Name: Russell Burrows
Title: Professor
Department: English
Courses: American Literature (both historical surveys, 3610 and 3620). Shakespeare 3500. World Literature 3510. Composition 1010.
Education: Bowling Green State University, 1987; Brigham Young University, 1982; Weber State University 1977.
Publications: Report Card: Chinese Class. Weber: The Contemporary West 31.2 (Spring/ Summer 2015): 47-53.
The Mormon Samson: Porter Rockwell. Weber: The Contemporary West (Spring/Summer 2004): 72-94.
Edward Abbey. Dictionary of Literary Biography, Vol. 256. Twentieth-Century American Western Writers: First Series. Richard Cracroft, ed. Detroit: Bruccoli Clark Layman, 2002. 46-54.
Reading Wallace Stegner’s Angle of Repose. Western Writers Series No. 147. Boise, Idaho: Boise State UP, 2001.
Ontology vs. Epistemology: The Philosophical Dynamic Driving Desert Solitaire. Western American Literature 35 (Fall 2000): 284-297.
Paul Horgan. Dictionary of Literary Biography, Vol. 212. Twentieth-Century American Western Writers: First Series. Richard Cracroft, ed. Detroit: Bruccoli Clark Layman, 1999. 527-528.
Hoagland, Edward. Encyclopedia of American Literature. Steven R. Serafin, ed. New York: Continuum. 1999. 527-528.
Nichols, John. Encyclopedia of American Literature. Steven R. Serafin, ed. New York: Continuum. 1999. 821-822.
When a Story’s Dialogue Runs Counter to Its Symbols: Some Difficulties in Reading John Updike’s “A & P.” The Journal of the Utah Academy of Sciences, Arts, and Letters 75 (1998): 1-5.
John Nichols. Updating the Literary West. Thomas J. Lyon, ed. Fort Worth, Texas: Texas Christian UP, 1997. 489-496.
Wheelers’ Canyon. Rough Draft (Fall & Winter 1997): 39-42.
Bernard DeVoto. Western Writers Series No. 127. Boise, Idaho: Boise State UP, 1997.
An Anger Once High and Righteous: The Writings of Bernard DeVoto. The Word From Weber County: A Centennial Anthology of Our Best Writers. Bob Sawatzki, ed. Salt Lake City, Utah: Publisher’s P, 1996. 367-372.
My Father’s Shop. Rough Draft (Spring 1994): 7-9.
Killing Our Goose. Rough Draft (Winter 1994): 35-40.
For Wallace Stegner Overland: Newsletter for the Western Literature Association 5 (May 1993): 3-4.
The Jardine Juniper. Petroglyph (Spring 1990): 20-22. Reprinted as The Jardine Juniper: A Visit to the Oldest Rocky Mountain Juniper. Rocky Mountain Gardener (Fall 1991): 10-11.
Wallace Stegner’s Use of the Pastrol: Or “No Eden Valid Without Serpent.” Western American Literature 25 (Spring 1990): 15-25. Reprinted as Wallace Stegner’s Depictions of Land Use in His California-Based Fiction. A Wilderness Tapestry: An Eclectic Approach to Preservation. Reno, Nevada: U of Nevada P, 1993. 52-66.
The Centennial of the Birth of Ogden’s Most Talented Native Son, Bernard DeVoto. Northern Utah Junction (Vol. 1, No. 5 1992): 30 and (Vol. 1, No. 6 1992): 22.
The Confessions of a Utah Gambler. Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought 24 (Summer 1991): 110-117.
The Psychology of the Narrative Voice in Wallace Stegner’s Angle of Repose. Written with Michele Moylan. Journal of Evolutionary Psychology 10 (August 1989): 286-293.
Edward Abby Remembered. Written with Lee Foote. Feature Article in the “Outdoor Section” of the Herald Journal. Logan, Utah. (May 26, 1989): 9-10.
Surviving the First 10K. Wasatch Sports Guide (Winter 1984): 30-33.
Contributor, 1986 to 2017. Festschriften and Other Analyzed Collections Section. Modern Language Association’s International Bibliography. 5 Volumes. New York: MLA. This annual bibliography is a primary research tool in the humanities. My assignment was four- to five-hundred bibliographic entries per year. They ranged from American and world literatures, to theories and critiques, to linguistics, and to folklores.