acknowledgments

THE AUTHOR WISHES TO acknowledge the publication of several of the stories in this collection, some in slightly different forms, in the following: “Buddah” in TriQuarterly #71, Winter 1988; “The Box” in TriQuarterly #73, Fall 1988; “Back” in Ploughshares, Vol. 14/2&3; “Tracks” in Contact, Winter 1989; “Off-Season” in Passages North, Summer 1990; “Training” and “Esther’s” in Ontario Review, Fall 1990; “Safe Hooptie” in North American Review, Fall 1990, as “Two Days Gone.”

Thanks to Jay, Ada, Richard, and Holly.

Special gratitude to the California Arts Council, Poets & Writers, and the Watson Foundation, John and Gail Watson, Directors