From the Book - First paperback edition.
Those worthy of my friendship --
A night at the theater --
Description of a migraine --
It seems I inherit the dead --
Some things escaped me --
They tear down my family home --
A grave I'm about to dig --
A gift from Mommy on your seventh birthday --
Sound counsel for girls and boys over forty --
The curse of small creatures --
Raising a glass with an Arab nationalist --
A man decides to explain to me what love is --
An email from Osama al-Danasouri --
An essay on children's games --
On either side of the door --
As if the world were missing a blue window --
