The End of the World Book: A Novel

Acknowledgments

Acknowledgments < 305 = Excerpts from this work were published in Bloom, The James White Review, Suspect Thoughts, Queer and Catholic, Two Crows, Paws and Reflect, and Mirage #4 Periodical. Many thanks to the following people for their aesthetic guidance and for reading the manuscript throughout its various stages: Jim Krusoe, Dennis Cooper, James McCourt, Richard Canning, Susana Chávez-Silverman, Teresa Carmody, Anne Hawthorne, Sakada, and Amanda Walzer-Prieto. I’m indebted to all my writing teachers, particularly Kate Haake, Rod Val Moore, Jill Ciment, and Brenda Walker. I’m equally and blissfully indebted to anyone who’s published my work, especially Patrick Merla, Don Weise, Charles Flowers, Richard LaBonte, Lawrence Schimel, and Karen Finley. I receive constant inspiration and support of all kinds from all my friends and fellow-writers, all my creative writing students, Antioch University L.A. and Santa Barbara , Frida, and my family, especially my parents. The World Book Encyclopedia was an invaluable store of knowledge and wonder, specifically the 1957 and 1960 editions. I’m deeply grateful to everyone at the University of Wisconsin Press who worked so hard on the book, particularly Raphael Kadushin , Sheila Moermond, Andrea Christofferson, Carla Aspelmeier, Chris Caldwell, Adam Mehring, Amy Johnson, Nadine Zimmerli, <= and Amy Caes. Thanks to Vivian van Blerk for the beautiful image on the cover. And of course, eternal thanks to Tim Miller, who’s my guiding light in writing and in life. < 306 = ...