But all my stories brought together here speak with their own voice to me of a source of strength on which I leaned as well, and do lean. Without the love and belief my family gave me, I could not have become a writer to begin with. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data "Kin," "Where Is the Voice Coming From?" and "The Demonstrators" first appeared in "No Place for You, My Love," "The Bride of the Innisfallen," Manuscript, New Directions, Prairie Schooner, Sewanee Review, Southern Review, Some of the stories in this collection, a few in different form, first appeared in theįollowing magazines: Accent, American Prefaces, Atlantic Monthly, Decision, Harper'sīazaar, Harper's Magazine, the Hudson Review, Levee Press of Greenville, Mississippi,
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