From 1968 to 2009, John Leax (1943-2024) was an English professor and poet-in-residence at Houghton College in New York. He was a poet, an essayist, and the author of one novel, Nightwatch. Leax’s poetry collections include “Reaching into Silence,” “The Task of Adam,” “Sonnets and Songs,” and “Country Labors.” His non-fiction writing and essay collections include “Grace Is Where I Live,” “In Season and Out,” “Standing Ground: A Personal Story of Faith and Environmentalism,” “120 Significant Things Men Should Know…but Never Ask About,” and “Out Walking: Reflections on Our Place in the Natural World.”
I’ve read Nightwatch, which is aimed at young adult audiences. It’s a coming-of-age story, focused on a boy named Mark Baker from his young childhood to his ten years. It’s a good story with an “edge” I haven’t usually seen in young adult books.
To continue reading, please see my post today at Dancing Priest.
Some Monday Readings
New ones – artwork by Sonja Benskin Mesher.
Labour’s war on the countryside: Farmers are being driven off the land – James Rebanks at UnHerd.
Restoring American Culture – Roger Kimball at Imprimis / Hillsdale College.
King Osiwu and a Touch of Murder – Annie Whitehead at Casting Light Upon the Shadow.
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