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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS The editors of this collection wish to thank Michelle Webb and Katherine Pope, who provided invaluable editorial assistance during this project, as well as the staff of The Kent State University Press—especially Joyce Harrison, Acquiring Editor, and Mary Young, Managing Editor—and the anonymous external reviewers whose comments and suggestions were exceedingly helpful. We are also grateful to the Kansas City Star, Rollins College, and the University of South Alabama—especially Andrzej Wierzbicki, Dean of the USA College of Arts and Sciences—for their support in the form of time and funding. Finally, we are grateful to our families and friends, who encouraged our efforts and shored us up through the long hours of work and the years it took to bring this book to print. vii ...

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