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Acknowledgements
Over the years that I wrote these stories, I was teaching—and growing babies—full time and working on my master’s degree a semester at a time. None of that would have been possible without the support of many people along the way.
I’m grateful for the staff in the English department at UMass Boston. In particular, I’m thankful for the workshops of Joyce Peseroff and John Fulton and to my thesis readers, Askold Melnyczuk and Pamela Annas. I would never have been able to focus so exclusively on this work without a high-quality creative writing program at a public university that welcomes students of all stripes.
Thanks also to my friend Bud Jennings, teaching mentor and editor extraordinaire, who was an enthusiastic reader of late drafts.
I am also deeply appreciative to Melanie Nelson of Annorlunda Books for believing in my work, and to Francesca Forrest for her careful work in readying this collection for publication.
Finally, none of this would exist without my husband Kirk, who let me close the library door as often as I needed to. No one could ask for a better, more equal partner in life.
About the Author
Elizabeth Trach is a writer and editor living in Newburyport, Massachusetts. She earned her M.A. in Creative Writing at the University of Massachusetts, Boston, and her poetry has previously been published in The Worcester Journal. When not busy writing, she also sings in a band, grows almost all her own food, and occasionally even cooks it.
You can catch up on all of her adventures in extreme gardening at PortPotager.blogspot.com or read more of her work at TheBlogwright.com.
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