Writing on the Wind: An Anthology of West Texas Women Writers

Western Texas is high and wide, a broad, broad stretch of ground under a full arc of sky. Judging from the stories and essays of these two dozen or so women, it does not pay to be puny in this place; but it does pay to be smart and funny and capable of handling more than a little sadness. Meet a Scots lassie set upon the plains, a series of women whose articulation was made of a soft murmur and a mess of home cooking, and the peculiar interpretations of religion, drink, and marriage best encountered by those born to a West Texas accent and attitude. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR