Lisa C. Hickman is a Memphis writer and independent scholar who has published extensively on the life and work of Joan Williams and William Faulkner. She lives in Memphis, Tennessee.

• Table of ContentsAcknowledgments      Foreword by Richard Bausch      Preface      Introduction: Middle Years      1. 1949—An Afternoon Recalled      2. 1950—A Courtship of Letters      3. 1951—Other Loves      4. 1952—Jacob Labored Seven Years for Rachel      5. 1953—One Fifth Avenue      6. 1954–1962—Blue Mississippi Hills      Appendix: Joan Williams’ Critique of Faulkner’s First Draft of Requiem for a Nun      Notes      Joan Williams Selected Bibliography      Bibliography      Index

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