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Introduction 1

Hair Marcia Aldrich 1

Random Reflections of a Second-Rate Mind Woody Allen 11

Graven Images Saul Bellow 23

States of Reading Sven Birkerts 31

Life with Daughters: Watching the Miss America Pageant Gerald Early 46

The Art of the Nap Joseph Epstein 70

Skunk Dreams Louise Erdrich 93

The Test of Time William H. Gass 108

What s Wrong with Animal Rights Vicki Hearne 135

Waiting Edna O Brien 148

Beauty Scott Russell Sanders 156

The Page Turner Lynne Sharon Schwartz 169

One Violent Crime Bruce Shapiro 176

Gray Area: Thinking wish a Damaged Brain Floyd Skloot 194

Striptease Lauren Slater 211

Listening for Silence Mark Siouka 230

After Amnesia Joyce Carol Oates 244

The Break Cynthia Ozick 261

Six Days: Some Rememberings Grace Paley 267

Mother Tongue Amy Tan 275

The Gangster We Are All Looking For Le Thi Diem Thuy 284

A Visit to Camelot Diana Trilling 300

Civilian Tobias Wolff 330