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Index
Cover
Title Page
Dedication
Contents
Introduction: Moment to Moment: Larry Smith
Flash: Caroline Paul
Chalk Face: A. J. Jacobs
Shot: Dean Karnazes
The Envelope: Mo Clancy
Love in a Time of Illness: Diane Ackerman
Subdued by Stroke: Paul West
Table Time: Laurie David
Tattoo: Summer Pierre
The Killer in Me: Michael Paterniti
To Worry: Amy Sohn
Near Miss: Kirk Citron
Mom’s Favorite Movie of All Time: Craig A. Williams
A Piece: Melissa Etheridge
Unexpected Pleasure: Jonathan Papernick
Someday: Michael Forster Rothbart
No Consolation: Neal Pollack
Checkpoints: Alaa Majeed
The Assignment of My Life: Ruth Gruber
Make Love, Not War: Jeremy Toback
Thank You, Lionel Richie: Matt Dojny
Assembly: Vivian Chum
The Calling: Baratunde Thurston
Missed Call: Annie Leahy
Wicked Start: Gregory Maguire
Momento Mori: Adam Theron-Lee Rensch
The Secret Life of Parents: Elizabeth Gilbert
John Updike Sent Me a Fan Letter (Once): Steve Almond
C-Listed: Mary Elizabeth Williams
5RLG375: Chris Sacca
My Blue Sticky by Fiona Maazel
Lives: Tao Lin
Teachable Moment: Bill Ayers with Ryan Alexander-Tanner
Disappointment: Nevenka Kurjakovic
Divine Intervention: Dan Goggin
Poem for the Moment: Matthew Zapruder
Mr. Criche: Dave Eggers
Cornrows: Lori Sabian
Dancing, in Green, to Ravel: Ellen O’Connell
Fluke: Danny Davis
Persephone: Micah Toub
Trash: Rigoberto González
Gonzo Girl: Cheryl Della Pietra
Rimshot: Josh Axelrad
Take the Wheel: Piper Kerman
Black Like Me: Haylee Harrell
The Night My Mother Refused to Cook Dinner: Michael Castleman
Horns: Shalom Auslander
What Would Roland Do?: Benjamin Percy
Fearless Flyer: Ashley Van Buren
Hobo Beginnings: Dale Maharidge
Adopting My Son: Christoph Marshall
Adopting My Dad: Eddie Comacho
Running: Mira Ptacin
At First Sight: L. Nichols
Piazza San Marco: Julian Voloj
First Kiss: Scott Muska
The Crüe: Sara Lovelace
Uncaged: Alan Rabinowitz
To the Rescue: Ellen Sussman
The Shed: Colin Nissan
Curtain Call: Attila Kalamar
Photo Finish: Kimberly Rose
True Calm: Laura Cathcart Robbins
Wally and Beaver: Jeff Church
The Sign: Caitlin Roper
The Thin Envelope: Sascha Rothchild
Liner Notes: Elizabeth Jayne Liu
If I Don’t Die Today, I Will Marry Kristin Moore: Aaron Huey
Boot Camp: Wes Moore
Sunset Strip: Christine MacDonald
Truth, Lies, and Audiotape: Dan Baum
Stage Direction: Saïd Sayrafiezadeh
February 12, 2009, 9:14 a.m.: Daniel DiClerico
Balls Out: James Cañón
Marooned: Kristen Cosby
Meeting Allen Ginsberg: Steve Silberman
Those Old Keys: Alan Cheuse
Mission Accomplished: Brian Evenson
Tell Me How This Ends: Patrick Callahan
Keepsake: Jennifer Egan
E-3: October 25, 1986: Molly Lawless
Landing: Paul Miller
The Verdict: Byron Case
Nine Lives: Peter Kuper
My Front Line: Jessica Lutz
Instructions: Julie Metz
2.10.01: Julia Halprin Jackson
The Bloodless Coup: Deborah Copaken Kogan
Crying for Their Dog: Richard Ferguson
The Quest: Ramona Pringle
Early Dismissal: Robin Wasserman
Burning Up: Qraig R. de Groot
Maiden Days: Judy Collins
Just a Man: Nadja Cada
Motherless: Tamara Pokrupa-Nahanni
The Ripple Effect: Anthony Doerr
Positively 93rd Street: Matthew Leader
Smack Talk: Melissa Febos
Firecracker: Arthur Suydam
The Silver Harmonica: Andrew D. Scrimgeour
Denial: Kathy Ritchie
Mercy: Steve Anthony Leasure
The Hidden Dangers of Blood Magic: Robert Joseph Levy
Blogging Toward Oblivion: Emily Steinberg
Tucked Away: Hope Rehak
Trusting Eyes: Jami Kempen
Ingress/Egress: Jessica Anya Blau
Punchlines and Knockouts: Patrick Sauer
Head Case: Noah Scalin
In Pursuit of Optimism: Tony Schwartz
Far Side: Katie Killacky
Family Jewels: Gillian Gaub
Grandma’s Dildo: Sara Barron
Oprah Calling: Ray Richmond
Vietnam, Revisited: Karol Nielsen
Conversation with My Dad: Ashley Allen
Season’s Greetings: Ellen Jantzen
Revisionist History: Catherine Gilbert Murdock
Forgiven: Jennifer Thompson
Second Chance: Jerry Ma
Moving On: Mary Valle
Four Long Years: Dar Wolnick
Birth: John B. Carnett
The Moth and the Window: Stephen Tobolowsky
Tomorrowland: Rebecca Woolf
More Moments…
Acknowledgments
Contributors
About the Author
Praise
Also by Larry Smith and SMITH Magazine
Credits
Copyright
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