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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

My gratitude and affection go to Mary Francis and Ira Silverberg, and to my treasured collaborators in California, especially Rachel Berchten, Nicole Hayward, and Joe Abbott.

Remarkable friends encouraged this adventure: Robert Boyers, Clifford Chase, Harry Dodge, Andy Fitch, Peter Halley, Christian Hawkey, Paul Holdengräber, Myung Mi Kim, Rachel Kushner, Rebecca Mead, Nancy K. Miller, Maggie Nelson, Jacqueline Osherow, Alexandra Penney, George Prochnik, Jonathan Rabinowitz, Lisa Rubinstein, David Shields, Lynne Tillman, and Benjamin Weissman. Sina Najafi kindly published an excerpt, “Harpo’s Bubbles,” in Cabinet.

Glenn Mitchell’s The Marx Brothers Encyclopedia was a trusted guide.

Bruce Hainley understands everything.

Steven Marchetti welcomed Harpo into our household as an intimate, permanent guest.

I dedicate this Anatomy to my mother and father, who knew me before I could speak, and who are familiar with my excesses and indiscretions.