Credits

I am hereby thankfully acknowledging the following dear individuals in their reading some of my work here, toward my revisions or inspirations to revise my work, in poetry and short prose: My longtime friends, Omur Aydin (my apology for the forced misspelling of each of your names), Filiz Ertekin and Kathy Salloum; my poet and writer friends, Paula Schröder, Jill Hackman, Mindy Kornhaber, Katherine Yeaple and my second essay’s voluntary editor, fellow writer, Walt Fillman. My appreciation will always be on its way to you all.