“This book is a pleasure to read. . . . Although many of the selections are excerpts from longer works, for the most part they feel satisfyingly self-contained. . . . The volume as a whole . . . is thoughtfully arranged. . . . These writers take unflinching looks at racism, the Vietnam War, rural poverty, environmental degradation, and other unflattering episodes in the state’s history. The book is nevertheless filled with humor. . . . [I]t’s certain that readers will never look at a barbed-wire fence or a buffalo chip the same way again.”—Bloomsbury Review
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