Grateful acknowledgment is made to the generous editors of the publications in which the following poems and chapters, or versions of them, appeared:
POEMS
“The Bells XI” is reprinted from The Note She Left by Susan Hahn. Reprinted with permission of author. Published by Northwestern University Press, 2008. This poem was first published in The Kenyon Review.
“The Crosses V” is reprinted from The Note She Left by Susan Hahn. Reprinted with permission of author. Published by Northwestern University Press, 2008. This poem was first published in New England Review.
“Widdershins I” is reprinted from The Note She Left by Susan Hahn. Reprinted with permission of author. Published by Northwestern University Press, 2008. This poem was first published in Boulevard.
“Flowers” is reprinted from Harriet Rubin’s Mother’s Wooden Hand by Susan Hahn. Reprinted with permission of author. Published by the University of Chicago Press, 1991. This poem was first published in Poetry.
“Widdershins II” was originally published as “Widdershins IV” and is reprinted from The Note She Left by Susan Hahn. Reprinted with permission of author. Published by Northwestern University Press, 2008. This poem was first published in Boulevard.
“Trichotillomania” is reprinted from Harriet Rubin’s Mother’s Wooden Hand by Susan Hahn. Reprinted with permission of author. Published by the University of Chicago Press, 1991. This poem was first published in Shenandoah.
“No Sad Songs Sung Here” was originally published as “Pity Song in Solo Voice Without Accompaniment” and is reprinted from Self/Pity by Susan Hahn. Reprinted with permission of author. Published by Northwestern University Press, 2005. This poem was first published in New England Review.
“The Interior Of The Sun” was originally published as “The Interior Of The Sun II” and is reprinted from Mother In Summer by Susan Hahn. Reprinted with permission of author. Published by Northwestern University Press, 2002. This poem was first published in The North American Review.
“The Devil’s Legs” is reprinted from Confession by Susan Hahn. Reprinted with permission of author. Published by the University of Chicago Press, 1997. This poem was first published in Poetry East.
“Yom Kippur Night Dance” was first published in Fifth Wednesday Journal.
“The Sin-Eater Of The Family” was originally published as “Widdershins VI” and is reprinted from The Note She Left by Susan Hahn. Reprinted with permission of author. Published by Northwestern University Press, 2008. This poem was first published in Boulevard.
“Confession” is reprinted from Confession by Susan Hahn. Reprinted with permission of author. Published by the University of Chicago Press, 1997. This poem was first published in Boulevard.
“Nijinsky’s Dog” is reprinted from Confession by Susan Hahn. Reprinted with permission of author. Published by the University of Chicago Press, 1997. This poem was first published in The American Poetry Review.
“The Lovers” is reprinted from Confession by Susan Hahn. Reprinted with permission of author. Published by the University of Chicago Press, 1997. This poem was first published in Poetry.
“Knowledge,” which appears in the chapter, “The Lovers,” is reprinted from The Note She Left by Susan Hahn. Reprinted with permission of author. Published by Northwestern University Press, 2008. This poem was first published in The Kenyon Review.
“Mania” is reprinted from Incontinence by Susan Hahn. Reprinted with permission of author. Published by the University of Chicago Press, 1993. This poem was first published in Prairie Schooner.
“Small Green” is reprinted from Harriet Rubin’s Mother’s Wooden Hand by Susan Hahn. Reprinted with permission of author. Published by the University of Chicago Press, 1991. This poem was first published in Poetry.
“Mens Rea” is reprinted from Confession by Susan Hahn. Reprinted with permission of author. Published by the University of Chicago Press, 1997. This poem was first published in American Voice.
“Paranoia” is reprinted from Harriet Rubin’s Mother’s Wooden Hand by Susan Hahn. Reprinted with permission of author. Published by the University of Chicago Press, 1991.
“The Crosses” was originally published as “The Crosses II” and is reprinted from The Note She Left by Susan Hahn. Reprinted with permission of author. Published by Northwestern University Press, 2008. This poem was first published in New England Review.
“The Soul’s Aerial View Of The Burial” is reprinted from Incontinence by Susan Hahn. Reprinted with permission of author. Published by the University of Chicago Press, 1993.
“Clean” is reprinted from The Note She Left by Susan Hahn. Reprinted with permission of author. Published by Northwestern University Press, 2008. This poem was first published in the Atlantic Monthly.
“Widdershins III” was originally published as “Widdershins XII” and is reprinted from The Note She Left by Susan Hahn. Reprinted with permission of author. Published by Northwestern University Press, 2008. This poem was first published in Boulevard.
CHAPTERS
“Trichotillomania,” Michigan Quarterly Review, Vol. XLV, Number 3, Summer 2006.
“No Sad Songs Sung Here,” Michigan Quarterly Review, Vol. XLVII, Number 1, Winter 2008.
“The Devil’s Legs,” Boulevard, Vol. 26, Numbers 1 & 2, Fall 2010.
“Yom Kippur Night Dance,” The Kenyon Review, Vol. XXVII, Number 3, Summer 2005.
“Confession,” Boulevard, Vol. 23, Numbers 2 & 3, Spring 2008.
“The Lovers,” The Kenyon Review, Vol. XXX, Number 1, Winter 2008.
“If I Set up the Chairs,” Fifth Wednesday Journal, Issue 7, Fall 2010.
During a fellowship from the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, I had the time to write my first prose, which turned out to be a version of the chapter “Yom Kippur Night Dance,” setting in motion this book’s journey. I am unendingly grateful to the Foundation for the myriad of gifts that productive year of writing brought me.