Good people ...from an author's life, by St. John's University English professor Jon Hassler, is nonfiction. He examines goodness in its many forms by describing people who were kind and generous to him, and by looking at some of his fictional characters. The book includes a chapter on J.F. Powers and Betty Wahl.

Good people ...from an author's life, by St. John's University English professor Jon Hassler, is nonfiction. He examines goodness in its many forms by describing people who were kind and generous to him, and by looking at some of his fictional characters. The book includes a chapter on J.F. Powers and Betty Wahl. This copy signed by the author.

Suitable accommodations is a collection of letters by St. John's University English professor J.F. Powers, edited by his daughter Katherine. The letters begin in 1942 with the acceptance of his first work for publication, and continue until his receiving the National Book Award for Morte d'Urban in 1963.