"At once wry and compassionate, these crisply written vignettes impart a spirited, substantial nourishment as they describe a particular American landscape."
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Booklist
"A fine, gracefully written combination of bird-watching, people-watching, and regional history."
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Kirkus
"Purple Flat Top may sharpen our sense of wonder and respect for the wide open spaces east of here and the people who inhabit them."
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Mike Dillon, City Living
"Nesbit writes in a simple and clear voice, but also with a powerful gift for observation and reflection. . . . Purple Flat Top is worth revisiting if it has been read before or experiencing fully anew if it has not."
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Roni K. Devlin, Shelf Awareness
"With humor and poignancy, Purple Flat Top is a fine assortment, very much recommended for any literary short fiction collection."
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Midwest Book Review