CONTENTS
ONE
Mercy 7
Jobs Peak, 1985 14
Audio Transcript (Recorded January 2, 2014) 16
Aftermath 19
Lucy, 1975 28
Internet Comments, 2014-2015 29
Transcript: Celebrities 32
Contradiction, 2014 36
TWO
American Dream Job 38
Nevada / St. Tropez, 1987 48
Slow Circles 49
Graceland, 1994 60
When the Gun Comes 62
Transcript: Hitchhikers 68
Animal Hours 72
Transcript: Shipyard 81
THREE
Body Composition 84
Transcript: Vinyl 94
Minivan, 1994 95
Transcript: Beaches 96
Bill, 1925-2016 98
Seeing the Dead Alive 99
Transcript: Games 108
FOUR
Transcript: Matrimony 111
The Book I Would've Written With No Trouble In It 118
Piano Hour, 1995 116
End of the Line 117
Green Girls 126
Transcript: Riptides 128
If 130
FIVE
Second Person 133
Titles of Essays I Didn't Write 142
Things You Don't Have to Be Taught, 1982 143
Transcript: Hazards 144
No One is Waiting 146
APPENDIX
Letter to the Public Defender 153
Motion to Dismiss 155
Acknowledgements 172
Publication Credits 173
Biographical Note 174