New York: Harper Collins, (2001.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A collection of essays, in which Hansen "talks about his novels, his childhood and family, and about such mentors as John Gardner. He explores prayer, stigmata, twentieth-century martyrs, and the Eucharist. A profile of his grandfather, a "tough-as-nails, brook-no-guff Colorado rancher," finds a place alongside a wonderfully informative portrait of Saint Ignatius of Loyola. A brilliant reading of a story by Leo Tolstoy follows an appreciation of the poetry of Gerard Manley Hopkins." SIGNED on the title page. List of works cited. 267 pp. ISBN: 0-06-0196661.