Contents
Cover
Title Page
Dedication
Epigraph
[ I ]
SECRET HANDSHAKE
The Losers’ Club
[ II ]
TECHNIQUES OF BETRAYAL
William and I
The Cut
D.A.R.E.
The Memory Hole
The Binding of Isaac
[ III ]
STRATEGIES FOR THE FOLDING OF TIME
To the Legoland Station
The Wilderness of Childhood
Hypocritical Theory
The Splendors of Crap
[ IV ]
EXERCISES IN MASCULINE AFFECTION
The Hand on My Shoulder
The Story of Our Story
The Ghost of Irene Adler
The Heartbreak Kid
A Gift
[ V ]
STYLES OF MANHOOD
Faking It
Art of Cake
On Canseco
I Feel Good About My Murse
[ VI ]
ELEMENTS OF FIRE
Burning Women
Verging
Fever
Looking for Trouble
A Woman of Valor
[ VII ]
PATTERNS OF EARLY ENCHANTMENT
Like, Cosmic
Subterranean
XO9
Sky and Telescope
[ VIII ]
STUDIES IN PINK AND BLUE
Surefire Lines
Cosmodemonic
Boyland
A Textbook Father
[ IX ]
TACTICS OF WONDER AND LOSS
The Omega Glory
Getting Out
Radio Silence
Normal Time
Xmas
The Amateur Family
[ X ]
CUE THE MICKEY KATZ
Daughter of the Commandment
P.S
Praise
Other Works
Copyright
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