ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

Thanks to Alison McKeen for thinking of this book; to Anne Savarese for making it happen; to Jodi Beder for subtle and intelligent editing; to Mary-Kay Wilmers and Robert Silvers for encouragements ancient and modern; to Susan Wolfson for some wonderful conversations; to my students and colleagues at Princeton and Bread Loaf for wit and company; and to Ava Turner, who always knows when to laugh.