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Acknowledgments

Analyzing the rhetoricity of the gift, it seems imperative to acknowledge one’s gratitude. And indeed, I am intensely grateful for the various kinds of support that made this book possible.

First, I appreciate the gentle efficiency of Lyn Uhl, executive editor at the University of California Press, and the anonymous reviewers. I wish to thank the University of Pittsburgh Department of Communication, especially Caitlin Bruce, Paul E. Johnson, Brent Malin, Calum Matheson, and Gordon Mitchell, and the University of Pittsburgh Humanities Center, who funded my research with a faculty fellowship in 2017. For giving me a new home and cheering me on as I carried the book across the finish line, I thank the faculty of the Department of Communication Studies at the University of Texas at Austin. Hook ’em!

I am grateful for friends and colleagues who create intellectual community across the country: Jennifer Asenas, Vanessa Beasley, Jon Carter, Jay Childers, John Durham Peters, Katya Haskins, Kevin Johnson, Bryan McCann, Mari Lee Mifsud, Jessica Moore, Annie Laurie Nichols, Tom Oates, Ned O’Gorman, Angela Ray, Tim Steffensmeier, Mary Stuckey, Mary Anne Taylor, Jaime Wright, Amy Young, and many others.

For championing this project with unyielding confidence, I am grateful to my friend Damien Smith Pfister, who provided encouragement even when I was losing steam. For word swapping among logophiles, I am forever grateful to JP. And for teaching me new aspects of the Logos, I am grateful to Jason Micheli.

I am grateful to my parents Lena Hartelius and Göran Larson, who remain inexhaustibly enthusiastic from afar. Finally, my deepest thanks to Zack Fogelman and our kids for all the most important gifts.