By Shannon Oelrich

Special to the Standard-Radio Post

Jenny Lawson — bestselling author, bookstore owner, mental health advocate and longtime blogger — grew up in Wall, a small, unincorporated community people drive through on their way to San Angelo.

Although she is best known for writing about her struggles with depression and chronic illness, her essays about growing up in Wall place her squarely among the heavyweights of Texas letters.

She’s as irreverent as Molly Ivins, as full of tales a...