Foreword : Confessions of an Anthologist / Robert Atwan
Introduction / Edwidge Danticat
Port-au-Prince : The Moment / Mischa Berlinski
What Broke My Father's Heart / Katy Butler
Auscultation / Steven Church
After the Ice / Paul Crenshaw
Grieving / Meenakshi Gigi Durham
A-LOC / Bernadette Esposito
Topic of Cancer / Christopher Hitchens
Long Distance / Victor LaValle
What Killed Aiyana Stanley-Jones? / Charlie LeDuff
Magical Dinners / Chang-Rae Lee
What Really Happened / Madge McKeithen
Rude Am I in My Speech / Caryl Phillips
Lucky Girl / Bridget Potter
There Are Things Awry Here / Lia Purpura
Patient / Rachel Riederer
Pearl, Upward / Patricia Smith
Generation Why? / Zadie Smith
Travels with My Ex / Susan Straight
A Personal Essay by a Personal Essay / Christy Vannoy
Unprepared / Jerald Walker
The Washing / Reshma Memon Yaqub
