John Wain

JOHN WAIN has published many volumes of fiction, poetry, essays, and literary criticism. His novels include Hurry on Down, A Winter in the Hills, and Young Shoulders. He is the editor of Everyman's Book of English Verse and the author of a prizewinning biography, Samuel Johnson. The first installment of his autobiography was Sprightly Running; his new book, Dear Shadows, will be published this year.

- p. 285, The Best American Essays 1986.