Proclaimed "one of the great American writers of short fiction" by the New York Times Book Review, William Goyen (1915-1983) had a quintessentially American lit
William Goyen was a writer of startling originality and deep artistic commitment whose work attracted an international audience and the praise of such luminarie
Goyen's writing. The essays offer close but accessible readings of individual novels and stories, while the appreciations give tantalizing personal glimpses of