Hamilton Cain

Born and raised in the South, Hamilton Cain is a former book editor and finalist for a National Magazine Award. He reviews fiction and nonfiction for The New York Times Book Review, The Wall Street Journal, The Boston Globe, TIME, and formerly The Washington Post Book World. His memoir, This Boy’s Faith: Notes from a Southern Baptist Upbringing (Crown, 2011), was praised as “thoughtful, leisurely” by The Boston Globe and lauded by The New York Times: “Cain excels at portraying the confusing miasma of childhood… his prose complements this delicate inquiry, simultaneously exhibiting grace and exactitude.” He lives in Brooklyn, New York.

Hamilton Cain

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