The Scent of the Gods

Acknowledgments

Acknowledgments Thanks first of all to my teachers at Saint Anthony’s Convent, and to my mother, Doris Cheong, for their gift of beginnings; to my father , Daniel Cheong, who inspired this book unwittingly; to James McConkey,forhiswisdomandkindness;tofaithfulfriends,whose spirits accompanied me throughout the writing—Katheryn Rios, Juliana Whitmore, Deidre Jackson, Marjorie Maddox, JoElaine Wasson, Edward Hardy, William Evans, John Lauricella, Mabel Lee, and Angela Yeo McKenzie. My gratitude also goes to Rebecca Dietz, whose listening woke important voices; to Zofia Burr and James X. Lucey, whose poems lit pathways through countless writing blocks; to Danny Brink-Washington, for his patience near the end;tomyeditor,JillBialosky,forheractoffaith.Iremainindebted to Edward Washington, for his irrepressible sense of play; in the lonely hours, you sustained me. Cheong_Scent text.indd 39 11/2/10 10:33:35 AM Cheong_Scent text.indd 40 11/2/10 10:33:35 AM The Scent of the Gods Cheong_Scent text.indd 41 11/2/10 10:33:35 AM Cheong_Scent text.indd 42 11/2/10 10:33:35 AM ...