by Ann Hulbert
Russell & Volkening, Inc.: Excerpt from A Mother in History by Jean Stafford (published by Farrar, Straus & Giroux, Inc.), copyright © 1966 by Jean Stafford; excerpt from Review of Children’s Books (The New Yorker, December 5, 1970), copyright © 1970 by Jean Stafford; excerpt from “An Influx of Poets” (The New Yorker, November 6, 1978), copyright © 1978 by Jean Stafford. Reprinted by permission of Russell & Volkening, Inc. as agents for the Estate of Jean Stafford.
Shenandoah: Excerpts from “People to Stay” by Nancy Flagg (Shenandoah, 1979, 30/3), and excerpt from “Miss Jean Stafford” by Wilfrid Sheed (Shenandoah, 1979, 30/3). Reprinted by permission.
Helen H. Tate: Excerpts from “Techniques of Fiction” from Essays of Four Decades by Allen Tate (published by Swallow Press, 1968). Reprinted by permission of Helen H. Tate, Executrix of the Estate of Allen Tate.
The University of Chicago Press: Excerpt from “Smile and Grin, Relax and Collapse” in Selected Essays of Delmore Schwartz by Delmore Schwartz. Copyright © 1970 by The University of Chicago. Reprinted by permission.
The University of Colorado: Excerpt from “Miss McKeehan’s Pocketbook” by Jean Stafford (Colorado Quarterly, Spring, 1976). Reprinted by permission of College of Arts and Sciences, University of Colorado, Boulder.
Vogue magazine and Russell & Volkening, Inc.: Excerpt from “Katharine Graham” by Jean Stafford (Vogue magazine, December, 1973). Copyright © 1973 by The Conde Nast Publications Inc. Reprinted by permission of Vogue magazine and Russell & Volkening, Inc. as agents for the Estate of Jean Stafford.
Western American Literature: Excerpt from “Native Daughter: Jean Stafford’s California” by William Leary (Western American Literature, November, 1986, 21/3, pp. 195–205). Reprinted by permission.