ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Thank you:
Cathy
Bolaji
Ali
Tracy
Maria
Jin
Kate
Antosca
Tate
Piotr.
And thanks to Amy, Vito, Jess, Denise, and everyone at Hedgebrook, including & especially my amazing fellow fellows, Neela, Robin, Tina, and Katy, who listened to the first few pages of Mr. F.
When I first started thinking about Bluebeard, I read and watched every interpretation I could find — all of them valuable, but some sank in especially deep: Marina Warner’s From the Beast to the Blonde, Margaret Atwood’s essay “Fitcher’s Bird,” and Anne Sexton’s Transformations. These were wise and excellent guides.