Austin, and the Michener Center for Writers where I met these wonderful teachers.
Thank you to Todd Davis and Julia Kasdorf. If it hadnât been for Toddâs support at the very start, who knows if I wouldâve continued. If it werenât for Julia, this book wouldnât ask for or give or risk or trust nearly as much. And so thank you to The Pennsylvania State University where I met them.
Thank you to my friendsâLynne Beckenstein, Linda Gallant, and Rachel Mennies. Thank you to all the fans of Kanye West Iâve met along the way, especially my friend EJ Koh. Thank you to my husbandâs family. Thank you Mom, Dad, Nick, Victoria, and Bian. And Pop Pop, who I miss dearly.
Thank you to Wesleyan University Press and Suzanna Tamminen for believing in this book as a book. And special thanks to the National Endowment for the Arts.
Thank you, too, to Josiah Meekins, Sarah Yake, Evan McGarvey, Bronwyn Becker, Sheila Squillante, Geffrey Davis, Natalie Eilbert, Daniel Story, Kimberly Andrews, Lauren Tyrrell, Aaron Kimmel, Sarah RudeWalker, Alyse Bensel, Emily Anderson, Robin Becker, Elizabeth Kadetsky, Toni Jensen, and many others.
For everything, just everything, thank you to Catie Rosemurgy.
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