirony: A Review of Every Man Also,
by Robert Winship.” Texas Books in Review.
“The Return of Little Big Man, by
Thomas Berger: A Review.” Western American
“Shooting, Eating, and … in San Antonio:
An Essay Review of Safe Delivery, by Jim
“R. S. Gwynn, ed., New Expansive Poetry,
Theory, Criticism, History: A Review Essay.”
“Walter Benjamin at the Dairy Queen:
Reflections at Sixty and Beyond, by Larry
“Cherry: A Memoir, by Mary Karr:
An Essay-Review.” Southwestern American
“Cause to Sing: No Word of Farewell: A Review and a Commentary.” Texas Books in Review. 21.2&3 (2001): 17, 21.
“Leaving Fate to Chance: Tie-Fast Country, by Robert Flynn: An Essay- Review.” Texas Books in Review. 21.2&3 (2001): 24-25.
“Custer and the Little Bighorn: The Man, the Mystery, the Myth, by Jim Donovan: An Essay-Review.” Southwestern American Literature. 27.1 (2001): 100-103.
“Coyote Chronicles: An Essay-Review of Way of the Coyote, by Elmer Kelton.” Texas Books in Review. 21.4 (2001): 18, 21.
“Ne’er-Do-Wells on the Take: A Review of La Mordida, by Jim Sanderson.” Texas Books in Review. 22.1&2 (2002): 18-19.
“Dysfunctional Dynasty: A Review of Where the River Bends, by Richard Haddaway.” Texas Books in Review. 22.3&4 (2002): 16.
“Daddy’s Girls: Naked Singularity, by Victoria N. Alexander & Killing Daddy: A Caprock Story , by Sandra Gail Teichmann: An Essay and a Comparison.” Texas Books in Review. 22.3&4 (2002): 18-19.
“West of Empty: The Great Train Wreck, by Bob Cherry: An Essay-Review.” Southwestern American Literature. 28.2 (2003): 93-95.
“Serious Issues Meet Mythic Texas Satire: Tex Rex, by Marshall Terry: A Review.” Texas Books in Review. 23.2 (2003): 7, 9.
“Genuine Love for the Texas Ranger: Ranger’s Trail, by Elmer Kelton: A Review.” Texas Books in Review. 22.2 (2003): 15,19.
“The Wandering Hill: Volume Two of the Berrybender Narratives, by Larry McMurtry: A Review-Essay.” Southwestern American Literature. 29.1 (2003): 121-125.
“Kings of Texas: The 150-Year Saga of an American Ranching Empire, by Don Graham: An Essay-Review.” Western American Literature. 38.3 (2003): 307-309.
“Miners, Forty-Niners: A Review of Eldorado: The California Gold Rush, by Dale Walker.” Texas Books in Review. 23.3&4 (2003-2004): 10.
“Capturing the Complexity of Texas: Great Lonely Places of the Texas Plains, by Walt McDonald and Wyman Meinzer: An Essay-Review.” Texas Books in Review. 23.3&4 (2003-2004): 11, 15.
“The Berrybenders, From There to Here: By Sorrow’s River: The Berrybender Narratives, by Larry McMurtry: An Essay-Review.” Texas Books in Review. 23.3&4 (2003-2004): 20-21.
“Folly and Glory: The Berrybender Narratives, by Larry McMurtry: A Review-Essay.” Southwestern American Literature. 29.2 (2004): 99-103.
“Looking Back in a ‘Literary Statre’ of Mind: A Review of Lone Star Chapters: The Story of Texas Literary Clubs, by Betty Wiesepape.” Texas Books in Review. 24.1 (2004): 8, 17.
“The Berrybender Narratives: A Critical Appraisal.” Texas Books in Review. 24.1 (2004): 21, 24.
“The Alamo of the Pacific: A Review of Given Up for Dead, by Bill Sloan.” Texas Books in Review. 24.2&3 (2004): 13, 15.
“Incisive Observations of the Human Condition: A Review of Salvation and Other Stories, by Terry Dalrymple.” Texas Books in Review. 24.2&3 (2004): 25.
“The Wonderful Ability to Remain Silent: A Review of Anything You
Say Can and Will Be Used Against You, by Laurie Lynn Drummond.” Texas
Books in Review. 24.2&3 (2004): 28.
“Saving and Savoring Depression-Era Texas Art: The Texas Post-Office Murals: Art for the People, by Philip Parisi: An Essay-Review.” Texas Books in Review. 24.4 (2004-2005): 6-7, 13.
“Narrative of the Texan Santa Fé Expedition, by George Wilkins Kendall.” Ed., Gerald D. Saxon and William R. Taylor: An Essay-Review.” Southwest American Literature. 30.2 (2005): 70-73.
“Loop Group: A Novel by Larry McMurtry: An Essay-Review.” Southwest American Literature. 30.2 (2005): 95-98.
“Slicing Through Mythology: The Calamity Papers, by Dale Walker: An Essay-Review.” Texas Books in Review. 25.1&2 (2005): 12, 24.
“Pink Tea Poets and Literary Taste.” The Desert Candle. 2.7 (2005): 8, 19.
“The Austin Circus: Circa 1960 Redux: Waterloo: A Novel, by Karen Olsson: An Essay- Review.” Texas Books in Review. 25.3&4 (2006): 11-12.
“A Rustic Hedonist in the Ring: The Killings of Stanley Ketchel, by James Carlos Blake: An Essay-Review.” Texas Books in Review. 25.3&4 (2006): 13, 15.
“Cold Heat: A Review of The Hounds of Winter, by James Magnuson.” Texas Books in Review. 25.3&4 (2006): 14.
“Turn of the 20th Century on the Trans-Mexico Border: Ringside Seat to a Revolution: An Underground Cultural History of El Paso and Juarez: 1892-1923, by David Dorado Romo: An Essay-Review.” Texas Books in Review. 26.1 (2006): 4-5.
“Passionate Armchair History: A Review of Passionate Nation, by James L. Haley.” Texas Books in Review. 26.2 (2006): 2-3, 11.
“A New Twist on the Old West: A Review of The Plains Beyond, by L. D. Clark.” TexasBooks in Review. 26.3&4 (2007): 22.
“Studying a War, Darkly: Saint Patrick’s Battalion, by James Alexander Thom: A Review-Essay.” Texas Books in Review. 26.3&4 (2007): 22-23, 25.
“The Texas Book: Profiles, History, and Reminiscences of the University of Texas. Ed., Richard A. Holland: An Essay-Review.” Southwest American Literature. 32.2. (2007): 94-98.
“The Gettysburg of the West: A Review of Distant Bugles, Distant Drums: The Union Response to the Confederate Invasion of New Mexico, by Flint Whitlock.” Texas Books in Review. 27.1 (2007): 2, 8.
“Justice Travestied: A Review of Getting Away With Murder on the Texas Frontier, by Bill Neal.” Texas Books in Review. 21.1 (2007): 4, 12.
“Noah’s Varied Writers: A Review of Noah’s Ride. Judy Alter and Jeff Guinn, Eds.”Texas Books in Review. 27.1 (2007): 14, 19.
“The South that Might Have Been: A Review of The King of Colored Town, by Darryl Wimberly.” Texas Books in Review. 27.2&3 (2007): 23-24.
“The Death of the Western: Backtrailing for Affirmation.” Chronicles: A Magazine of American Culture. 32.2 (2008): 23-26.
“Investigating a Life: A Review of The Murder of Milo, by Marshall Terry.” Texas Books in Review. 27.4 (2008): 13,19.
“John Graves, Writer, Mark Busby and Terrell Dixon, eds.: Essay-Review.” Western American Literature. 42 (2008): 445-446.
“Put Up the Wimmin and the Whiskey—And the Dope! Outlaws is Coming: How Narcotics Nearly Lost the West.” Roundup Quarterly. 15.6 (2008): 15-18.
“War and Remembrance: Purple Hearts, by C. W. Smith: A Review Essay.” Texas Books in Review. 28 1&2 (2008):19, 26.
“Another Stand on Custer: A Terrible Glory: Custer and the Little Bighorn—The Last Great Battle of the American West, by Jim Donovan. A Review Essay.” Texas Books in Review. 28.3&4 (2008-2009): 10-11, 25.
“Critical Responses: Reviewing Books.” Roundup Magazine. 2.4 (2009): 21-23.
“A City Under Seige: An Essay-Review of The Dallas Myth: The Making and Unmaking of An American City, by Harvey J. Graff.” Texas Books in Review. 28.1 (2009): 10-11, 19.
“A Writer’s Prowess: We Agreed to Meet Just Here, by Scott Blackwood: An Essay- Review.” American Book Review. 30.6 (2009): 19.
“On the Death of Newspapers.” Chronicles: A Magazine of American Culture. 33.11 (2009): 3-40.
“Stretching Out the Fabric of History: The Color of Lightning, by Paulette Jiles: An Essay-Review.” Texas Books in Review. 29.2 (2009): 10-11.
“One Day the Wind Changed, by Tracy Daugherty.” Southwest American Literature. 36.2 (2011): 109-111.
“Anywhere, America: A Review of Streplings: A Novel, by C. W. Smith.” Texas Books in Review. 31.1&2 (2011): 7, 9.
“Invisible and Inevitable Wounds: A Review of Remember Ben Clayton: A Novel, by Stephen Harrigan.” Texas Books in Review. 31.1&2 (2011): 8, 10.
“Myth, Memory, and Massacre: The Pease River Capture of Cynthia Ann Parker, by Paul H. Carlson and Tom Crum: An Essay-Review.” Southwest American Literature. 37.1 (2011): 75-80.
“Formal Attraction: Hot Sonnets, Moria Egan & Clarinda Harris, Eds.: An Essay Review.” American Book Review. 33.3 (2012): 27.
“Revisiting the Battle of the Alamo: A Review of The Blood of Heroes, by James Donovan:” Texas Books in Review. 32.2 (2012): 5-6.
“Randy Lopez Goes Home, by Rudolpho Anaya: A Review.” Southwest American Literature. 38.1 (2012): 119-122.
“To Hell or the Pecos, by Patrick Dearen: A Review.” Southwest American Literature. 38.2 (2013): 132-134.
“Sam Peckinpah’s The Wild Bunch: A Retrospective and Evaluation. Studies in the Western. 21 (2013): 161-176.
“Sunsets and Saddles: A Valediction Postponed.” Texas Review. 35 (2015): 51-69.