Kathryn Wilder

Kathryn Wilder's powerful story of grief, motherhood, and return to the desert entwines with the story of America's mustangs as Wilder makes a home on the Colorado Plateau, her property bordering a mustang herd. Desert Chrome illuminates these controversial creatures--their complex history in the Americas, their powerful presence on the landscape, and ways to help both horses and habitats stay wild in the arid West--and celebrates the animal nature...

Contains thirty-three contemporary short fiction stories about people living in the Southwest, written by women authors who are either from, or have spent a significant amount of time in the region.