Foreword: Alice McDermott speaks in italics / Tony Earley -- What I expect -- Story -- Sentencing -- What about the baby? -- Mary McCarthy -- Only connect (eventually) -- William Rehnquist, Robinson Crusoe, rabbit ears, and something about passion: advice from me to me -- An unreasonable degree of sympathy -- Starting over -- Coaching -- Faith and literature -- All drama is family drama -- Voice-overs -- Things -- Remembrance of things that never happened: the art of memoir, the art of fiction -- Finally.
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