Mennonite/s Writing in the U.S.

A selected bibliography
December 1997


By Ervin Beck

Professor of English

Goshen College

  1. Individual Writers

    Books and articles (not including book reviews) written by and about Mennonite-
    related writers since 1960.


Juanita Brunk
Brief Landing on the Earth's Surface.Madison: U. of Wisconsin, 1996.


Omar Eby
Sense and Incense. Scottdale, Pa.:Herald Press, 1965.
The Sons of Adam:Stories of Somalia. Scottdale, Pa.:Herald Press, 1970.
A Long Dry Season. Intercourse, Pa.:Good Books, 1988.


Lauren Friesen
King David. Goshen, Ind.:Pinchpenny Press, 1984.
Prairie Songs.Goshen, Ind.:Pinchpenny Press, 1987.


Merle Good
Happy as the Grass Was Green. Scottdale, Pa.:Mennonite Publishing House, 1975.
Today Pop Goes Home. Intercourse, Pa.:Good Books, 1993.
Going Places. Intercourse, Pa.:Good Books, 1994.


Jeff Gundy
.Inquiries. Huron, O.:Bottom Dog Press, 1992.
A Community of Memory: My Days With George and Clara. Urbana: U. of Illinois, 1995.
Flatlands. Cleveland:Cleveland State U. Poetry Center, 1995
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Gundy, Jeff. "Separation and Transformation:Tradition and Audience for Three
Mennonite Poets."Journal of Mennonite Studies 4 (1986):53-69.

"Gundy, Jeff."Contemporary Authors154. Ed. Terrie M. Rooney. Detroit:Gale, 1997.
185-86.


Jean Janzen
Words for the Silence. Fresno:Center for Mennonite Brethren Studies, 1984.
in Three Mennonite Poets. Intercourse, Pa.:Good Books, 1986.
The Upside-Down Tree. Winnipeg:Henderson Books, 1992.
Snake in the Parsonage. Intercourse, Pa.:Good Books, 1995.


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Hostetler, Sheri. "Poet Jean Janzen:Honing in on the Real World."Mennonot7
(Spring 1996):5-9.

Janzen, Jean. "The Roots of Poetry."Christian Living(June 1995):18-19.

Kasdorf, Julia. "A Thank You to Jean Janzen."Festival Quarterly(Spring 11995):15.


Julia Kasdorf
Moss Lotus. Goshen, Ind.:Pinchpenny Press, 1983.
Sleeping Preacher.Pittsburgh:University of Pittsburgh, 1992.
Eve's Striptease. Pittsburgh:University of Pittsburgh, 1998(forthcoming).
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Hostetler, Sheri. "Poet Julia Kasdorf:Straddling Two Worlds with Stories."Mennonot
4 (Spring 1995):6-10.

Kasdorf, Julia. "Beyond Our Blind Selves."Mennonot10 (Fall 1997):15.

__________. "Bringing Home the Work:Thoughts on Publishing a First Book."
Festival Quarterly(Spring 1992):7-10.

__________. "Readers Write."


Comments about this bibliography may be e-mailed to:
Ervin Beck, ervinb@goshen.edu



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