Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; A Few Words About These Essays; The American People; Pumping Gas; Flying Backward; Bigger, Better, Best; Race and Racism: The 2008 Election; The Cell Remembers; Rolling Eyes; Remembering Mother; First Laugh; Piercing the Walls; Onate's Right Foot; Can Poetry Matter?; Words for El Corno Emplumado; The Living Silence of a Place Like Kiet Seel; Betrayal; Crystal's Gift; The Place Where Color Sounds; My Losses; Notes
