Thanks to everyone at John F. Blair, especially Anna B. Sutton who has made this book much better with her insightful eye, her poetic ear, and her generous heart. I am profoundly grateful and lucky to have worked with her; Amy Fusselman, who has been through thick and thin with me for many years, for offering encouragement and support and without whom this book never would have come out of the box; Jane Hilberry for nurturing a vision of wild creative possibility for me and for everyone around her; Steven Hayward for taking time from his own writing to give feedback that was both incisive and kind; Sandi Wong at Colorado College for giving me the time and the resources to go in new directions and for her friendship; a whole raft of people who used to hang out in a bar I knew a long time ago and who often saw me at my worst, yet never turned away; Paul and Bob for the music and the books; and to Jonathan, Aiden, and Tris for everything.