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Acknowledgments
Wouldn’t take nothing for my journey now…
Maya Angelou
I owe a tremendous debt to the people who have taught, supported, and encouraged me, who have listened to my (often half-baked) ideas, cheered me on, and made me laugh at the worst of times throughout the research and writing for this book. I am deeply and eternally grateful to Joan Eakin for her stellar intellectual guidance, her unwavering enthusiasm for this project, her availability and accessibility, and her enduring belief and encouragement. I would also like to thank Ping-Chun Hsiung and Martin Shain for their commitment to this project and for seeing it through to the end.
I am also deeply indebted to the people who have influenced my intellectual development—and ultimately this book—in ways they may not realise. Ann Robertson encouraged her students