A Doubter's Almanac (68 page)

For advice about various tidbits, ranging from orthopedic casting to the OSU frat scene, a tip of the hat goes to Hadley Calloway, Rebekah Frumkin, Steve Markley, Fatima Mirza, Ali Selim, and Tim Taranto.

My kids deserve many thanks for their years of forbearance. Of course, I’m forever indebted to my parents, too, Stuart and Virginia Canin, who continue to mean so much to me, and to my great-uncle Max Shiffman, who was the genesis of all of this.

My gratitude goes as well to the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, to the University of Iowa, and to the public libraries of Iowa City and Coralville, Iowa, and of beautiful Elk Rapids, Michigan.

But at the risk of burying the lede, my most profound thanks—by far—go to my wife, Barbara, whose care, encouragement, discernment, dedication, and generosity made all the difference.

—e.c.

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Emperor of the Air

Blue River

The Palace Thief

For Kings and Planets

Carry Me Across the Water

America America

A Doubter’s Almanac

About the Author

ETHAN CANIN is the author of seven books, including the story collections
Emperor of the Air
and
The Palace Thief
and the novels
For Kings and Planets, Carry Me Across the Water,
and
America America.
He is on the faculty of the Iowa Writers’ Workshop and divides his time between Iowa and northern Michigan.

ethancanin.com

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