Silence and the Word

Mary Ann Mohanraj

Published by Lethe Press at Smashwords

Copyright 2004 by Mary Anne Mohanraj

All rights reserved. No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission, except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles or reviews.

Cover design by Zak Jarvis.

Lethe Press, 118 Heritage Ave, Maple Shade, NJ 08052

ISBN 1-59021-014-X / 978-1-59021-014-7

for Kevin

Acknowledgements

Grateful thanks to the usual suspects who gave support, encouragement, and critique at various stages, and who did their best to keep me honest: Matt Austern, Kate Bachus, Jed Hartman, Nalo Hopkinson, David Horwich, Dan Percival, Benjamin Rosenbaum, and I’m sure several others whom I will be embarrassed to have forgotten. Hopefully, they love me enough to forgive me the lapse. Particular thanks to Shmuel Ross for extensive (and repeated) proofreading! Any remaining errors are, of course, my own. And extra-special thanks with gold stars to Karen Meisner, who helped me decide what to leave out.