We would like to give heartfelt thanks to our bold contributing authors for taking pleasure in driving resistance and change and for caring about what words mean, what they say, how they say it. We are also deeply grateful to Fiona Eldem, our book administrator, who efficiently kept heavy lifting and moving us gently forward as a writing community. Thanks also to artist and graphic designer, Trisha McCrae (www.trishamccrae.net), whose cover illustration and artwork brings to life the dynamic movement of eruptive flows, each time surfacing new layers, new meanings and new questions.
We would also like to thank our wonderful Series Editors, Pam Denicolo, Britt-Marie Apelgren and Nese Cabaroglu for their ongoing support and gift of possibility. We would also like to thank the Brill editors and support team, Christine Hededam and Athina Dimitriou, who were open and willing to move beyond the standard publishing format and conventional template.