{ACKNOWLEDGMENTS}
First, thanks to Emily Potts, my editor at Rockport, for continued support (good-natured nudging) and her dedication to design. Gratitude also to Regina Grenier for her invaluable contributions to this and other projects.
The book would be shapeless if not for the keen eye and skilled craft of designer Rick Landers, with whom I’ve worked on many books.
Of course the vessel would be empty if not for the wonderful contributors to this volume, whose words and selections are smart and vivid.
Various people have helped me to do this and other work over the years. Thanks to my wife, Louise Fili, for her support and contribution to this book; and my friends Seymour Chwast, Mirko Ilić, Veronique Vienne, Marshall Arisman, Gail Anderson, ...