I'd Walk with My Friends If I Could Find Them

Acknowledgments

My deepest appreciation for

— my incredible agent and friend Chelsea Lindman.

— my brilliant editor and friend Ben Hyman.

— the wonderful Houghton Mifflin Harcourt team, especially Leila Meglio, Hannah Harlow, Brian Moore, Laura Brady, and Liz Duvall.

— my parents

— the Goolsby, Archibald, Hunt, Rouland, Moss, and Walton families.

— my dear friend, colleague, and sounding board Brandon Lingle.

— the many people who opened the doors to my professional dreams, especially Donald Anderson, Kathleen Harrington, Thomas McGuire, Blaine Holt, Erin Conaton, Peter Bloom, Lance Bunch, Jessica Wright, Karen Pound, Troy Perry, and Debra Shattuck.

— my great friends and brilliant readers of this book: J. A. Moad II, Brian Turner, Siobhan Fallon, Kristen Loyd, Kerry Linfoot, Gretchen Koenig, Kyle Torke, Charlie Beckerman, CJ Hauser, and Mike Warren.

— my Florida State University family, especially Robert Olen Butler, Bob Shacochis, Mark Winegardner, Diane Roberts, Elizabeth Stuckey-French, Michael Garriga, Brandi George, and Jennine Capó Crucet.

— my University of Tennessee family, especially Allen Wier, Marilyn Kallet, and Michael Knight.

— my Air Force Academy family, especially Jim Meredith, George Luker, Richard Lemp, Ann Reagan, Thomas Bowie, Gary Mills, Wilson Brissett, Bill Newmiller, Max Despain, James Bishop, Kathy Binns, and Jeanette Millar.

— my Wolfpack family.

— Tom and Jackie Quinn.

— Ben Oneto, Tim Campbell, Matt Bateman, Nicholle Tognotti, Glenda Grant, Dave Willhardt, and Kurt Martinson.

— Greg Killingsworth, Paul Hardig, Phil Bryant, and Dave Taylor.

— the Hambidge Center for the Creative Arts and Sciences.

— the community of writers, artists, journals, and magazines that has supported my work.

Most importantly, with all my heart,

— my wife, Sarah, and children, Ella, Owen, and Abby.