Copyright © 1983 by Ellen Gilchrist
Originally published in print form 1983

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CBS Songs for an excerpt from “These Days,” by Dan Fogelberg. Copyright © 1975 April Music Inc. & Hickory Grove Music. All rights administered by April Music Inc. All rights reserved. Used by permission.

Chappell Music Company for an excerpt from “Kiss On My List,” by Janna Allen & Daryl Hall. Copyright © 1980 by Hot-Cha Music Co. & Six Continents Music Publishing Inc. and Fust Huzza Music. All rights controlled by Unichappell Music, Inc. International Copyright Secured. All rights reserved. Used by permission.

Chappell Music Company for an excerpt from “Where Or When,” by Rodgers & Hart. Copyright © 1937 by Chappell & Co., Inc. Copyright Renewed. International Copyright Secured. All rights reserved. Used by permission.

Random House, Inc. for excerpts from On the Genealogy of Morals, by Friedrich Nietzsche, translated by Walter Kaufmann and R. J. Hollingdale, and edited, with commentary, by Walter Kaufmann. CopyJight © 1967 by Random House, Inc. Reprinted by permission of the publisher.

Siren Songs for an excerpt from “Dance With Me,” words and music by John and Johanna Hall. Copyright © 1975 by Siren Songs (BMI) and Open End Music (BMI). Used by permission.

The Viking Press for an excerpt from “Inventory” by Dorothy Parker from The Portable Dorothy Parker, Revised and Enlarged Edition by Brendan Gill. Copyright 1926 by Dorothy Parker; copyright © renewed 1954 by Dorothy Parker. Reprinted by permission of Viking Penguin, Inc.

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