Houston’s story has always been one of war waged relentlessly against water.ĭeveloped as the commercial hub of the Texas cotton and sugarcane industries, Houston was designed for profit, not stability.
Davis, author of The Gulf: The Making of an American Sea And his gift of reflection leaves us thinking differently about tomorrow―while holding our breath.” His descriptions of nature’s best works and humanity’s worst are the very definition of artistry. Micah Fields’s human subjects―from barbaric conquistador to saintly fisherman/artist―arise in full flesh. “A brilliant, beautifully crafted memoir and history of a tragic place cast in contradictions inherent to our often-vexing species. Robinson, coauthor of Chocolate Cities: The Black Map of American Life
an artful Texas tale of humans and other animals working with and against land and nature on that state’s coast and in its most populous city.” “We Hold Our Breath quite breathlessly blends the rural and urban, past and present, and industrial and postmodern Souths. ― John D’Agata, author of The Lifespan of a Fact “Rather than blindly condemning its industry, its sprawl, its ugliness, or its doom, Micah Fields’s loving, honest, and beautiful debut is a portrait of Houston by a native son who might not call the city home anymore, but who still recognizes its place in his heart, the same place where all of our hometowns reside, where every town that’s left, forgotten, flown over, or ignored remains in spite of ourselves. Waldie, author of Holy Land: A Suburban Memoir His story―deeply personal and often harrowing―makes this place and his place in it matter intensely and beautifully.” Houston―a city of mud and hubris―may not be the natural subject of a lyrical memoir, but Micah Fields truly makes it so. “A life can be found in the grid of a city, among its habits, and through its history.
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