Contemporary African American Literature: The Living Canon

Acknowledgments

Acknowledgments WearedeeplyindebtedtoMat,houston,Darryl,Maryemma,eve,kristina, evie, carmen, alice, James, l.h., alex, richard, Martha, trudier, howard, Dana, greg, pia, and David for trusting us with their work and for staying with us through multiple revisions. We could not have asked for a more agreeable and talented group of contributors. We wish to recognize the following penn state university persons and entities for their financial support of the fall 2009 conference upon which this volume is based: the college of the liberal arts, the africana research center, the institute for the arts and humanities, the Department of english, the center for american literary studies, the george and Barbara kelly professor of american literature aldon nielsen, and the edwin erle sparks professor of literature Michael Bérubé, as well as the african american literature and culture society. We would like to acknowledge penn state university Department of english faculty and graduate students, including robin schulze, Mark Morrison, linda F. selzer, aldon nielsen, Bernard W. Bell, kevin Bell, keith gilyard, iyun osagie, pia Deas, nadia Wilson, phylissa smithDeroze , gregory pierrot, Michael new, David F. green, alexandria lockett , sarah rude, William Woolfitt, emily sharpe, and Damon cagnolatti for their support during the conference. Thanks go as well to aqsa ahmed, natasha lloyd-owens, Julia kramer, trevon pegram, and Dawn noren for their clerical and other support. We would like to thank the staff at indiana university press, especially angela Burton and our editor, robert sloan. We are grateful for the insightful feedback and comments provided during the review process, and we would like to extend apprexiii xiv · Acknow ledgments ciation to colleague keith Mitchell who shared his expertise with us during the revision process. Finally, we would like to recognize the africana research center at penn state university and the rutgers university african Diaspora literature post-doctoral Fellowship for their financial support of this project . We are especially grateful to erin king and tJ turner, who share our living spaces and make us feel like we can do anything we want to do. We thrive on their unconditional love as well as that of the always present ancestors. Contemporary afriCan ameriCan Literature ...