Swamp City Serenade
LOT: STORIES
by Bryan Washington
RIVERHEAD BOOKS
$25; 240 PAGES
THE WONDER OF HOUSTON CAN SOMETIMES BE DIFFICULT TO explain to those not born and bred in the Bayou City. Yes, it is indeed sprawling, as so many have said pejoratively through the years, but there is a beauty in Houston’s expansiveness. Other cities, too, can boast of their multiplicity, but Houston’s sheer size and the diversity its vastness encourages is what makes the humid town stand out. Yet while there is a bevy of Houston-centered stories to be told, not enough authors have had space to share them — particularly
