Acknowledgements

To my brother Chris Reimer, my first best friend and anchor in the world. I love you here and beyond.

Grateful thanks are due to the following individuals and organizations, without whom this project would not have been actualized. It takes a community!

Residency: Banff Centre for the Arts provided me with a scholarship to attend the 2013 Interventions Writing Residency, which gave me the time and space to start to think about transmuting my love and grief for Chris into this project. Danielle LaFrance and Simon Brown in particular were friends and comrades there -- love and solidarity! Thanks to Amy Letter for asking for my essay for The Rumpus.
Poetry: Some of these poems were workshopped in L.A. Warman's Death workshop in early 2020. Fred Wah looked at early versions of them in 2013. Jonathon Wilcke is first reader.
Grant help: GRIEFWAVE followed me around in body and spirit for ten years, and it never occurred to me that I dare ask for help with its completion till Vivek Shraya suggested I apply for a grant. Duh! Yes! Of course! Thank you! Sincere gratitude to Marcello Di Cintio, Heather Clitheroe, and Carrie Cutforth for assistance in conceptualizing and refining my grant proposal. Thank you to the Canada Council for funding this project.
Technical: Gloria Leung suggested the Webflow platform. Rebecca Faria suggested resources for media transcription. Callen Law transcribed most of the media files. All audio mastered by Rena Kozak / SoundPony Audio.
Patrons: Thank you to Missy Clarkson, Helen Braund, Rena Kozak / Child Actress, Angela Rawlings, Silvana Campus, Adam Shanley, Lourdes Juan, Amy LeBlanc, Andrea Actis, Allison Moore and Todd Nickel.
Special thanks to testers: Silvana Campus; Adam Shanley (and for steady encouragement and support throughout the life of this project) and Helen Braund for a careful read and site check.
The work of mourning in/through art: Sharon Stevens and the Equinox Vigil.
The First Rule of Grief Club: is by Alex Leslie
Getting shit done: Work Zone friends: Jeremy Stewart, Ginger Rodgers, Meagan Black. Dusty Chipura and the ADHD Creators Crew.
Publicity: Thanks to Arielle Hudnell and ZG Stories.

Thanks to Rena Kozak for being my spiritual sister.
Thanks to my parents Tim and Jo Reimer for their unwavering support.
Thanks to my partner Jonathon Wilcke.
The receipt of my Canada Council funding and impetus to complete the project coincided with a period of extreme upheaval in my life, and I am eternally indebted to material and moral support from Ginger Rodgers, Chelsea LaBossiere, and Allison Moore during this challenging time.