Wild Words

Donna Coates is an Associate Professor in theEnglish Department at the University of Calgary. She has publishednumerous articles and book chapters on Canadian, Australian, and NewZealand fiction and drama (especially by women) and recently co-editeda volume on Canadian war drama. George Melnyk is anAssociate Professor of Canadian Studies and Film Studies in the Facultyof Communication and Culture at the University of Calgary. He is ahistorian of Canadian culture and has published numerous books in thefield.

• PREFACE: The Struggle for an Alberta Literature /Donna Coates and George MelnykINTRODUCTION: Wrestling Impossibilities: Wild Wordsin Alberta / Aritha van HerkPART ONE: Poetry1. The "Wild Body" of Alberta Poetry / DouglasBarbour2. "To Canada": Michael Gowda's Unique Contribution tothe Literary History of Alberta / Jars Balan3. Pastoral Elegy, Memorial, Writing: Robert Kroetsch's"Stone Hammer" Poem / Christian RiegelPART TWO: Drama4. No Cowpersons on This Range: The Cultural Complexity of AlbertaTheatre / Anne Nothof5. Playing Alberta with Sharon Pollock / Sherrill GracePART THREE: Fiction6. "No Woman is Natural": The (Re)production of Race,Gender, and Sexuality in Suzette Mayr's Moon Honey /Helen Hoy7. Wandering Home in Rudy Wiebe's Sweeter Than All theWorld and Of This Earth / Malin Sigvardson8. Richard Wagamese – An Ojibway in Alberta / Frances W.KayePART FOUR: Nonfiction9. From Grizzly Country to Grizzly Heart: The Grammar ofBear-Human Interactions in the Work of Andy Russell and CharlieRussell / Pamela Banting10. The Doomed Genre: Myrna Kostash and the Limits of Non-fiction /Lisa GrekulAFTERWORD: Writing in Alberta – Up, Down, orSideways? / Fred StensonCONTRIBUTOR BIOGRAPHIES

Showcasing the diversity of writing in Alberta, Wild Words opens a much-needed conversation about what, if anything, binds people together in particular places. - Alison Calder, University of Manitoba