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A Footnote in History

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , on June 20, 2015| 6 Comments »

I used to write theater reviews, and I was doing a Google search not long ago on the name I used when, lo and behold, I found that I was in a footnote in a book on theater — specifically Portrayals of Americans on the World Stage, by Kevin J. Wetmore.

An essayist in the book had cited a TheaterMania review of Family Stories: A Slapstick Tragedy, by Biljana Srbljanović, a strange, dark play about children surviving in wartime. I saw the footnote at Google Books and couldn’t see the whole chapter, but it looks like it was about Srbljanović’s view of the Ugly American.

I can’t tell you how tickled I was to be footnoted. I had no idea that anyone had wanted to use that review. I have been equally excited and surprised the few times I got an acknowledgment (for doing not much) in friends’ books: Unseen Warhol, Balm in Gilead: Journey of a Healer, and Pen Pal. What a thrill!

Danielle Skraastad and Emma Bowers in Family Stories: A Slapstick Tragedy

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