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Copyright © 1971, 1973, 1975 by James McCourt
Introduction copyright © 2002 by Wayne Koestenbaum
Grateful acknowledgment is made for the use of Artemis, Acrobats, Divas, and Dancers (detail of Diva), an original mosaic artwork © by Nancy Spero, commissioned by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority/Arts for Transit and owned by MTA New York City Transit.
Cover design: Katy Homans
The Library of Congress has cataloged the earlier printing as follows:
McCourt, James, 1941–
Mawrdew Czgowchwz / James Mccourt ; introduction by Wayne Koestenbaum.
p. cm.
ISBN 0-940322-97-8 (pbk. : alk. paper)
1. Women singers—Fiction. 2. New York (N.Y.)—Fiction. 3.
Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)—Fiction. 4. Contraltos—Fiction.
5. Opera—Fiction. I. Title.
PS3563.A266 M38 2002
813’.54—dc21
2001008126
eISBN 978-1-59017-540-8
v1.0
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