Grace Is Where I Live

John Leax

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Subject Category: Essays
Length: 141 pages
Size: 5.5 x 8.25 inches
Binding: paper
Published: April 2004
ISBN: 978-0-9743427-2-6

 

John Leax (pronunciation: leks) is professor of English and poet-in-residence at Houghton College in Houghton, New York. His articles, fiction and poems have been widely published in anthologies and in periodicals such as Image, The Christian Century, The Other Side, The Cresset, The Reformed Journal, Christianity Today, ASLE, Christianity and Literature, Radix, Cold Mountain Review and Midwest Quarterly.

His books of poetry include Reaching into Silence (1974), The Task of Adam (1985), Country Labors (1991) and Tabloid News (2005). His novel, Nightwatch, was published in 1989. And his non-fiction works include In Season and Out (1985), Standing Ground (1991) and Out Walking (2000). Grace Is Where I Live, published originally in 1993, was reissued in a revised and expanded edition by WordFarm in 2004.

Leax gives several readings and lectures each year at various colleges, libraries and conferences. He has read at Calvin College, Concordia College, Nyack College, The Kings College, Asbury Theological Seminary, Gordon College, St. Joseph's College, SUNY Buffalo and others. He has been featured as a panelist and seminar leader at Calvin College's biannual Festival of Faith & Writing.

He is a member of the Conference on Christianity and Literature, The Chrysostom Society, The Orion Society, The Association for the Study of Literature and the Environment and the Nature Conservancy.

Leax is also an avid gardener.

Other Books by John Leax

Tabloid News (WordFarm)

More About John Leax

Stonework Journal
The Chrysostom Society
John's poems in The New Pantagruel
John's author profile at Image journal
Tabloid News review at Books & Culture
John's web page at Houghton College