Indivisible: An Anthology of Contemporary South Asian American Poetry

Thank Yous

Thank Yous We would like to express our gratitude to Kim McMillon for planting that first seed; to Sunyoung Lee, Jannie Dresser, Ravi Shankar, and Hayan Charara for their advice and fellowship; to Colm Ó Riain for his Web site wizardry; to Erik Dreher for his keen artistic eye and consummate skill in cutting up saris; and, most especially, to Khaled Mattawa for his verve, vision, and practicality. We owe all eight of you thanks for your generous gifts of time and friendship; Khaled, we owe you dinner. We would also like to thank our contributors, for offering us so much help and encouragement and staying with us during this long journey, and our editorial assistants, Cristal Fiel and Beverly Quintana, who worked tirelessly on the final phases of this book. Our deep appreciation goes to Lawrence Malley and all the staff at the University of Arkansas Press for their belief in the importance of this project and for their unfailing good humor in these last intense few months. Finally, we would like to thank our spouses, Colm, Erik, and Robin, for their unrelenting patience. xviii ...