Shame and Wonder, page 20
For Nancy
My gratitude first and always to Nancy Rebal, guiding angel, for knowing what it means.
To Ben Fountain, relentlessly generous friend and neighbor, for getting it out there.
To J. J. Sullivan, Lorin Stein, and John Freeman for encouragements, connections, and publication.
To my editor, Andy Ward, and my agent, Nicole Aragi, for ganging up to show me the book I needed to write—for her enthusiasm and wisdom, and his dowsing-rod intelligence that knows exactly where, without disturbing the ground, to pause, to dig.
To my old friend and scientific adviser, Charles Alonzo Watson III.
To Lila King Schroeder, who told the first story.
To Greear Cossitt, for the words that made the title.
To Bonnie Thompson, for her sensitive and meticulous copyediting.
To my kids, John, Elizabeth, and Anna, and their mother, Jean.
And to friends and informants living and dead: Steve Anderson, Professor Annemarie Weyl Carr, Professor John Cotton, Tim and Melanie Coursey, Dogan the driver, Charlie Drum, Mike and Anita Edgmon, Dave England, John Fountain, Vernon Grissom, Luke Heister, Tracy Hicks, Kyle Hobratschk, Reverend Dr. John C. Holbert, Courtney and Elaine King, Paul Larson, Alan Lidji, Fay Lidji, Professor John Lunsford, Doug MacWithey, Kevin MacWithey, Daniel McKenna, Charles Dee Mitchell, Ufuk Ozsoy, Jack Powell, Steve Richardson, Bobo Riefler, Babbette Samuels, Alpay Burak Seven, Ron Siebler, Bobby Spears, Neil Sreenan, Bob Trammell, Karan Verma, Professor Mary Vernon, Nolan White, Bryan Woolley, and Alp Yaradanakul.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
DAVID SEARCY is the author of Ordinary Horror and Last Things, and the recipient of a grant by the National Endowment for the Arts. He lives in Dallas, Texas.
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David Searcy, Shame and Wonder
