03200cam a2200469 i 4500 2262640254 TxAuBib 20250523120000.0 210616s2021||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2021942188 9781623499808 hardcover $29.95 1623499801 hardcover $29.95 (OCoLC)1256628379 TxAuBib rda eng spa spa Viva Texas rivers! : adventures, misadventures, and glimpses of nirvana along our storied waterways / edited by Steven L. Davis and Sam L. Pfiester. First edition. College Station : Texas A&M University Press, [2021] ©2021. xviii, 316 pages : color maps (folded) ; 27 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Wittliff Collections Literary Series Wittliff Collections literary series "More than the lifeblood of our natural world, Texas rivers have nourished the human spirit for as long as people have gathered on their banks. A living bond has flowed between Texas writers and rivers ever since the 1960 publication of John Graves's classic journey along the Brazos, Goodbye to a River. Many of Texas' leading writers have had their hearts captured by a river, and they have created sparkling accounts of the waterways they love. Now, editors Steven L. Davis and Sam L. Pfiester have assembled the best of those works into a revelatory collection of diverse literary voices. Ranging from the desert canyonlands of the Rio Grande to the swampy Big Thicket, from crystal clear Hill Country streams to the Red River's treacherous quicksand, Viva Texas Rivers! showcases many classic writings along with brand new essays written for this volume. The literary nonfiction is complemented by flashes of poetry that brilliantly reflect these curving ribbons of light. Authoritative and expertly edited, Viva Texas Rivers! offers shimmering accounts of hidden paradises, as well as searing exposés of abuse and despoliation. Yet even in the bleakest times, as these writers have found, Texas rivers can bestow a sacred grace -- and unexpected redemption. Viva Texas Rivers! brings you as close to the living nirvana of a Texas River as you can get without launching yourself into a canoe and following a great blue heron as it glides just above the breaking rapids, leading you around the bend as the river flows onward toward the best places in our hearts"--Dust jacket. 20250523. English and Spanish texts, some with parallel translations. cat 20220923 cjk. sr YBP 20220325. Rivers Texas. Rivers Texas Poetry. Rivers in literature. Texas Poetry. Poetry. Essays. Davis, Steven L, editor. Pfiester, Sam L, editor, (Sam Lee.) Wittliff Collections Literary Series. Wittliff Collections literary series. TXMLR