This week we visit with Henry Wise in Staunton, Virginia.
Henry is a graduate of the Virginia Military Institute and the University of Mississippi MFA program. A writer across multiple genres, his poetry has been published in Shenandoah, Radar Poetry, Clackamas, Nixes Mate Review, and elsewhere. His nonfiction and photography have appeared in Southern Cultures. "Holy City" is his first novel.
For more on Henry: henrywise.com
Henry's Books on the Bed:
Lord Jim by Joseph Conrad
My Antonia by Willa Cather
Legends of the Fall by Jim Harrison
Go Down, Moses by William Faulkner
West with the Night by Beryl Markham
Joe by Larry Brown
Matt's Gifts for Henry:
Shutter and Exposure by Ramona Emerson
Honeybee by Naomi Shihab Nye