CONTENTS

Introduction: A Thousand Shards of Glass

 

1 Dying the American Way

2 Thanks for the Dance, Mr. Vidal

3 The Believers

4 Dear Lord Clint, Who Art in Carmel

5 Remaining Seated

OTHER VOICES

6 Bringing Back the Draft

7 Christopher Hitchens and the Heroes that Never Were

8 The Ghost of T.E. Lawrence

9 Dear President Bush, Say it Ain’t So

OTHER VOICES

10 Just Another Dark American Day

11 An Absence of Poetry

12 The Last Night Train: What is a Country For?

13 My Final Opening Farewell

 

‘The Dark Fountain of Wishes’ Ends’

Acknowledgments

(One last time) My True North