Amazon.com Book Description (ISBN 0974342726, Paperback)

Grace Is Where I Live has inspired--even mentored--many writers, readers and teachers during the decade since it was first published. Here John Leax shares the experiences that shaped his life along with insights on choosing writing as a vocation, successful and failed teaching, identifying a personal "poetic," writing in different genres, writing from "placedness" and writing for a particular community. He wrestles with the "questions that must be asked" and ultimately offers "good news" about the struggles, trials and rewards of the writing life.

This new edition, marking the tenth anniversary of Grace Is Where I Live, includes the complete text of the original revised by Leax and expanded with a new preface, six recent essays, the poem "Vow" and a bibliography.