Lamar University Literary Press. New. Lamar University Literary Press, Paperback, 2014, Book Condition: New. Ted Estess tells stories not just about the South or fishing or fatherhood or loss but also about the pattern of a life, of all our lives-stories both existential and metaphysical about a future that seems (or is) both risky and random but that produces a past both coherent and meaningful, stories in which we can find both the confusion of a life and the wisdom to make sense of it, to make it whole. . 2014. TRADE PAPERBACK.