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1999 by Michael Gregory Stephens All rights reserved. Published 1999 Printed in the United States of America No portion of this publication may be reproduced in any manner without the written permission of the publisher
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Stephens, Michael Gregory. Where the sky ends : a memoir of alcohol and family / M. G. Stephens. p. cm. ISBN 1-56838-339-8 I. Stephens, Michael Gregory. 2. Recovering alcoholics United States Biography. 3. Authors, American20th century Biography. 4. AlcoholicsUnited StatesFamily relationships. 5. AlcoholismUnited States. I. Title. HV5293.S74A3 1999 362.292'092-dc21 [B] 99-34358 CIP
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Cover design by David Spohn Interior design by Nora Koch/Gravel Pit Publications Typesetting by Nora Koch/Gravel Pit Publications
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This book is dedicated to Susan, with love
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"... to trust and to celebrate what is constantbirth, struggle, and death are constant, and so is love, though we may not always think soand to apprehend the nature of change, to be able and willing to change. " James Baldwin
"As to me I know of nothing else but miracles" Walt Whitman
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CONTENTS
Acknowledgments
xi
I.
1. The Dead
3
II.
2. Where the Sky Ends
21
3. Who You Are
33
4. O Florida
49
5. Meditation on the Harp
65
6. Clearwater Blues
81
III.
7. The Amends
97
8. The Gratitude
107
9. Prayer for My Father
121
10. The Meeting
131
11. Farewell to the Chief
147
About the Author
169
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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
"Farewell to the Chief" appeared in The American Scholar; "Prayer for My Father" appeared in Manoa; ''Who You Are'' in Crazyhorse; "The Gratitude" in Hanging Loose; "Clearwater Blues" in Witness; "Meditation on the Harp" in Speak; and "The Amends" in Notre Dame Review. "Meditation on the Harp" was reprinted in The Art of the Essay 1999.
The author wishes to thank all the editors of these journals for their support, especially Joseph Epstein, Frank Stewart, Dennis Vannatta, Bob Hershon, Peter Stine, Dan Rolleri, Bill O'Rourke, and Phillip Lopate.
I wish to thank several people without whose help I could not have completed this book: my editor Steve Lehman and my agent Esmond Harmsworth. I also want to thank Jenny Kimball for introducing my work to Esmond. Richard Hoffman, writer, friend, and fellow traveler, read the manuscript and made excellent suggestions. Ivan Gold generously read an earlier version too. Kate Kjorlien copyedited the manuscript with care and understanding for its narrative voice.
Finally, I need to build a city of gratitude to Susan Wolan who acted as a developmental editor on the manuscript, from earliest versions until the present; no one read more drafts of this work than she did nor had more good advice
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concerning the manuscript; she believed in this book even when I did not, and encouraged me not to give up before the miracle.
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