And I’d like to thank Gleni Bartels (my production editor) for stitching these stories together. Special thanks to the following for helping me to expand my frame of reference to include: New York City (John Sheedy and Marilyn Webb), Vietnam (Richard Stout), embalming (Christopher Hroziencik), museum exhibits (Sheri Lindquist), cartooning (Bob Mankoff), French food (Anne Steinbeck), all things Italian (Vincenzina Cipriani, Janet Smith, and Rita Severi), the Guardia Medica in Rome (Marina Frontani), Stearmans in Italy (Piero Angiolillo), and Texas avocados (Noe Torres and Medardo Riojas). And to the following for supplying just the right words when I needed them: Susan Erickson, “Renaissance angels balancing effortlessly on stepping-stone clouds” (p. 136)—adapted from “Angels Italiano” (The Art of Departure, Egress Studio Press, Bellingham, WA 2003); Michel McFee, “How hard to take the trail as it comes” (p. 105)—from “Plain Air” (Plain Air, University Press of Florida, Gainesville, FL 1983); and Peter Burian, translation of Leopardi’s “Il passero solitario”
What do You think about The Truth About Death (2016)?
