Kent Haruf

4 Series

Kent Haruf (1943-2014) was an American author known for his literary fiction novels. He earned a Bachelor of Arts in literature from Nebraska Wesleyan University and an MFA from the Iowa Writers’ Workshop. Haruf also served in the Peace Corps, teaching English in Turkey.

In Kent Haruf's standalone novel "Where You Once Belonged," Jack Burdette, the prodigal son of Holt, Colorado, returns to town in a red Cadillac. His arrival does not go unnoticed for long; Ralph Bird of the Men's Store spots him and quickly alerts the sheriff. Jack's return is met with unease, as he is far from welcome in the community he left behind.

Plainsong

(1999)

Eventide

(2004)

Benediction

(2013)

Standalone Novels

The Tie That Binds

(1984)

Where You Once Belonged

(1990)

Our Souls at Night

(2015)

Contemporary Literature and the Life of Faith

Listening for God Reader, Vol. 1

(1994)(By: Flannery O'Connor,Raymond Carver,Alice Walker,Garrison Keillor,Annie Dillard,Richard Rodríguez,Patricia Hampl,Peter Hawkins,Frederick Buechner,Paula J. Carlson,Peter S. Hawkins)

Listening for God, Vol. 2

(1996)(By: Anne Tyler,John Updike,Tobias Wolff,Gail Godwin,Henry Louis Gates Jr.,Kathleen Norris,Paula J. Carlson,Peter S. Hawkins,Carol Bly,Andrew Dubus)

Listening for God, Vol. 3

(2000)(By: Tillie Olsen,Wendell Berry,John Cheever,Louise Erdrich,Mary Gordon,Tess Gallagher,Reynolds Price,Oscar Hijuelos,Paula J. Carlson,Peter S. Hawkins)

Listening For God, Vol. 4

(2002)(With: Robert Olen Butler,Allegra Goodman,James Baldwin,SueMiller,Doris Betts,Paula J. Carlson,Peter S. Hawkins,MichaelMalone,Alice Elliot Dark)