ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

Advisory Board
Marcel Cornis-Pope, English Department chair
Laura Browder, director of creative writing
Mary Flinn, editor-in-chief, vol. 2, no. 1
Gregory Donovan, co-editor
William Tester, co-editor
Michael Keller, managing online editor
Jeff Lodge, managing online editor
Robin Austin, New Virginia Review representative
Tom De Haven, MFA faculty representative
Gary Sange, MFA faculty representative
Elizabeth Cooper, English Department representative
Bryan Whitfield, New Virginia Review representative
Ann Woodlief, English Department representative

Arts Advisory Board
Kendall Buster, Department of Sculpture, Virginia Commonwealth University
Susan Ewing, Board of Trustees, New Virginia Review, Inc.
Tosha Grantham, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, Virginia
Ray Kass, Department of Art and Art History, Virginia Polytechnic Institute
   and State University
Elizabeth King, Department of Sculpture, Virginia Commonwealth University
Ashley Kistler, The Hand Workshop Art Center, Richmond, Virginia
Paul Monroe, Independent Art Collector, Richmond, Virginia
Carlton Newton, Department of Sculpture, Virginia Commonwealth University
John Ravenal, Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art, Virginia Museum of
   Fine Arts, Richmond, Virginia
Beverly Reynolds, The Reynolds Gallery, Richmond, Virginia
Howard Risatti, Department of Crafts, Virginia Commonwealth University
Richard Roth, Department of Painting and Printmaking, Virginia Commonwealth
   University
Joe Seipel, School of the Arts, Virginia Commonwealth University

Sponsors
Virginia Commonwealth University, Eugene P. Trani, President
The College of Humanities & Sciences at Virginia Commonwealth University,
   Stephen D. Gottfredson, Dean
The Virginia Commission for the Arts
The National Endowment for the Arts

Friends and Partners
The Hand Workshop Art Center
Main Art Supply & Framing
Theatre IV

Design
Special thanks to Ronnie Sampson and Nancy Martin of Viridian

Technical Support, Virginia Commonwealth University
Humanities and Sciences Computing Services
  Jim Spivey | Mike Dunham | John Seo | Greg Pendergast

School of Mass Communications
  John Geerdes

Department of Dance and Choreography, Grace Street Theater
  Leland Lew | Cynthia Theakston

Office of Information Technology
  Jim Bostick | John Noble |  Jim Toth | John Sullivan |  Jim Yucha

Contributors
New Virginia Review, Inc., extends particular thanks to the following corporations, foundations, agencies, groups, and individuals whose kindness makes our participation in Blackbird possible.

Corporations, Foundations, and Governments
The Bank of America Foundation
The Circuit City Foundation
CSX Corporation
Dominion Resources, Inc.
A.G. Edwards and Sons, Inc.
The Fountain Bookstore
Hunton and Williams
KPMG Peat, Marwick LLP
McGuire, Woods, Battle and Boothe
The Media General Foundation
Owens and Minor, Inc.
The Richmond Arts and Cultural Consortium,
   supported by the City of Richmond and the Counties of Henrico and Hanover
Robertshaw Controls Company Foundation
Suntrust MidAtlantic Flundation
Trammell Crow
Trigon Insurance Company
The Virginia Commission for the Arts,
   supported by the National Endowment for the Arts