Books for Review

Western Folklore welcomes all inquiries and is especially pleased to hear from graduate students, junior faculty, public folklorists, and independent scholars. Submission deadlines are generous and negotiable. Reviews follow a standard format, a description and an example of which may be found by clicking the Book Review Guidelines button at the top of the navigation bar to the left.

The list of titles below shows all titles currently available for review. This list is updated in the spring and fall; interim arrivals are merged with the existing list. Titles are removed from the list as they are assigned for review. If your browser saves page images for fast loading, you may find you are looking at an outdated list. Be sure to reload the page image to make sure the book is still available.

Any volumes you review for Western Folklore are of course yours to keep. You can find descriptive information about any title by Googling the publisher. Select any books from the list that look attractive for reviewing, but please investigate them via Google before actually requesting them.

Some titles have affinities of subject or theme that potentially draw them together. Reviewers who wish to cover two or more related titles in a single review may write a combined review.

Send review book requests to the book-review editor by e-mail (lisa.gabbert@usu.edu), by phone at (435) 797-2721, or by surface mail to:

Lisa Gabbert
Book Review Editor, Western Folklore
284 E. Kensington Ave.
Salt Lake City, UT 84115

List of titles as of April 13, 2011

There are currently no books available for review. Please check back here periodically for updates.