A Vassar graduate and the mother of three children, MAY DIKEMANmade her first appearance in the ATLANTIC in May of last year with her short story “ The Tender Mercies,” which won second prize among the Atlantic “Firsts.” Miss Dikeman lives in New York City and is finishing work on her novel.

A Vassar graduate and mother of three children, MAY DIKEMAN tells us, “I now belong to an amateur theatrical group, paint portraits and street scenes, ride horses, and read Paul Tillich silently when not reading ‘What Happened to Piggy?' aloud.”