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ix A book is always a collaborative effort, and this one especially so. The volume you have in your hands had its beginning at the annualCanadianLiteratureSymposiumattheUniversityofOttawa in May 2008. Re: Reading the Postmodern brought together students, academics, independent scholars, and writers from across the country to discuss the history and theory of Canadian postmodernism. My thanks go to everyone whose participation made the event such a success, and especially to the large group of student volunteers without whose help such a large undertaking would not have been possible: Jordan Berard, Suzanne Bowness, Jessica Brichta, Carmela Coccimiglio, Gene Kondusky, Maude Lapierre, Matthew MacDonald, Marissa McHugh, Kathleen Patchell, Zac Schnier, and dj Sparkle (a.k.a. Amber Yared). Particular thanks must go to Malcolm Sutton, my graduate assistant and co-organizer, for his enthusiasm and hard work at every stage of the project. The administrative staff at the University of Ottawa’s Department of English was a tremendous help; thanks especially to Nadine Mayhew and Marie aCknowLedgements acknoWlEdgEmEntS x Tremblay-Chénier, who I fear was driven into early retirement by my various confusions. I am grateful to shrcc for providing much-needed funding in the form of an Aid to Research Workshops and Conferences grant and to the University of Ottawa and its Faculty of Arts for further financial support. I owe a debt of gratitude to my colleagues at the University of Ottawa for their encouragement and advice with regard to the organization of the symposium and the subsequent publication of this book. David Rampton, Janice Fiamengo, and CynthiaSugars,allpreviouseditorsinthe CanadianWriters: Reappraisals series, offered wise counsel, and Gerald Lynch, general editor of the series, was especially generous with his time and much-needed (by me) good sense. I thank our newest Canadianist colleague, Jennifer Blair, for allowing herself to be pulled into the orbit of this project; she proved both a patient sounding board and clear-sighted reader throughout the vetting and editing process of the book. Tom Allen, Victoria Burke, Frans De Bruyn, Lauren Gillingham, Craig Gordon, Jennifer Panek, Anne Raine, and Geoff Rector have all tolerated more talk of Canadian postmodernism than is strictly necessary— or healthy; I thank them all for contributing to one of the most positive work environments I can imagine. Thanks to Josephene Kealey for her work on the manuscript and to the readers for the press who offered helpful suggestions for improvement. To everyone at the University of Ottawa Press, especially Eric Nelson and Marie Clausén, thank you for your great care in seeing the manuscript through the publication process. Thanks also to Meaghan Craven for her careful copy-editing of the manuscript. Finally, all love to Jolanda, Arlo, and Casper. This book is for you. ...

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