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Chapter 12, “The Madman,” originally appeared in Ms. in a slightly different form.
“The 8:29 to Frankfurt” by Erica Mann originally appeared in the Beloit Poetry Journal, Winter 68/68.
“The Man Under the Bed” originally appeared in Fruits & Vegetables, Holt, Rinehart, and Winston, 1971, copyright © 1968, 1970, 1971 by Erica Mann Jong.
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Three lines from “Daddy” by Sylvia Plath, from Ariel, copyright © 1963 by Ted Hughes. Reprinted by permission of Harper & Row, Publishers, Inc.
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Two lines from Voices by Antonio Porchia, translated by W. S. Merwin, copyright © 1969 by William S. Merwin. Reprinted by permission of Follett Publishing Company, division of Follett Corporation.
Three lines from “Under Which Lyre” by W. H. Auden, copyright © 1946 by W. H. Auden, from Collected Shorter Poems 1927–57. Reprinted by permission of Random House, Inc.
Six lines from “At Long Last Love” by Cole Porter, copyright © 1937 by Cole Porter. Copyright renewed and assigned to Chappell & Co., Inc. Used by permission of Chappell and Co., Inc.
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Four lines from “The Sheik of Araby,” words by Harry B. Smith and Francis Wheeler, music by Ted Snyder. Copyright © 1921 by Mills Music, Inc. Copyright renewed 1948 by Mills Music, Inc., and Jerry Vogel Music Co., Inc. Used by permission of Mills Music Co.
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