Where Stories and Storytellers Flourish by Julie Cantrell

Where Stories and Storytellers Flourish by Julie Cantrell

Imagine a magical place that’s a little bit Mardi Gras, a little bit Oz, and a little bit Willy Wonka. Now plunk it in the middle of a small town in rural Texas, where people say Good morning, y’all and laid-back locals gather for breakfast at one of the adorably vintage diners where they greet the cook by her first name as she serves up heaping plates of buttered grits, salsa-topped eggs, and homemade biscuits the size of cat heads. Now add a flamboyant queen, a court of literary powerhouses, and a jester or two for good measure. Sprinkle in a generous dose of laughter, hugs, Wild West barbecue, sweet tea, and a charitable fundraiser. With that, you might have a sense of what happens at Girlfriend Weekend. But you’d still be wise to experience it for yourself because it’s quite like the Grand Canyon or Machu Picchu or the seven wonders of the world. It can’t really be captured by photographs or essays or even the best-told legends. Like anything worth its weight around the campfire, Pulpwood Queens Girlfriend Weekend is as Texas as it gets, with the kind of enchanted spin that only Kathy L. Murphy could master.

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