Eight White Nights

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

I wish to thank Paul LeClerc, who gave me courage when I needed it most; the New York Public Library’s Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center for Scholars and Writers, for giving me a study for a whole year; Yaddo, for housing me during two glorious Junes; Jonathan Galassi, my editor; Lynn Nesbit, my agent; Cynthia Zarin, my friend — all of whom gave so much to this book. And, finally, my wife, Susan, who gave me roots, a home, a life, and all the love and blessings of family.