Nopalito, Texas: Stories

by David Meischen

In this stunning debut story collection, everyone's got the blues but nobody is willing to sing it. Evelyn Smith, Candace Lambert, and Dorene Wahrmund chafe against rigid small-town expectations. Others in hardscrabble Nopalito find themselves fenced in--an aging gay liquor store owner estranged among his neighbors, a mother and son bound by mutual resentment, two neighboring farm boys attracted to each other. Their stories are driven by desperation,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0826366007
• ISBN13: 9780826366009
• Release Date: April 2024
• Publisher: University of New Mexico Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 4.5" x 8.5"