CONTENTS

Title Page

Copyright

Dedication

Epigraph

ONE

OFF DIAMOND HEAD

Honolulu, 1966–67

TWO

SMELL THE OCEAN

California, ca. 1956–65

THREE

THE SHOCK OF THE NEW

California, 1968

FOUR

’SCUSE ME WHILE I KISS THE SKY

Maui, 1971

FIVE

THE SEARCH

The South Pacific, 1978

SIX

THE LUCKY COUNTRY

Australia, 1978–79

SEVEN

CHOOSING ETHIOPIA

Asia, Africa, 1979–81

EIGHT

AGAINST DERELICTION

San Francisco, 1983–86

NINE

BASSO PROFUNDO

Madeira, 1994–2003

TEN

THE MOUNTAINS FALL INTO THE HEART OF THE SEA

New York City, 2002–15