Acknowledgements

First thanks go to all the talented, brilliant writers, former students, who contributed their essays to this anthology.

Thank you to the CUNY OER (Open Educational Resources) Scale-Up Initiative, whose support made this anthology possible.

Stacy Katz, Saille Murray, Kenneth Schlesinger, John DeLooper, John McDonough and Madeline Soto at the Lehman College Library championed this project and I am grateful.

Thank you to Lyne Lucien, whose bold, simpatico cover illustration reflects the tone of these stories and to David Schwittek at Lehman College for his superb cover design.

Douglas Schoenberg provided unwavering support, as always, and generously shared his exceptional editing skills.

For reading and editorial help, thank you to Dan Mausner, Asher Klein, Grace Klein, Mary Menzel, Barbara Maurer, Corrie Blau, Lisa Singer, Johanna Stadler and Betty Marton.

And thanks to the director and staff of the Henry D. Moore Library in Steuben, Maine, for their help and collegiality: Jeanne Benedict, Sue Brandon and Amy Hall.

Justine Hope Blau is the author of 'Scattered: a Mostly True Memoir.' She is an adjunct lecturer at Lehman College (CUNY) in the Bronx and has been teaching memoir workshops since 2015.