Getting over the Color Green: Contemporary Environmental Literature of the Southwest Book

	Editor's Introduction
	A Natural History	3
	The Elements	8
	The Canyon	15
	The Canyon Wren	17
	from "Desert of Definition"	19
	The Rock Fig	26
	Driving through Nature	28
	Why Write about Nature?	29
	Swamp Thing	32
	Of Pinacate Beetles and Beaches	40
	Notes of a Nature Writer: Big Bend National Park	50
	Irregular Flight	52
	Field Notes from the Southwest: 1992-1997	61
	from Going Back to Bisbee	69
	Daybook: Bosque del Apache, New Mexico	76
	Homecoming	85
	from Downcanyon	88
	Transition Zone	95
	Fear Falls Away	98
	Infidelity	105
	On Sending the Raft North	107
	The Crossing	120
	Going to the Creek	121
	Yuccas at 70 mph	122
	The Turtle	123
	Two Striped Lizards	125
	The Healing Leaves	127
	from High Tide in Tucson	128
	A Nevada Treasure	131
	Gila Wilderness	135
	The Mountain	148
	Chaco Night	162
	On the Back of the Dragon	180
	The Farm	195
	Rain	203
	The Heart's Resilience	205
	Birds, Ice, Fire	207
	El Rio Grande	221
	A River of Women	222
	Cuentista	224
	The Seed of a Song	225
	The Village on the Other Side of White Horse Pass	226
	Territories	227
	Pause	232
	Muchas Gracias Por Todo	234
	Land and Stars, The Only Knowledge	236
	Culture and the Universe	238
	Getting Ready	240
	The Cures of Green and Night	242
	A Physics of Sudden Light	245
	The Endangered Roots of a Person	247
	Cebolleros	249
	The Motion of Songs Rising	264
	Havasu City	266
	Wind	268
	Morning Air	271
	Devil Deer	275
	Sparton Industry	282
	from Desierto: Memories of the Future	284
	from "Lake of the Stone Mother"	293
	Witness	301
	Eagle Poem	309
	What Holds the Water, What Holds the Light	310
	from "Playing God on the Lawns of the Lord"	314
	from "Regaining Paradise"	318
	A Traffic Violation	331
	Test	336
	Tidings	337
	from "From Hell to Breakfast"	339
	Not by Human Measure	344
	Suggested Additional Readings	349
	List of Credits	351
	About the Contributors	359
	About the Editor	373
	Index	375