Water Music

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

“Soft White Underbelly,” “Ere Half My Days,” “Corrective Surgery,” “A.K.A. Katunga Oyo,” “Fatima,” “The Sahel,” “Tantalus,” “Laying It on the Line,” “Plantation Song” and “New Continents, Ancient Rivers” first appeared, in slightly different form and under the title “Mungo Among the Moors,” in The Paris Review.

“Naiad,” “Glegged,” “Diminishing Returns,” “Apostasy” and “Cold Feet” first appeared under the title “Patience” in Antaeus.

“Arise!” and “Leavening” and “O That Sinking Feeling” first appeared under the title “The Fall of Ned Rise” in The Hawaii Review.

“Not Twist, Not Copperfield, Not Fagin Himself first appeared in The Iowa Review.

“Hegira” first appeared in The North American Review.

“Escape!” and “Dassoud’s Story” and “Escape! Cont.” first appeared under the title “Escape from the Moors” in The Agni Review.

The author would like to thank the National Endowment for the Arts for their financial assistance in completing this book.