Jay Parini is a poet, novelist, and biographer who teaches at Middlebury College. He has written eight novels, including
The Damascus Road,
Benjamin's Crossing,
The Apprentice Lover,
The Passages of H.M., and
The Last Station, the last made into an Academy Award-nominated film. His biographical subjects include John Steinbeck, Robert Frost, William Faulkner, and, most recently, Gore Vidal. His nonfiction works include
Jesus: The Human Face of God,
Why Poetry Matters, and
Promised Land: Thirteen Books That Changed America.
