Foreword: Writing Phoenix, by Jon Talton
Erma Bombeck: the Phoenix suburban underbelly
Wallace and Ladmo: dark shadows of irreverent humor in the Valley of the Sun
Truthful misrepresentations: Steve Benson draws Phoenix
Phoenix, say what? urban landscapes in the Chronicles of Laurie Notaro
Desert noir: the detective novels of Jon Talton
Jana Bommersbach on Winnie Ruth Judd: woman as scapegoat for the dirty secrets of the city
Out of the barrio: Stella Pope Duarte's Let their spirits dance
Phoenix in Guillermo Reyes's Places to touch him
Phoenix as dystopia in Cherre Moraga's Hungry woman
Cecilia Esquer: establishing a public voice for a chicana activist.
Glimpses of Phoenix : the desert metropolis in written and visual media by David William Foster. ISBN 9780786473649. Published by McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers in 2013. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.