Cover -- Halftitle -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- How To Drown A Wolf -- The Hospitality -- The Theatre People -- Ode To The Fish Fry -- Origin Of The Species -- Weaning Electra -- School Of The Arts -- In The Almost-Evening Of Almost-Canada -- Nocturne -- First Fall In Maine -- Live From The Homesick Jamboree -- Novelette -- Big Rain Day -- Country Song -- Semantic Relations -- Poem For My Daughter August Disparaging The Gossamer Depictions Of The Women Of Certain Southern Texts -- First Winter In Maine -- Why The Marriage Failed -- Firstborn -- Morning Song -- Jesus Saves -- Watching The Newshour -- Cv Rider -- Dream In Which I Find Myself Confronted Yet Again With Why The Marriage Failed -- Dear New Mothers Of America -- Why The Marriage Failed Ii -- Dear Reader -- Hey You -- The Second Marriage -- Sin City -- How We Talk -- The Way She Figured He Figured It -- If The Universe Sends Me A Grip -- The Waning -- The Imperative Sentence -- Now There'S A River -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- About The Author.