Volume I: Isolation and Community

In loving memory of Veronica A.

Cover • For Contributors • For Readers • Volume I: Isolation and Community • Volume II: Love and Death • Volume III: Xenophobia and Xenophilia • Contributors • Print version of Volume I

Although I am a typical loner in my daily life, my awareness of belonging to the invisible community of those who strive for truth, beauty, and justice has prevented me from feelings of isolation.
--Albert Einstein, My Credo

I’m alone in a crowd—e pluribus plures.
Far from a family I miss.
I’d almost say I’m lonely, but lonely
Is worse, I recall, than this.
--Geoffrey Brock, Bryant Park at Dusk