Author Archive

John Leax

John Leax is Professor Emeritus of Houghton College in New York. His work has been widely published in periodicals and anthologies for over forty years. His volumes of poetry include Reaching into Silence (1974), The Task of Adam (1985), Country Labors (1991), and Tabloid News (2005). His works of nonfiction include In Season and Out (1985), Standing Ground (1991), and Out Walking (2000). Grace Is Where I Live (1993) was reissued in a revised and expanded edition by WordFarm in 2004, and his new collection, Recluse Freedom: Poems 1990–2010, is due from WordFarm in 2012.