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I am grateful to Linda Wagner-Martin for offering the opportunity to write this volume. Jim Denton, Linda Fogle, Patricia Callahan, Bill Adams, and the staff of the University of South Carolina Press provided exemplary editorial advice. I thank them for their work in cultivating and completing the project. Rosemary Morrow of Redux Pictures was resourceful and patient in finding and arranging the use of the cover photograph, and I am grateful to her for her work. I owe particular thanks to Professor Daniel Bronson of Montclair State University for introducing me to the writings of Don DeLillo many years ago. I thank Fan Xiaomei for bringing the translated Chinese editions of DeLillo’s novels to my attention. Friends, students, and colleagues who were gracious in offering perspective and dialogue for which I owe thanks include Bradley Fest, Doreen Michleski, Jennifer Larson, Richard Purcell, Thomas Reinert, Christopher McKenna, Florence Dore, and Scott Dill. To my parents, Pia and Dino, and my children, Leo and Josie, I am forever thankful. Page xviii →