Texas Tech University

Eytan Pol

Research Interests: Literature of the American West and Southwest, nature writing, perceptions of wilderness, desert studies, nature writing, narratology, Edward Abbey, Mary Hunter Austin, Hermann Hesse, Jack Turner, Hunter S. Thompson, nonfiction novels. 

Website: www.eytanpol.com

Education

MA in North American Studies at Leiden University

BA in American History at Leiden University

Publications

Academic
Pol, Eytan. “The Hermann Hesse of the American West: Der Steppenwolf as a Companion Piece to Desert Solitaire.” Western American Literature. Publication scheduled for winter 2024 issue.  
 
Pol, Eytan. “Trail Reviewing: Further Commodification of Wilderness.” Land Management in North American Literature and Culture: From Resource to Reciprocity. Edited by Jada Ach and Kirsten Brown. Routledge, Publication expected late 2025. 
 
Creative
“An Ocotillo Field Near Mexico” in Nude Bruce Review (2024)

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

“Names and Purposes” in Elsewhere Journal (2021) 
 
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.

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PhD in American Literature
Email: epol@ttu.edu