| 目录 |
| | Acknowledgments | xiii |
| | Introduction | 1 |
| 1. | To the Reader, Sincerely / David Lazar | 4 |
| 2. | Of Liars / E. J. Levy | 11 |
| 3. | Of the Education of Children / Brian Doyle | 16 |
| 4. | Of Prayers / Lia Purpura | 23 |
| 5. | Of Thumbs / Mary Cappello | 30 |
| 6. | Of Smells / Wayne Koestenbaum | 37 |
| 7. | Of Cannibals / Lina M. Ferreira C.-V. | 42 |
| 8. | How the Soul Discharges Its Emotions Against False Objects When Lacking Real Ones / Danielle Cadena Deulen | 60 |
| 9. | Of Constancy / Nicole Walker | 63 |
| 10. | Of Giving the Lie / Bret Lott | 71 |
| 11. | Of Friendship / Vivian Gornick | 84 |
| 12. | Of Idleness / Steven Church | 91 |
| 13. | Against Idleness / Kristen Radtke | 104 |
| 14. | Of the Affection of Fathers for Their Children / Robin Hemley | 112 |
| 15. | Of Wearing My Red Dress [after "Of the Custom of Wearing Clothes"] / Barrie Jean Borich | 117 |
| 16. | Of the Power of the Imagination / Desirae Matherly | 129 |
| 17. | That Our Mind Hinders Itself / Jose Orduna | 141 |
| 18. | Of Books and Huecos / Judith Ortiz Cofer | 149 |
| 19. | Of Diversion / Shannon Lakanen | 155 |
| 20. | Of Sex, Embarrassment, and the Miseries of Old Age [after "On Some Verses of Virgil"] / Robert Atwan | 162 |
| 21. | Of Sleep / Jerald Walker | 175 |
| 22. | Of the Inconvenience of Greatness / Amy Lee Scott | 178 |
| 23. | Of Solitude / Chris Arthur | 183 |
| 24. | Of Age / Marcia Aldrich | 195 |
| 25. | Of Practice / Patrick Madden | 202 |
| 26. | The Ceremony of the Interview of Princes / Elena Passarello | 213 |
| 27. | We Can Savour Nothing Pure / Maggie Nelson | 221 |
| 28. | Experience Necessary / Phillip Lopate | 224 |
| | Notes | 237 |
| | A Note on the Translations | 239 |
| | Contributors | 243 |
| | Index | 249 |
