South by SouthwestThese Texas stories are among the best produced by the state's writers in the mid twentieth century. Selected above all for their artistic excellence and their narrative mastery, they also present a vital picture of the Southwest in microcosm, as revealed in its largest state. Texas and Texas writing moved from a Southern orientation in the 1940sreflected here in works by William Goyen, William Humphrey, and othersto the strong Southwestern flavor of