This week we welcome Jay Parini as our guest author. Jay's five books of poetry include Anthracite Country, House of Days and New and Collected Poems: 1975-2015 (Beacon Press, March 29, 2016). He has written eight novels, including Benjamin’s Crossing, The Apprentice Lover, The Passages of H.M., and The Last Station—the last was made into an Academy Award–nominated film starring Helen Mirren and Christopher Plummer. Parini has written biographies of John Steinbeck, Robert Frost, William Faulkner, and, most recently, Gore Vidal. His nonfiction works include Jesus: The Human Face of God, Why Poetry Matters, and Promised Land: Thirteen Books That Changed America.
Welcome, Jay.
-- sdh
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