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RUSSELL, Sharman Apt

RUSSELL, Sharman Apt. American, b. 1954. Genres: Adult non-fiction. Career: El Paso Times, Silver City, NM, stringer, 1981; Western New Mexico University, Silver City, instructor in developmental writing, 1981-; Antioch University, LA, faculty in MFA writing program. Publications: (with S. Berry) Built to Last: An Architectural History of Silver City, New Mexico, 1986; Frederick Douglass, 1987; Songs of the Fluteplayer: Seasons of Life in the Southwest, 1991; Kill the Cowboy: A Battle of Mythology in the New West, 1993; The Humpbacked Fluteplayer, 1994; When the Land Was Young: Reflections on American Archaeology, 1996; The Last Matriarch, 2000; Anatomy of a Rose, 2001. Also author of Illegal Aliens. Contributor of essays and articles to periodicals. Address: Humanities Department, Western New Mexico University, Silver City, NM 88062, U.S.A. Online address: sharman@zianet.com

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