Laura Kerman, O’Odham potter

Journal of the Southwest is pleased to announce the publication of its Autumn 2019 issue (Volume 61, Number 3)!  This issue is larger than most, covering a broad range of topics, from a critical reading of Ed Abbey’s classic, Desert Solitaire, and an exploration of canal and road development in Phoenix, to an essay on Aldo Leopold’s life and work in mountains ranges across the Southwest.  Also included are essays on violence in the Mexico-US border region during the nineteenth century; a look at Mary E.J. Colter and the arts and crafts movement; and a piece that uses a postcolonial psychoanalytic frame to understand US imperialism during the nineteenth century and policies of Indian removal through the lens of Helen Hunt Jackson’s book, Ramona.  We are particularly thrilled to include Karen Louise Reichhardt’s oral history and memoir of O’Odham potter, the late Laura Kerman.  Enjoy!

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