Contents

A Note on Terminology

Preface: Another World Is Possible

The End of Belonging

The Four Key Connections

Nemachtilli: The Spirit of Learning, the Spirit of Teaching

Constant State of Pregnancy

Poet Laureate? Poet Illiterate? What?

I Still Love H.E.R.

“Low and Slow” in Tokyo

Prickly Pear Cactus: Experiencing Los Angeles with Other Eyes

Monsters of Our Own Making

Men’s Tears

Dancing the Race and Identity Mambo

The Story of Our Day

Acknowledgments

Credits