with an introduction by Frederick R. Karl and a new afterword by Kathryn Hughes with an introduction by Frederick Busch and a new afterword by Jane Smiley. with an introduction by Gore Vidal and a new afterword by Michael Meyer. with an introduction by James Dickey and a new afterword by Jeffrey Meyers with an introduction by Leo Damrosch and a new afterword by Nathaniel Rich. with an introduction by Alex Kershaw and a new afterword by Tobey Hiller. with an introduction by Alice Hoffman and a new afterword by Juliet Barker with an introduction by Darryl Pinckney and a new afterword by Jonathan Arac. with an introduction by Irving Howe, and a new afterword by Dean Koontz with an introduction by Richard Lingeman and a new afterword by Rachel Sarah.