Gillian R. Overing is an Associate Professor of English at Wake Forest University. Other contributors are Pamela J. Annas, Wendy Goulston, Carol Stanger, Elisabeth Da umer, Sandra Runzo, Alice S. Horning, Alice F. Freed, Olivia Frey, Diana J. Fuss, Mary DeShazer, Mary Quinn, Ann Lavine, Pattie Cowell, Donna M. Perry, James D. Riemer, Susan Radner, Mickey Pearlman, Robert Mielke, Judith Bechtel, and Rebecca Blevins Faery.