This Is Happiness: A Novel by Niall Williams memoir This year’s edition stands as

This year’s edition stands as a testament to David Lehman’s legacy—and to the enduring power of poetry

and spiritual journey—an examination of race and Blackness that transcends politics or ideology

For more than a decade

as her best friend

This Is Happiness: A Novel by Niall Williams memoir This year’s edition stands asFor one thing, the rain is stopping. Nobody remembers when it started; rain on the western seaboard is a condition of living. But now just as Father Coffey proclaims the coming of the electricity the rain clouds are lifting. Seventeen year old Noel Crowe is idling in the unexpected sunshine when Christy makes his first entrance into Faha, bringing secrets he needs to atone for. Though he can't explain it, Noel knows right then: something has changed.