Archive - Lit Out West

Modernism, James Michener and the crisis of the endless 1970s

Aug 20, 2023 •

February 2022

The spectacular, structureless violence of 'Yellowstone,' America's most-watched cable series

Feb 19, 2022 •

December 2021

The end of the mystery

What to do when the only histories are ghost stories

Dec 31, 2021 •

October 2021

The time Colorado's most iconic national park became a British lord's private hunting ground

Estes Park, the Earl of Dunraven and the West's forgotten history of aristocrat land grabs

Oct 30, 2021 •

August 2021

Consider the sagebrush

Towards a simple test for the categorization of Western literature

Aug 19, 2021 •

July 2021

The West's oldest surviving literature is being destroyed

On petroglyphs, language and the inexpressible

Jul 2, 2021 •

May 2021

'Roughing It' and the Western roots of an American voice

Or, why it wasn't Bret Harte who ended up being taught in every classroom in the country

May 14, 2021 •

The time Colorado's governor aimed cannons at Denver City Hall

On the Populists, Soapy Smith and the changing face of the con

May 2, 2021 •

April 2021

Myth and memory in 'Joaquín Murieta'

How a forgotten Cherokee writer’s 1854 dime novel wove its way into the Chicano movement, the modern western and Batman

Apr 25, 2021 •

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