Preface / Jonathan Allison
Introduction / George Saunders
A note to the reader about this reader / Bobbie Ann Mason
An appreciation of Tim O'Brien's The things they carried
Reaching the stars: my life as a teenage groupie
Reading between the lines
"The Family Farm" from Clear Springs: A memoir
"The Pond" From Clear Springs: A memoir
Introduction to Mark Twain's The American Claimant, 2004 edition
From The girl in the blue beret
The real girl in the blue beret
Whale love / with Meg Pokrass
Talking through hats / with Meg Pokrass
The canyon where the coyotes live
Interview by Craig Gholson, Bomb magazine, 1989
Interview by Jo Sapp and Evelyn Somers, the Missouri Review, 1997
Interview by Candela Delgado Marin, Transatlantica, 2015
Interview by Joseph Mackin, 2paragraphs.com.
