Unending Nora

Title Page, Copyright, Acknowledgments, Dedication, Epigraph

Unending Nora This page intentionally left blank. RED HEN PRESS | Los Angeles, California Unending Nora a novel Julie Shigekuni Unending Nora Copyright © 2008 Julie Shigekuni All rights reserved No portion of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying and recording, or by any information storage or retrieval system, without permission in writing from Red Hen Press. ISBN: 978-1-59709-122-0 Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 2008926882 The California Arts Council and the National Endowment for the Arts partially support Red Hen Press. Red Hen Press www.redhen.org First Edition Acknowledgments: This book was a long time in the making, and along the way many people have contributed generously toward its realization. For reading early drafts, I thank Madalyn Aslan, Julia Hunkins, Margaret Mayer, the many wonderfully talented and just plain wonderful students at the Institute of American Indian Arts, graduate students I had the good fortune to work with during my year at Mills College, Matthew Wilks for his medical expertise, and Officer Wesley LaCuesta of the Foothill Precinct of the Los Angeles Police Department. For their reading and generous comments on later drafts, Julie Mars, Frances Sackett, Nancy Barrickman, Christie Waszak, Kathryn Landon, Helena Brandes, Norman Bay. And always, my husband Jonathan Wilks, for the pleasures of work and home. This page intentionally left blank. For Kiyomi, Emiko, and Issa This page intentionally left blank. A baby calms down when you rock it, a city calms down from the distance. —Yehuda Amichai This page intentionally left blank. ...