Flatland

About the Book

Bip's mother told him to stay away from Lilith, a local black "witch" who also provides the dry county with alcohol. That mystery is all Bip needs as impetus to seek her out. Set in a small, West Texas town, racial differences, a murder, and rites of passage thread Bip through the rough skin of the community. Richly comic and laugh out loud funny, the characters of the community stumble through racial incongruities that have slept too long to discern the fact that we are all human-whether we act that way or not.

About the Author

R. Scott Yarbrough has published poetry and short fiction in over forty national literary magazines including Descant, The Hollins Critic, and The Cream City Review. He was named Texas Piper Professor of 2001 and is currently a professor of Literature at Collin College where he edits Forces: A Literary Magazine and is Chair of the Honors Institute.