ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

I wish to thank some of the editors and friends who provoked me to begin many of these chapters: Marie Arana, Jack Beatty, Glenda Bailey, Rosy Boycott, Gladys Justin Carr, Lisa Chase, Anna Coote, Shelly Fisher Fishkin, Peter Kaplan, Mike Levitas, Robin Morgan, Nancy Novogrod, Rebekah Presson, Jay Parini, and Robert Pack.