Includes bibliographical references (p. [249]-253).

The fortunate fall -- The fair arcadian hill, or, "Yes there really is" -- Alma mater -- A rite of passage -- Serafina : an angel in my house -- A good and worthy voice -- Man hating : voices in the dark -- Teacher's pet -- Orphans of the storm : the F-word and the post-feminist generation -- Vocation -- A purple creature -- No abstract fires : a new year's message -- Unlearning not to speak, or, Why the caged bird sings -- A room of one's own revisited, or, Running away to New Jersey and other holy places -- To the land of the dead and back again : my "last lecture".

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