The Author: Robert M. Nelson is Professor Emeritus of English at the University of Richmond, Virginia, where he has taught a variety of courses on Native American literatures. A former editor of the journal Studies in American Indian Literatures and longtime officer in ASAIL, the Association for the Study of American Indian Literatures, his publications include Place and Vision (Peter Lang, 1993), the online Guide to Native Studies Programs in the United States and Canada, and dozens of articles on American Indian authors and their work.