CONTENTS
Close 11
The Gift 15
America’s Finest City 35
Are You Okay? 53
Renters 61
Job History 75
Solo Act 79
Why We Came to Target at 9:58 on a Monday Night 89
Not the L.A. in My Mind 95
The Big Empty 113
My Status 119
Where Shall We Meet? 135
Where You Live 139
The Boyfriend 159
Mexico 165
Burn 175
The Riot and Rage That Love Brings 191
A Matter of Twenty-Four Hours 199
Stalling 217
Rough 221
Acknowledgments 233
About the Author 235