Self Published (October 10, 2022)

First Edition. Signed.
Hardback. Bound in linen.
New in dust jacket.

“The Goodness” is handbound with paper handmade from Nepal. The images in each book were printed by the author. “The Goodness” comes linen bound and numbered 1-400. The book also is available with a leather binding numbered A-Z. This story of a young Delta boy who tries to save his father is told through the boy’s memories.

William Lester was born in Collierville, TN in 1948. After graduating from Murrah High School in Jackson, MS, he attended the University of Mississippi and graduated with a BS in business and an MFA in Sculpture. His teaching career was at Delta State University where he taught in the Art Department for thirty-eight years and retired as Professor Emeritus. Currently he is Executive Director of the Dockery Farms Foundation, the birthplace of the blues.