[1]A special thanks to the oddkin integral to this project. First, thanks to Drew Hudnall, PhD student in the Rhetoric and Composition Program at Florida State University who, through the auspices of the English Department’s Reading-Writing Center/Digital Studio, patiently introduced me to and guided me through use of Google sites. Second, much gratitude to Stephen McElroy who took that fledgling webtext and worked his magic in amazing ways to ensure the webtext matched this festschrift’s formatting and aesthetic. All virtues belong to these two oddkin. Its infelicities remain mine.
Thanks as well to oddin Stephen McElroy, Matthew Davis, and Rory Lee for their editorial patience, support, and critical feedback. Similarly, thanks to Kathleen Blake Yancey for responding so promptly and thoroughly to emails asking odd questions (“But where did everyone stand?”)
Finally, thanks to all the scholars who jockeyed for attention but ended up on the cutting room floor: Suzanne Langer, Gregory Bateson, Karma Chávez, Karen Burke LeFevre, bell hooks, Ann Berthoff, and Patricia Hill Collins among so many others.
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