to the students in “Memory Work: Stories from the Next Generation” who showed me what is possible

to my accomplices in making change and practicing freedom: Karen Cardozo, Xujun Eberlein, Rachel Ama Asaa Engmann, kara lynch, Melissa Scheid Frantz, and Holly Wren Spaulding

to all writers and artists who “create dangerously” in the world, especially: Edwidge Danticat, Saidiya Hartman, Toni Morrison, Ruth Ozeki, Rithi Panh, Paisley Rekdal, and Dao Strom