Books on the Bed: Henry Wise

At Henry’s family farmhouse from the 1800s. February 2025.

This week we visit with Henry Wise in Staunton, Virginia.

Henry is a graduate of the Virginia Military Institute and the University of Mississippi MFA program. A writer across multiple genres, his poetry has been published in Shenandoah, Radar Poetry, Clackamas, Nixes Mate Review, and elsewhere. His nonfiction and photography have appeared in Southern Cultures. "Holy City" is his first novel.

For more on Henry: henrywise.com

Henry's Books on the Bed: 

Lord Jim by Joseph Conrad

My Antonia by Willa Cather

Legends of the Fall by Jim Harrison

Go Down, Moses by William Faulkner

West with the Night by Beryl Markham

Joe by Larry Brown

Matt's Gifts for Henry:

Shutter and Exposure by Ramona Emerson

Honeybee by Naomi Shihab Nye

Henry's Books on the Bed. Tales of exile and adventure.