CONTENTS

1. Author’s Note
2. Part One
3. i.The Ingredients
4. ii.The Twins
5. iii.The Search for Mansour
6. Part Two
7. i.The Geeks of Mulberry High
8. ii.When Sylvia Went South to Defend the Widows of the Lynched
9. iii.The Search for Mansour (Part Two)
10. iv.The First Album
11. v.Mende
12. vi.The Release
13. vii.Claudine
14. viii.The Death of Carl Keifer
15. ix.Morning. Black. Fire.
16. x.The Death of Carl Keifer (Part Two)
17. Part Three
18. i.Repatriated Expatriates
19. ii.Sokhna and the Talibé
20. iii.The First Time She Flew a Plane, Sokhna Was Thirteen
21. iv.The People of the Cave
22. v.The Search for Mansour (Part Three)
23. vi.The Law of Conservation of Energy
24. vii.Like Claudine, Mama Was a Woman Who Traveled the World Alone
25. viii.Chicks Die All the Time
26. Part Four
27. i.A Drop of Gold
28. ii.Mama’s Dream
29. iii.Salvador de Bahia
30. iv.The Rio Airport Is One Body
31. v.The Last (Indie) Gigs
32. Part Five
33. i.On Liam’s Side of Town
34. ii.The Third Trimester
35. iii.A Black Man Is a Black Man Is a Black Man Is a Black Man Is a Black Man Is a Black Man Is a Black Man Is a Black Man Is a Black Man …
36. iv.To Spark a Fire on the Air
37. v.On the Night Shift, a Prison Guard Prays Isha
38. vi.The Birth Begins
39. vii.He Calls on a Sunday
40. viii.Cher Mansour
41. ix.Bonnie Is Married
42. x.On the Inside, Everybody Has a Sound
43. Acknowledgments
44. About the Author