Tierra: Contemporary Short Fiction of New Mexico
"These 25 eminently readable stories by New Mexicans, many anthologized for the first time, reflect the heterogeneity of the state and its residents; alike only in that each expresses a unique response to the land, they evoke a definite sense of place. The best-known contributor here is mystery writer Tony Hillerman; in his 'Replacement,' a Native American soldier in WW II France remembers summer in Pottawatomie County.