Ellen Gilchrist, Fayetteville, Arkansas, teaches creative writing at the University of Arkansas. She is the author of several collections of short stories and novellas including "The Cabal and Other Stories", "Flights of Angels", "The Age of Miracles", "The Courts of Love", "In the Land of Dreamy Dreams", "Victory Over Japan" (winner of the National Book Award in 1984), "Drunk with Love", "I Cannot Get You Close Enough", and most recently, "Acts of God". Her novels include "The Anna Papers"; "The Annunciation"; "Net of Jewels"; "Starcarbon"; "Sarah Conley"; "Anabasis: A Journey to the Interior...