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poetics of the body
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To my daughters, Carrie Fiocco Chacon and Nicki Fiocco Mizer,
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Copyright Acknowledgments
From The Phoenix Gone, The Terrace Empty by Marilyn Chin (Minneapolis: Milkweed
Editions, 1994). Copyright © by Marilyn Chin. Reprinted with permission from
Milkweed Editions (www
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know. I thank them for “always being there.”
I cannot over estimate the value of friends; therefore, I thank two
very special women, Barbara Bloodhart and Anita Nix. My life would
be poor without each of them.
I offer my deepest appreciation to Brigitte Shull, editor, and Lee
Norton, editorial assistant, at Palgrave. Brigitte’s support and advice
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