Phoenix

(see also )

Basics

On the Web: Articles

Tales from the Dark West Side. Terry Greene, New Times (7/2/96). Families Against Cancer & Toxics (FACT) seeks answers to Maryvale cancer cluster.

On the Web: Specialized Sites

The Arizona Republic. Daily.

KJZZ 91.5fm. NPR station.

Phoenix New Times. Alternative paper.

In the Library: Articles

In the Library: Non-Fiction Books

Johnson, G. Wesley Jr. Phoenix in the 20th C.: Essays in Community History (Norman: U. of Oklahoma, 1993).

Luckingham, Bradford. Phoenix: The History of a Southwestern Metropolis (Tucson: U. of Arizona, 1989).

__________. Minorities in Phoenix: A Profile of Mexican American, Chinese American & African American Communities, 1860-1992 (Tucson: U. of Arizona, 1994).

Smith, Karen L. The Magnificent Experiment: Building the Salt River Reclamation Project, 1890-1917 (Tucson: U. of Arizona, 1996).

VanderMeer, Philip R. Phoenix Rising: The Making of a Desert Metropolis (Carlsbad CA: Heritage Media, 2002).

In the Library: Fiction

Duarte, Stella Pope. Let Their Spirit Dance: A Novel (NY: Rayo, 2002). Phoenix Mexican Americans & Vietnam War.

Kalam, Murad. Night Journey: A Novel (NY: Simon & Schuster, 2003). African American boys & boxing.

MacMillan, Terry. Waiting to Exhale (NY: Viking, 1992).

McNally, T.M. Until Your Heart Stops (NY: Villard, 1993).

Rawley, Donald. The Night Bird Cantata (NY: Avon, 1998).

Véa, Alfredo Jr. La maravilla (NY: Plume, 1994).

Williams, Joy. The Quick & the Dead (NY: Knopf, 2000).

In the Library: For Young Readers

In the Library: Poetry

In the Library: Drama

In the Library: Photography

CD & Audio

Film & Video

"Waiting to Exhale" [1995], dir. Forest Whitaker, 127m. In video stores.