I acknowledge the following sources for the quotes that appear herein:
“She was moist and trembling,” p. 25: Anaïs Nin, Delta of Venus (New York: Pocket Books, 1991).
“History is nothing,” p. 40: Milan Kundera, The Joke (London: Faber & Faber, 1992).
“Hope is the thing with feathers,” p. 258: Emily Dickinson, “Hope,” The Poems of Emily Dickinson, ed. R. W. Franklin (Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1999).
About the Author
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Annabel Smith is the author of A New Map of the Universe and the interactive digital novel/app The Ark. She holds a PhD in writing and is on the editorial board at Margaret River Press. She lives in Perth, Australia, with her husband and son.
Check out her website: annabelsmith.com
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