Further Out Than You Thought (35 page)

Susan Lang, for her Hassayampa Institute, whose community of writers gave me a sense of support and purpose at a time when I most needed it.

My teachers, especially Stephen Yenser, Ellen Bryant Voigt, and Larry Levis, for feeding the fire.

The Wonder Agents of 3 Arts—Richard Abate, whose faith in my writing proved both impetus and inspiration, and Melissa Kahn, who spun her magic and found such a fine home for my book.

Editor extraordinaire Jessica Williams, for her hard work and keen eye, and all of the amazing people at HarperCollins who helped to bring this book into the world.

My family, for your constant love. Hannah and Max, my song and my reason.

And finally, I want to thank Ty Fitzmorris, who believes.

© TY FITZMORRIS

MICHAELA CARTER
is an award-winning poet and writer. She studied theater at UCLA and holds an MFA in creative writing, and her poetry has been nominated for two Pushcart Prizes, won the Poetry Society of America Los Angeles New Poets Contest, and appeared in numerous journals. Recently she cofounded the Peregrine Book Company, an independent bookstore in Prescott, Arizona, where she works as a book buyer and storyteller. Carter lives in Prescott with her partner and two inscrutable children and teaches creative writing at Yavapai College. This is her first novel.

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This book is a work of fiction. The characters, incidents, and dialogue are drawn from the author's imagination and are not to be construed as real. Any resemblance to actual events or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.

“Not Waving but Drowning” by Stevie Smith, from
Collected Poems of Stevie Smith,
copyright © 1957 by Stevie Smith. Reprinted by permission of New Directions Publishing Corp. and Estate of James MacGibbon.

FURTHER OUT THAN YOU THOUGHT.
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