About the Author
Jay Parini is a distinguished poet, novelist, biographer and critic. His books of poetry include The Art of Subtraction: New and Selected Poems, and he has written volumes of essays and critical studies, as well as biographies of John Steinbeck, Robert Frost and William Faulkner. His novels include Benjamin's Crossing, The Apprentice Lover, The Passages of H.M., and The Last Station, which was turned into an Academy Award-nominated film starring Helen Mirren, Christopher Plummer and Paul Giamatti. His forthcoming books include Jesus: The Human Face of God, and the novel, Galliano's Ghost.