Overview

Robert Laxalt brought Basque-American identity to the nation's consciousness with the publication of Sweet Promised Land (1957). In over fifteen books that followed, he continued to document the intersection of personal, geographical, and political histories in explorations of family stories, Basque culture, Nevada history, and the adventures of Americans abroad. Remembering Robert Laxalt celebrates Laxalt's continuing and complex legacy as journalist, writer, editor, advocate, and member of one of Nevada's most influential families, and invites us to rediscover his distinctive voice and contributions to Basque Studies in the many memories of his colleagues, friends, and family.

Full Product Details

9781967179107

Table of Contents

Reviews

Remembering Robert Laxalt brings together the world's most distinguished Basque and Basque American scholars to shed new light on one of the West's most influential writers of the twentieth- and twenty-first centuries. Family members, biographers, and scholars contribute to our greater appreciation of an author whose work will continue to endure for decades to come. --Blake Allmendinger University of California, Los Angeles Author of Tongues of Settlement: Where the World Becomes Basque This homage to Robert Laxalt is like sitting with him at his kitchen table, listening, as he broke words open and told the stories they made. Laxalt touched most writers who call the West home, and mine is no exception. He is at the desk with me every day, willing me on to write something I have yet to imagine. --Shaun T. Griffin, Nevada State Poet Laureate

Author Information

IÑAKI ARRIETA BARO is the head of the Jon Bilbao Basque Library, a highly specialized unit focused on serving researchers from all around the world interested in Basque Studies. He leads the planning, promotion, advocacy, and policy development efforts for the Basque Library. In collaboration with other librarians and faculty from other departments, he has taken part in the organization of workshops and conferences in connections with Basque topics and digital humanities. Iñaki works with both local researchers and scholars worldwide, collaborates with the Basque American community on preservation efforts of documents in different physical forms and digital assets, and works with donors in obtaining new materials for our Basque collections. DAVID RIO is Professor of American Literature at the University of the Basque Country (EHU) in Vitoria-Gasteiz. His research interests are located within the field of American Studies, with an emphasis on diaspora studies, regional literatures, and especially western American writing and Basque-American literature. He is the author of El proceso de la violencia en la narrativa de Robert Penn Warren (1995), Robert Laxalt: The Voice of the Basques in American Literature (2007), and New Literary Portraits of the American West: Contemporary Nevada Fiction (2014). He has co-edited six volumes on the literature of the American West, the special issue of the journal Western American Literature on ""Writing the Global Western"" (2019), and The Western in the Global Literary Imagination (2022). He has also edited La expansión y revisión de un mito: el Oeste norteamericano en la literatura española (2023). David Rio coordinates an international research group (REWEST) specialized in the literature and culture of the American West. XABIER IRUJO is professor of genocide studies for the Center for Basque Studies at the University of Nevada, Reno. He was the first guest research scholar of the Manuel Irujo Chair at the University of Liverpool and has taught seminars on genocide and cultural genocide at Boise State University in Idaho, and at the University of California, Santa Barbara. He holds three master's degrees in linguistics, history, and philosophy and has two PhDs in history and philosophy. Dr. Irujo has lectured in nearly one hundred American and European universities and academic or cultural institutions. He has published on issues related to Basque history and politics and has specialized throughout his career in genocide studies with a focus on physical and cultural extermination. Dr. Irujo has authored more than fifteen books and a number of articles in specialized journals and has received awards and honors at a national and international level. His recent books include Gernika: Genealogy of a Lie (Sussex Academic Press, 2018), ""Arrasaré Vizcaya"". 2000 bombardeos aéreos en Euskadi (University of the Basque Country Press, 2020), and Legal History of the Basque Language (HAEE, Bilbao, 2015).

Tab Content 6

Countries Available