Research Interests: Literature of the American West and Southwest, nature writing, perceptions of wilderness, desert studies, nature writing narratology, Edward Abbey, Mary Hunter Austin, Herman Hesse, Jack Turner. 
 
Website: www.eytanpol.com   

Education

MA in North American Studies at Leiden University

BA in American History at Leiden University  

Publications

Creative

“East of Albuquerque, West of Dallas” in Spire Light (2023)

“Names and Purposes” in Elsewhere Journal (2021)

“Rock and Sun” in Times of Israel (2019)

Book reviews

Review of Margulies, Jared D. The Cactus Hunters: Desire and Extinction in the Illicit Succulent Trade. Expected in H-Environment, February 2024.  

Review of Gulliford, Andrew. Bears Ears National Monument: Landscape of Refuge and Resistance. Expected in Western American Literature volume 58 issue 4.  

Review of Welsh, Michael. Big Bend National Park: Mexico, the United States, and a Borderlands Ecosystem. Published in H-Environment, H-Net Reviews. January 2023.

PhD in Literature
Email: epol@ttu.edu