Publisher's Synopsis
This Festschrift volume celebrates UTSA's Pearl LeWinn Endowed Professor of Creative Writing, Wendy Barker, and her many accomplishments over the course of her illustrious (and ongoing) career at The University of Texas at San Antonio. This volume features essays and poems by many of Dr. Barker's friends, colleagues, and former students, including: James R. Adair, Stephanie A. Amsel, Fleda Brown, Zachary Brown, Joan Canby, Kevin Clark, Courtney Craig, Nan Cuba, Mary De La Garza, Brian Dickson, Karen Dodwell, Alan Feldman, Carolyn Tourney Florek, Michelle Grajeda, Calvin Hoovestol, Jodi Lynne Ierien, Catherine Kasper, Jacqueline Kolosov, Bonnie Lyons, Ignacio Ramos Magaloni, Bryce Milligan, Michelle Neumann, Carie Novikoff, Naomi Shihab Nye, Barbara Renaud Gonzalez, Mo H Saidi, Jesus Santos, Steven Schroeder, Hannah Stein, Saranindranath Tagore, "The Crones" (Sharon Ankrum, Vera Banner, Cyra Dumitru, Jeannine Keenan, Melissa Shepherd, Veda Smith, Barbara Stanush), David Ray Vance, Scott Wiggerman, Jerald Winakur, and Elaine Wong. It also contains a selection of Wendy Barker's poems and a bibliography of her book publications.
