A John Graves Reader

Author:  John Graves

Southwestern Writers Collection Series, The Wittliff Collections

Publisher:  The University of Texas Press, 1996

351 pp.

Price:  Paperback:  $35.00

This anthology contains selections from Goodbye to a River and his two other major books, Hard Scrabble (1974) and From a Limestone Ledge (1980). It also includes short stories and essays, some of which have never been published before and others that Mr. Graves has reworked especially for this book. John Graves lives and writes in Glen Rose, Texas in the hard-scrabble country that has inspired so much of his work. He is a recipient of many honors for his writing, including a National Book Award nomination for Goodbye to a River.