Scream (32 page)
Authors: Tama Janowitz
And sometimes, not always, aisle 12 is nearby.
With much thanks and appreciation for my friends, some of whom are also friend/agent, friend/editor, friend/publicist, friend/teacher, friend/supportâin various combinationsâall of whom have saved me in one way or another:
Christopher Schelling, Carrie Thornton, Matthew Daddona, Joseph Papa, Greg Villepique.
Stasia Newell, Tim Dunlap, Tara Bricker, Sue Martin, Kristine Shaw, Lyn Gerry, Cat Rossiter, Lindy Feigenbaum, Debbie Schmitz, Diane Shetler, Susan Ward, Mark Ramos, Joe Chicone, Anne Cridler, Annie Hauff Madison, Mark Raymond.
Jo Hunt, Mary Ott, Peter Baker, Carol Alexander, Missy Blauvelt, Tom Bell, Millie Nash, Cathy Carlsonâthere when I needed you.
To those who were with me when I was told my mom had died: Sue Laughlin, April Borden, Sylvia Laughlin. So compassionate, kind, and supportive.
Jill Abrams!
Sally Judd, Paige Powell, Brian Dannelly, Michael Urban, Glenn Albin, Barton G. Weiss, Nick Fox, Fay Weldon, James Ivory, Tim Huntârescuers all of youâand last, but numero uno, Willow Hunt.
Special thanks to the New York Foundation for the Arts for their aidâfinancial and psychologicalâat a crucial moment in my life.
TAMA JANOWITZ
has published eleven books, which have been translated into twenty-two languages and made into several films. She lives in upstate New York with her dog, Zizou Zidane, now that the other seven have expired, and her quarter horse mare, Fox, with whom she studies under Stasia Newell.
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Peyton Amberg
Area Code 212
They Is Us
Cover design by Amanda Kain
Cover photograph © Lynn James / Getty Images
Photographs, unless otherwise credited, are provided courtesy of the author.
This is a memoir.
My
memories. It is what
I
remember. Except some of the people were a lot worse. I changed some names and minor details. Quotes are re-created to the best of my ability based on my keen recollection of the events.
SCREAM
. Copyright © 2016 by Tama Janowitz.
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