Thank you to the following people, who in various ways helped this to become a book:
Nicole Aragi, Marjorie Braman, Jeffery McGraw, Shelley Perron, John Edgar Wideman, Sharon Dilworth, Diane Goodman, Sherry Wellman, Kristin Kovacic, Jane Bernstein, Kathy George, Evelyn Pierce, Jill Weaver, Bruce Burris, Jim Daniels, and Jackie Litt.
Thank you also to my family: my parents, my brothers, Aunt Shirley and Uncle Butch and all Ackermans, Bjorks, and Lowes, Joshua, Jordan, Rosemary, and Annajane.
Most especially, and always, thanks to Dan.