Acknowledgments

“First Night Come Round Again” appeared in very different form in The South Atlantic Quarterly 84:1 (Winter 1985).

“Attempts upon Delight: Six Poetry Books,” The Kenyon Review n.s. 12:3 (Summer 1990).

“Brief Cases: Naked Enterprises,” The Southern Review 28:1 (Winter 1992).

All the others, except for the new introductory piece, “Thanks but No Thanks,” appeared in The Georgia Review as herewith, following the table of contents:

The Georgia Review 43:1 (Summer 1989); 45:4 (Winter 1991); 45:2 (Summer 1991); 46:4 (Winter 1992); 50:1 (Spring 1996); 44:4 (Winter 1990); 48:2 (Summer 1994); 47:2 (Summer 1993); 46:2 (Summer 1992); 50:3 (Fall 1996); 51:1 (Spring 1997); 47:4 (Winter 1993); 48:4 (Winter 1994); 49:3 (Fall 1995).