Ilse Bing painted the cover. She died in 1998 and her obituary, printed in the NY Times is held by the Sackner Archive. Over her last decade of life, she was rediscovered as an important photographer of the thirties. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

The poet, an internationally known art photographer, describes her experiences as a hospitalized patient in a poem entitled "Dawn" - 'when the day starts for you, a new day starts...but in the hospital, nothing starts, the grey goes on and on, hold your breath in fear, take your breath -- where is life?' -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.