In These Times the Home Is a Tired Place: World War II in the Central Pacific

Acknowledgments

ix Acknowledgments Deep gratitude and acknowledgment is given to the following publications, in which these stories originally appeared, sometimes in slightly different form: “You Are a Good Girl I Love You” in West Branch; “If We Miss the Beginning” in Pank; “This Kind of Happiness” (as “Not a Family”) in Phoebe: A Journal of Literature and Art; “I Would Stop” in Sonora Review; “What Became of What She Had Made” in The Journal; “The Year We Are TwentyThree ” in Hayden’s Ferry Review; “March On” in Quarterly West; “The Good Luck Doll” in Corium; “In These Times the Home Is a Tired Place” in Web Conjunctions; “How To Be a Prisoner” in The Emprise Review; “Like Falling Down and Laughing” in The Cincinnati Review; “I Now Pronounce You” in The Normal School; “Buttons” in Alice Blue Review; “January on the Ground” in Sou’wester; “Ruckus, Exhaustion” in New World Writing; “Staring Contests” in Frigg; and “The Problem with Moving” in Big Lucks. I would also like to thank everyone who supported me and my development as a writer. First, thanks to Katherine Dunn and those at the Katherine Anne Porter Prize and the University of North Texas Press who generously brought this book into being. Thanks so much to all the editors who included these stories in their magazines and showed continued enthusiasm for my writing, including Michael Griffith, Matthew Pitt, Roxanne Gay, x IN THESE TIMES THE HOME IS A TIRED PLACE and Mark Cugini, and to Richard Thomas, for thinking of me and including my work in his anthology of provocative women. To my parents Tom and Cindy Hollander, who instilled a healthy skepticism, and to my brother Daniel, who rebelled and became a romantic. Special thanks to Wendy Rawlings for invaluable meetings and discussions about these stories, and to Michael Martone, Kellie Wells, Kate Bernheimer, and all the writers at the University of Alabama’s MFA program who pushed me outside my comfort zone and taught me that writing can be many things, and one of the things it can be is fun. To others who have helped me improve these stories, particularly at Sewanee Writers Conference and Rope Walk Writers Conference, including Christine Schutt, Padgett Powell, and Benjamin Percy. To other mentors who have helped me on this path, particularly at the Sewanee Writers Conference, Rope Walk Writers Retreat, and the University of Michigan, including Christine Schutt, Padgett Powell, Benjamin Percy, Kevin Wilson, and Laura Kasischke. To my friends who have grown with me and inspired me for years and years, especially Liz Diamond, Katy Hunsche, Lara Hillard, Ben Goldman, and Mara Gaviglio. To Lynn and Harold Maurer for their support and savvy. To Shannon May for the artwork covering this book. And finally, thanks to Richard for his endless support, and to Oliver for every day pulling me back into the world outside my head. ...