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Publication of this volume is made possible in part by a grant provided by the Minnesota
State Arts Board through an appropriation by the Minnesota State Legislature, and by a
grant from the National Endowment for the Arts. Significant support has also been pro-
vided by the Bush Foundation; Dayton's, Mervyn's, and Target stores through the
Dayton Hudson Foundation; the McKnight Foundation; and other generous contribu-
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viduals we offer our heartfelt thanks.

This book is made possible in part through a special partnership with the College of
St. Benedict.

Additional funding for this title was provided by the Jerome Foundation.

The author would like to thank the Pew Charitable Trusts, the New York Foundation
for the Arts, the MacDowell Colony, and the Wesleyan Writers Conference for assis-
tance and support in this work.

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