Robert F. Gish

Selected Works

Fiction
“The people are alive, striving, tragic, often humorous. These are authentic and poignant blues whose melodies will play in your mind long after the book is finished.”
--John Nichols
“Robert Gish has his finger on the pulse of the West. First Horses is a fine collection of stories about who we Westerners are, how we got here--and where do we go from now?”
--James Welch
Gish ranges through settings as diverse as the California coast and the ghost-haunted hills of Indian Territory in a narrative panorama of cultural diversity.


Works

West Bound:
Stories of Providence
“These stories harken back to what we often think of as a more innocent time. Yet life was difficult and the world was always uncertain and changing. Robert Gish has captured time and place in Oklahoma and New Mexico with a deep love and a sorrowed heart for what was and for what might have been.”
--John Nichols

First Horses:
Stories of the New West
“This collection of short stories examines an authentic view of tri-cultural life: Gish portrays Indians, Hispanics and Anglos as they live, work, and play in the Southwest. He steers away from the romantic and racist cop-outs; instead Gish draws out the life and truth of his characters, revealing the quiet beauty of the Southwest and its peoples. Highly commendable.”
--Jimmy Santiago Baca

Rio Reading

Bad Boys and Black Sheep:
Fateful Tales from the West
Bad Boys and Black Sheep explores the complex intersections between myth and personal choice, intentional mischief and fate-driven misadventure. His characters are men of all ages and backgrounds who come to a crucial moment of existence when they must confront the consequences of their past.

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