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* On her way to Montreal, Mavis Gallant couldn’t attend Millett’s reading and sent me these few words, dated October 24, 1991.

** Kate Millett, Village Voice reading, October 24, 1991, a presentation of her new, full-length essay The “Loony Bin Trip that denounces the clinical treatment of depression at the time, leading to her losing control of her life.

* As a poet, Hinsey is featured in Part IV of this book, dedicated to American poets based in Paris.