Burning Tulips

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Burning Tulips a novel Diane Payne Red Hen Press Los Angeles Burning Tulips Copyright © 2004 by Diane Payne All Rights Reserved No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatever without the prior written permission of both the publisher and the copyright owner. Cover art “Danza Primordial” by Esteban De Armas Book design by Mike Vukadinovich Cover design by Mark E. Cull ISBN 1-888996-89-7 Library of Congress Card Catalog Number 2004092161 The City of Los Angeles Cultural Affairs Department, California Arts Council and the Los Angeles County Arts Commission partially support Red Hen Press. Published by Red Hen Press First Edition Acknowledgments The author wishes to thank the editors of the following publications in which much of this work originally appeared: “Bobby Sherman” in Lifeboat: A Journal of Memoir; “Cleaning Cupboards” in Moxie Magazine and in Pike Creek Review “On Track” in Slow Trains; “Good Housekeeping” in The Best of Zine Yearbook, Vol. IV; “Brains and Boys” in In Praise of Pedagogy and Writing Through Reading, Longman Publishing, forthcoming in Chocolate for Teens; “The Beach” in Fresh Literary Magazine; “The Other Mother” in Teachers’ Anthology Project and in Chicken Soup For The Unsinkable Soul; “Shedding Hair” in Shards Anthology; “A Wise Investment” in Abundance; “Good Housekeeping” in Snowbound; “The Day We Drive” in Woman; “Cleaning Cupboards” “The Keyhole” in Mother’s Underground Magazine and forthcoming in Chocolate for Women; “Justice” in Kimera; “Dogs and Rabbits” in Artful Mind; “Proper Grammar” (now titled “Good Stock”) in Lexicon; “Apricot Pits, Love Beads and Jesus” in Lexicon; “Seeing Everything” in Dream Forge; “Tongue-Tied” in InterText; “Day We Drive” in Maple Syrup Simmering; “On Track” in Mercury Publishing; “Mending Battles” in 256 Shades of Grey; “Union-Made” in Sennet; “Mending Battles” in Thoth; “Shedding Hair” in Toast; “On Track” in Potomac Review; “Another Chance to Hope” in Common Journeys; “Different Worlds” in Common Journeys. This page intentionally left blank. ...