evelyn bowman , shauna buring , jayne close , eugene coats , barbara desalvo , elizabeth eichel , gary grunewald , kay hartsel , lois kupferberg , jean nichols , charles pippenger , rose reifenberger , kathy steele , andrea wall , delores warner , daphne wedig , dennis worthen , patti worthen i also wish to acknowledge and thank jason black , who saw more clearly than i did the story absence of grace needed to be and helped me to see it as well .