PRAISE FOR BIRTHDAY PRESENCE<P><i>These are tales of intensity and indignation of passion and pathos of angst and anger of grappling and grief. They're also tales of both humor and heart-though each of these elements skews at times rather dark. Most of all these are tales of wounded spirits yearning for redemption reconciliation release... or just a reason to live. Cox characters step right up grab us by the lapels yank us toward them and Willy-Loman-like demand to be known</i></P>Paul McComasAuthor of <i>Unplugged</i> and <i>Planet of the Dates</i> from his foreword