Front cover -- Copyright page -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- A Note to the Reader about This Reader -- I First Stories -- Offerings -- Shiloh -- Third Monday -- II War -- from In Country (1985) -- An Appreciation of Tim O'Brien's The...
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Front cover -- Copyright page -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- A Note to the Reader about This Reader -- I First Stories -- Offerings -- Shiloh -- Third Monday -- II War -- from In Country (1985) -- An Appreciation of Tim O'Brien's The Things They Carried -- Big Bertha Stories -- III Love Lives -- Love Life -- Coyotes -- Bumblebees -- IV Beginnings -- from The Girl Sleuth (1975) -- Reaching the Stars: My Life as a Fifties Groupie -- Reading Between the Lines -- from Elvis Presley (2003) -- V Family History -- The Family Farm -- The Pond -- VI Nancy Culpepper -- Nancy Culpepper -- The Prelude -- VII More Love Lives -- Memphis -- Midnight Magic -- Wish -- VIII Whimsy -- La Bamba Hot Line -- Sheep Down Under -- Hot Colors -- Sanctuary -- All Shook Up -- Hear My Song -- Terms of Office -- IX Fiction and History -- from Feather Crowns (1993) -- X Literary Meanderings -- The Universe of Ada -- from Mark Twain's The American Claimant -- XI Atomic Fact and Fiction -- Fallout -- from An Atomic Romance (2005) -- XII Zigzagging -- With Jazz -- Charger -- XIII Another War -- from The Girl in the Blue Beret(2011) -- The Real Girl in the Blue Beret -- XIV Zanies -- Whale Love -- Talking through Hats -- XV Dancing -- Quinceañera -- The Horsehair Ball Gown -- XVI Flash Fiction -- Corn-Dog -- The Canyon Where the Coyotes Live -- Car Wash -- Cumberbatch -- The Girl in Purple -- The State Pen -- Falling -- XVII The Hot Seat: Interviews -- Bomb Magazine Interview -- Missouri Review Interview -- Transatlantica Interview -- 2paragraphs.com Interview -- Copyrights and Permissions -- About the Author.