I’m hugely grateful to PJ Mark and John Williams for believing in me and in this book and coming out of nowhere when I was feeling down to make the only dream I ever had come true; to Tom Beller for encouragement, friendship, and support; Jay Ryan for the amazing cover; and SM for supplying the title and making the music. Thanks also to Farrin Jacobs, Irini Spanidou, Jonathan Baumbach, Michael Cunningham, Open City, Betsy Crane Brandt, Jill Jakes, Megan Robinson, Saïd Sayrafiezadeh, Scott Smith, Greg Purcell, Uncle Barry, Dan Buettner, Mark Weston, Jean Tittle, and Mike Charles. Special thanks and love to Paul Bayer, Trish Chappell, Erin Dwight, Stephen Lynch, and Debora Vilas Boas. I’d also like to give a shout-out to the city of Kalamazoo, Michigan, whose general vibe and musical and literary underground during the years that I lived there helped define me.