Introduction | p. xi |
Here | |
Lifelike [Springfield, IL] | p. 3 |
A Place Called Midland [Midland, TX] | p. 13 |
Beautiful Girls [Prattville, AL] | p. 23 |
Party Line [Dimondale, MI] | p. 39 |
Madame President [New York City, NY] | p. 43 |
All Mixed Up [Queens, NY] | p. 55 |
The Lady and the Tigers [Jackson, NJ] | p. 89 |
Super-Duper [Miami, FL] | p. 103 |
There | |
The Homesick Restaurant [Miami, FL, and Havana, Cuba] | p. 111 |
Rough Diamonds [Havana, Cuba] | p. 123 |
Carbonaro and Primavera [Cienfuegos, Cuba] | p. 133 |
The Congo Sound [Paris, France] | p. 137 |
Like Waters and Chocolate Pancakes [Heviz, Hungary] | p. 147 |
Shooting Party [Biggar, Scotland] | p. 151 |
Fertile Ground [Bhutan] | p. 155 |
Do We Transcend Before or After We Purchase the Commemorative Eel Cakes? [Mount Fuji, Japan] | p. 169 |
Game Plan [Sydney, Australia] | p. 188 |
The Place to Disappear [Bangkok, Thailand] | p. 191 |
Everywhere | |
Homewrecker | p. 203 |
The World | p. 205 |
Skymalling | p. 209 |
We Just Up and Left | p. 217 |
Art for Everybody | p. 229 |
Intensive Care | p. 241 |
Royalty | p. 243 |
Uplifting | p. 247 |
My Life: A Series of Performance Art Pieces | p. 249 |
Shiftless Little Loafers | p. 253 |
Where's Willy? | p. 257 |
Shadow Memory | p. 273 |
Afterword | p. 275 |
Author's Note | p. 279 |
Acknowledgments | p. 281 |
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