"Four of these essays are based on talks given in different places and on different subjects. The rest are new and unpublished"-- P
Includes bibliographical references
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.
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