Contents

Poetry

Act Minus One
by Yogi Carmichael
Time scurries through the pipedreams like monster water beetles. . .

Letter to the Poet Diane Wakoski
by Yogi Carmichael
. . .are you telling your story or mine?

National Mindmapping Week
by Yogi Carmichael
. . .people gone. Where? Same place we go when God wakes. . .gone.

Arizona Cactus
by Edward Holmes, Jr.
. . .primordially prickly
plant. . .

Mother's Love
by Jacqueline Lane
The purpose of pattern. . .

The Seven Swans
by Carrie Miner
. . .do you forget my vigil while soaring high on heaven's breath?

Michelangelo Buonarroti: Un'artista morire
by Laurel Silk
. . .waiting for the spider who moves in after the glory.

Fiction

Home Fires
by Jackie Howa
. . .it wasn’t spiders Frank feared.

A New Beginning
by Belle Neuwirth
Melissa arched her eyebrows. "Aren't you being judgmental?"

Nonfiction

The Navajo Witch Purge of 1878
by A. Lynn Allison
New England Puritans were not the only Americans with witches in their midst.

My Molcajete
by Andres Chagolla, Jr.
American Studies Prize: Nonfiction Narrative
Memoria, por favor déjame entrar: a memoir of Latino life on the West side.

Why We Need Campaign Finance Reform
by L. Vincent Majestic
How much is enough, how much is too much, and what are the tradeoffs?

From Here to Maternity
by Carrie Miner
In helping another woman make a baby, the author learns something about herself.

Jokes Are No Laughing Matter
by Belle Neuwirth
I thought it would be a joke. . .to write about jokes.

The Problem of Shylock
by Belle Neuwirth
American Studies Prize: Research
Why would Shakespeare have chosen to create such an abysmal character?

Graphic Arts

Alice's Flowers
by Alice Christie, Ph.D.
A slide show of spectacular florals.

Photography by Edward Kishel
by Edward Kishel
Six original works from an innovative young experimental artist.

 Past Issues

Spring 2000  
Index to On-line Issues

	Late in the spring semester, especially if the winter has brought rain, paloverde trees paint the Sonoran desert hills and arroyos  yellow, a honeybee-happy color that suits the richest bee habitat on the planet. The shrubby green-trunked paloverde brings a canopyful of blessings: shade, brilliant color, pollen, seeds.
Springtime paloverde blossoms

The paloverde serves as a nursery plant for the characteristic landmark of the Sonoran desert, the saguaro cactus. Without the shade of the paloverde's branches and leaves, the giant saguaro would perish as a seedling.  Sheltered beneath the nurturing paloverde, the saguaro grows to maturity, eventually towering over the tree.

Like the desert paloverde, Arizona State University West nurtures students of many kinds, some of them maturing writers. Our literary magazine, PaloVerde, now in its ninth year and its second year on-line,  showcases the work of our campus community. Students, faculty, and staff contribute to this award-winning publication. In time, at least one of these new writers will, like the saguaro, grow to prominence. At ASU West, our shelters for writers and artists have been the Departments of American Studies and Interdisciplinary Arts and Performance.

This year we would like to extend special thanks to Lupe Cárdenas for taking time to read and edit our Spanish-language passages. Colleen Carmean of Instructional Technology helped build this Web site and spent evenings coaching the editors in the use of FrontPage. Allyson Ross of Collaborative Programs created the new introductory page in Flash.

The PaloVerde selection committee, which this year consists of Kathy Grant, Darryl Hattenhauer, and Dennis Isbell, passed many hours reading hundreds of pages of submissions; their time and effort are much appreciated.

In addition to helping choose the magazine's content, the selection committee also picked the winners of this year's American Studies Writing Prizes: Andres Chagolla's "My Molcajete" for nonfiction narrative, and Belle Neuwirth's "The Problem of Shylock" for best research paper.

Past print issues of PaloVerde are available at Fletcher Library or through the Department of American Studies. Online issues are archived through this site. 

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