Acknowledgments

The editors wish to thank the copyright holders of the excerpted criticism included in this volume and the permissions managers of many book and magazine publishing companies for assisting us in securing reproduction rights. We are also grateful to the staffs of the Detroit Public Library, the Library of Congress, the University of Detroit Mercy Library, Wayne State University Purdy/Kresge Library Complex, and the University of Michigan Libraries for making their resources available to us. Following is a list of the copyright holders who have granted us permission to reproduce material in this volume of Short Stories for Students (SSfS). Every effort has been made to trace copyright, but if omissions have been made, please let us know.

COPYRIGHTED MATERIALS IN SSfS, VOLUME 22, WERE REPRODUCED FROM THE FOLLOWING PERIODICALS:

America, May 17, 1997. Copyright © 1997. All rights reserved. Reproduced with permission of America Press, Inc., 106 West 56th Street, New York, NY 10019. For subscription information, visit www.americanmagazine.org.—Booklist, v. 95, August, 1999. Copyright © 1999 by the American Library Association. Reproduced by permission.—Chicago Tribune, September 4, 1988 for "Enthralling Tale: Louise Erdrich's World of Love and Survival," by Thomas M. Disch. Copyright © 1988 by Chicago Tribune Co. Reproduced by permission of the author.—Children's Literature, v. 20, 1992. Copyright © 1992 by Yale University Press. Reproduced by permission.—Irish University Review, v. 27, June, 1997. Copyright © 1997 Irish University Review. Reproduced by permission.—Journal of the Short Story in English, spring, 1987. Copyright © 1987 by Presses de l'Universitè d'Angers. Reproduced by permission.—Kipling Journal, v. 57, September, 1983 for "Mowgli's Jungle," by Roger Lancelyn Green. Reproduced by permission of the Literary Estate of Roger Lancelyn Green.—Kirkus Reviews, February 1, 2003. Copyright © 2003 by The Kirkus Service, Inc. All rights reserved. Reproduced by permission of the publisher, Kirkus Reviews and Kirkus Associates, L. P.—Lancet, v. 356, December 2, 2000. Copyright © by Lancet. Reprinted with permission from Elsevier.—Library Journal, v. 113, September 1, 1988; September 1, 1996; v. 125, July 1, 2000; v. 128, March 15, 2003. Copyright © 1988, 1996, 2000, 2003 by Reed Elsevier, USA. All reprinted by permission of the publisher.—Modern Fiction Studies, v. 43, 1997. Copyright © 1997 by Purdue Research Foundation, West Lafayette, IN 47907. All rights reserved. Reproduced by permission of The Johns Hopkins University.—Nation, v. 259, August, 1994. Copyright © 1994 by The Nation Magazine/The Nation Company, Inc. Reproduced by permission.—New York Times Book Review, June 8, 2003. Copyright © 2003 The New York Times Company. Reproduced by permission.—Partisan Review, summer, 1991 for "Text and Stories," by Rachel Hadas. Reproduced by permission of the author.—Publishers Weekly, v. 246, August 9, 1999; v. 247, May 15, 2000; v. 250, April 28, 2003. Copyright © 1999, 2000, 2003 by Reed Publishing USA. All reproduced from Publishers Weekly, published by the Bowker Magazine Group of Cahners Publishing Co., a division of Reed Publishing USA, by permission.—South China Morning Post (Hong Kong), April 13, 2003. Copyright © 2003 South China Morning Post Ltd. Reproduced by permission.—Studies in Short Fiction, v. 21, fall, 1984; v. 27, summer, 1987; v. 33, fall, 1996. Copyright © 1984, 1987, 1996 by Studies in Short Fiction. All reproduced by permission.—The Sunday Tribune, April 27, 2003. Copyright © 2003 The Sunday Tribune. Reproduced by permission.—Wall Street Journal, September 29, 1989 for "Change of Pace for a Pair of Heavyweights," by Bruce Bawer. Copyright © 1989 by Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All rights reserved. Reproduced by permission of the publisher and author.—World Literature Today, v. 66, spring, 1992; v. 74, winter, 2000; v. 75, spring, 2001. Copyright © 1992, 2000, 2001 by World Literature Today. All reproduced by permission.

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Angley, Patricia. From "Fleur Pillager: Feminine, Mythic, and Natural Representations in Louise Erdrich's Tracks," in Constructions and Confrontations: Changing Representations of Women and Feminism, East and West. Edited by Cristina Bacchilega and Cornelia N. Moore. University of Hawaii, 1996. Copyright © 1996 by College of Languages, Linguistics and Literature. All rights reserved. Reproduced by permission.—Baxter, Charles. From an Introduction in You've Got to Read This: Contemporary American Writers Introduce Stories That Held Them in Awe. Edited by Ron Hansen and Jim Shepard. Harper-Collins, 1994. Copyright © 1994 by Ron Hansen and Jim Shepherd. Reproduced by permission of the authors.—Dübois, Ia. From "Lars Gustafsson," in Dictionary of Literary Biography, Vol. 257, Twentieth-Century Swedish Writers After World War II. Edited by Ann-Charlotte Gavel Adams. A Bruccoli Clark Layman Book, 2002. Reproduced by permission of Thomson Gale.—Gray, Donald. From "Rudyard Kipling," in Dictionary of Literary Biography, Vol. 156, British Short-Fiction Writers, 1880-1914: The Romantic Tradition. Edited by William F. Naufftus. A Bruccoli Clark Layman Book, 1996. Reproduced by permission of Thomson Gale.—Hoilman, Dennis R. From "Simon J. Ortiz," in Dictionary of Literary Biography, Vol. 256, Twentieth-Century American Western Writers, Third Series. Edited by Richard H. Cracroft. A Bruccoli Clark Layman Book, 2002. Reproduced by permission of Thomson Gale.—Izzo, David Garrett. From "Stephen Vincent Benét," in Dictionary of Literary Biography, Vol. 249, Twentieth-Century American Dramatists, Third Series. Edited by Christopher Wheatley. A Bruccoli Clark Layman Book, 2001. Reproduced by permission of Thomson Gale.—Nordgren, Joe. From "Robert Olen Butler," in Dictionary of Literary Biography, Vol. 173, American Novelists Since World War II, Fifth Series. Edited by James R. Giles and Wanda H. Giles. A Bruccoli Clark Layman Book, 1996. Reproduced by permission of Thomson Gale.—Opdahl, Keith M. From "Saul Bellow," in Dictionary of Literary Biography, Vol. 28, Twentieth-Century American-Jewish Fiction Writers. Edited by Daniel Walden. A Bruccoli Clark Layman Book, 1984. Reproduced by permission of Thomson Gale.—Rosenberg, Ruth. From "Louise Erdrich," in Dictionary of Literary Biography, Vol. 152, American Novelists Since World War II, Fourth Series. Edited by James Giles and Wanda Giles. A Bruccoli Clark Layman Book, 1995. Reproduced by permission of Thomson Gale.—Smith, Laurel. From "Elizabeth Bowen," in Dictionary of Literary Biography, Vol. 162, British Short-Fiction Writers, 1915-1945. Edited by John H. Rogers. A Bruccoli Clark Layman Book, 1996. Reproduced by permission of Thomson Gale.—The Times Literary Supplement, January 25, 1936. Copyright © 1936 by The Times Supplements Limited. Reproduced from the Times Literary Supplement by permission.