Acknowledgments

I would like to express my gratitude to Bill Moyers, for the invitation that led to this book; to Norman Lear, for his loving, generous heart; to Michael Katz, my agent, for his usual grace and expertise; to Hugh Van Dusen, my editor, for helping everything to happen in the right way; to David Bullen, for designing this and so many other beautiful books; to John Tarrant, for letting me pilfer some of his insights; to Chana Bloch, Elaine Pagels, and John Tarrant, for their invaluable criticism of the Introduction; and to Vicki, for more than words can say.