A Gravestone Made of Wheat

Will Weaver. Graywolf Press, $12.95 (208pp) ISBN 978-1-55597-125-0

In these 12 stories, the author of the impressive Red Earth, White Earth limns a poignant burial on the family farm, a memorable deer hunt, the tragic auction of a foreclosed farm. ``Weaver captures the flow of family cycles and lifestyles in a very American landscape,'' opined PW. (Apr.)

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