Red Boots & Attitude is a dance across Texas written by a press secretary, a poet laureate, historians, teachers, a pathologist, and a couple of police officers, among others--many different voices, but all engaging. While most of these authors are well known and widely published, to see them in each other's company, and to read of experiences set in Hong Kong, Belton, Tehran, and Dallas, is to appreciate the diversity and energy of this far-flung state. Fanning and Flatau have given us a rich treasure. --Betty Sue Flowers, Texas poet and Professor of English,
UT-Austin and Director of the LBJ Library and Museum

Wow!--Red Boots & Attitude. What a rowdy, raucous clamor of women's voices Fanning and Flatau have collected in this snazzy anthology of Texas women's writing. Nothing staid or ho-hum here. These feisty women speak from the heart, and from all corners of Texas culture, telling their stories with passion and power. Red Boots & Attitude is a testament to the strength, compassion, and wisdom of all women. --Susan Wittig Albert, best-selling author and president of the Story Circle Network

"Every day is Mother's Day in this wonderful collection of daughters' memories of their mothers--their guidance, their endurance, even their recipes. And what remarkable daughters speak here! This is a tribute to two generations."
--Nancy Baker Jones, Ph.D ., independent scholar specializing in Texas women's history. Co-author (with Ruthe Winegarten) of the recently released book Capitol Women and the video Getting Where We've Got to Be, histories of Texas' female legislators

"So many books are about what went wrong. This is a book about what went right. There is immense wisdom in these lives, wisdom that mentors us, inspires us, gives us hope for our own future and our children's future. The section on "Creating Your Own Mother's Journal" is both an occasion for reflection and a reminder of what is yet possible."
--Chuck Meyer, author of Twelve Smooth Stones: A Father Writes to His Daughter About Money, Sex, Spirituality and Other Things That Really Matter

"Susie Kelly Flatau and photographer Mark Dean sally forth in search of an
endangered Texas species--the small-town hangout. From honky-tonks to barbecue pits to malt shops, they pay tribute to a fading phenomenon with one sure- fire feature: a broad, inviting, pockmarked wooden counter. Belly on up."
--Anne Dingus, senior editor, Texas Monthly and author of
More Texas Sayings Than You Can Shake a Stick At

"Join Susie Kelly Flatau and Mark Dean on an adventure to discover some of the forgotten treasures of Texas, be it a bar in Yorktown, a soda fountain in Kerrville, or a general store in Comfort. You'll know your state better and meet some of its most interesting characters."
--Liz Carpenter , author and former press secretary to Mrs. Lady Bird Johnson

"If you are a backroads person, Counter Culture Texas MUST travel with you. Add it to your wildflowers book, your bird book, and your roadmap."
 --Cactus Pryor, Texas humorist