Witness Montana as seen through the eyes of Montana women writers who represent a spectrum of voices and perspectives and range from the past to the present, from the plains to small towns. Featuring fiction, nonfiction, and poetry. Edited by Caroline Patterson with an introduction by Sue Hart. The book features excerpts from Judy Blunt's "Breaking Clean," Maile Meloy's "Half in Love," and Sandra Alcosser's "Except by Nature." Writers of the past include Grace Stone Coates, Mildred Walker, and Dorothy M. Johnson; contemporary writers include Debra Magpie Earling, Patricia Goedicke, and Mary Clearman Blew.