CONTENTS
TITLE PAGE
COPYRIGHT NOTICE
DEDICATION
ACKNOWLEDMENTS
ONE
AMERICAN ORIGINALITY
AMERICAN NARCISSISM
ERSATZ THOUGHT
ON BUDDENBROOKS
TWO
STORY TELLERS
ON REALISM
THE CULTURE OF HEALING
THREE: TEN INTRODUCTIONS
Author’s Note
IN THE SURGICAL THEATRE / DANA LEVIN
THE CLERK’S TALE / SPENCER REECE
THE CUCKOO / PETER STRECKFUS
CRUSH / RICHARD SIKEN
GREEN SQUALL / JAY HOPLER
FRAIL-CRAFT / JESSICA FISHER
THE EARTH IN THE ATTIC / FADY JOUDAH
IT IS DAYLIGHT / ARDA COLLINS
JUVENILIA / KEN CHEN
RADIAL SYMMETRY / KATHERINE LARSON
FOUR
ON REVENGE
ESTRANGEMENT
FEAR OF HAPPINESS
PERMISSIONS ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
ALSO BY LOUISE GLÜCK
A NOTE ABOUT THE AUTHOR
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