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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Poems฀from฀this฀collection฀first฀appeared฀in฀the฀following฀journals,฀sometimes฀in฀ an฀earlier฀form: National฀Poetry฀Review:฀“Sky฀Falling฀on฀Cedars,”฀“Whose฀Woods฀These฀Are” Pinyon:฀“Catch฀and฀Release,”฀“Transport฀to฀Sumer” Portland฀Review:฀“Insomnia,”฀“The฀Attic฀of฀the฀Attic” Seattle฀Review:฀“The฀Snow-Woman” Southern฀Review:฀“Bird฀Skin฀Coat,”฀“Breathing฀Out฀Smoke,”฀ ฀฀“Nostalgia฀for฀the฀Present” Sycamore฀Review:฀“Dove฀and฀Dove” Third฀Coast:฀“What฀Helen฀Caught” Willow฀Springs:฀“Six฀Degrees฀of฀Separation” Zone฀3:฀“Mountain฀of฀Names” For฀ feedback฀ on฀ earlier฀ drafts,฀ I฀ wish฀ to฀ thank฀ Maureen฀ McLane;฀ my฀ writing฀ group฀ (Jenny฀ Benjamin-Smith,฀ Colleen฀ Harryman,฀ Liana฀ Odrcic,฀ and฀ Melissa฀ ฀ Schoeffel);฀and฀I.฀H.฀Roth.฀For฀other฀forms฀of฀support,฀I฀am฀grateful฀to฀my฀colleagues ฀at฀Marquette฀University.฀I฀am฀also฀deeply฀indebted฀to฀Janice฀Anderson,฀ Sandra฀Lee฀Kleppe,฀Chris฀Roth,฀Janet฀and฀Evan฀Sorby,฀and฀Tracy฀Thompson. xi ...

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