march 9, 2005. the poetry and literature center at the library of congress. her collection of short stories, black feathers, appeared in 1998 from harpercollins. messages found in an oxygen bottle (1986). construction started in 1947 and the hospital was opened on may 24, 1949. it cost $170,000. the officer signaled another officer to have a drug-sniffing dog sniff the man's bag. she obtained her file from the hospital with the help of a lawyer. published by harpercollins in 1997, wasted was a critical and commercial success. 