title: Spectacular Babies: New Writing
author: Karen Anderson
description: Karen Anderson is a member of the class. A poet from the USA she is in New Zealand on a Fulbright scholarship. Her work has appeared in the <I>Poetry Ireland Review, Columbia</I> and <I>Colorado Review</I> among others. Bill Manhire is one of New Zealand's best known and most lauded poets and short story writers.
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  ## LINDA CASTILLO
  
  ## A BABY BEFORE DAWN
  
  ![](logo.jpg)
  
  TORONTO • NEW YORK • LONDON  
  AMSTERDAM • PARIS • SYDNEY • HAMBURG  
  STOCKHOLM • ATHENS • TOKYO • MILAN • MADRID  
  PRAGUE • WARSAW • BUDAPEST • AUCKLAND
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Special thanks and acknowledgment are given to  
  Linda Castillo for her contribution  
  to the LIGHTS OUT miniseries.
  
  
  
  
  
  ## Contents
  
  [Chapter One
  
  ](babybeforedawna_split_003.html#ch01)
  
  [Chapter Two
  
  ](babybeforedawna_split_004.html#ch02)
  
  [Chapter Three
  
  ](babybeforedawna_split_005.html#ch03)
  
  [Chapter Four
  
  ](babybeforedawna_split_006.html#ch04)
  
  [Chapter Five
  
  ](babybeforedawna_split_007.html#ch05)
  
  [Chapter Six
  
  ](babybeforedawna_split_008.html#ch06)
  
  [Chapter Seven
  
  ](babybeforedawna_split_009.html#ch07)
  
  [Chapter Eight
  
  ](babybeforedawna_split_010.html#ch08)
  
  [Chapter Nine
  
  ](babybeforedawna_split_011.html#ch09)
  
  [Chapter Ten
  
  ](babybeforedawna_split_012.html#ch10)
  
  [Chapter Eleven
  
  ](babybeforedawna_split_013.html#ch11)
  
  [Chapter Twelve
  
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