Giovanna's 86 Circles: And Other Stories

Acknowledgments

ix Acknowledgments My thanks to the editors of the following publications in which these stories, some in earlier versions, first appeared: “Giovanna’s 86 Circles” and “Unraveled” in Italian Americana, “Yesterday’s News” in Primavera, “Freezer Burn” in VIA: Voices in Italian Americana, “Between the Sheets” in Getting By: Narratives of Working Lives, Bottom Dog Press, and “Raw Egg in Beer,” Not Black and White, Plain View Press. I am grateful to the Sherwood Anderson Foundation and to my agent, Evan Marshall, for their support. My deepest gratitude to my in-house editor and husband, Michael Winks, and our son, Giona. Giovanna’s 86 Circles ...