ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

I am grateful to the following people for their generosity, intelligence and faith:

Caroline Ast, Natalie Bakopoulos, Joe Blair, Ryan Bloom, Laura Bonner, Jon Brockett, Diane du Périer, Patricia Escalona, Jenny Gersten, Francesca Giacco, Pilar Guzman, Leslie and Jon Maksik, Paula and William Merwin, Greg Messina, Michael Reynolds, Grant Rosenberg, Barbara Seville, Stefan Schaefer, Colombe Schneck, Eric Simonoff, Rachael Small, Daniel Smith, Tara Spencer-Frith, Françoise Triffaux and Christian Westermann.

I would also like to thank The Corporation of Yaddo for twice providing me shelter, peace and friendship.