Or Fail to Smile: Three Recent Books by William Kloefkorn By David Hamilton You need an active subscription to view this contentYou should really subscribe now!Or login if you already have a subscription. Share — Issue: Spring 2004 / Volume 80/2 Published: March 14, 2004 David Hamilton David Hamilton, the author of Deep River: A Memoir of a Missouri Farm (Missouri, 2001), has a Ph.D. in English from the University of Virginia and edits the Iowa Review.