Contents -- Introduction (Reginald Gibbons) -- PART I. Autobiographical Essays -- The Belleek Swan -- An Autobiographical Work: "Six Women" [prospectus] -- Frieda -- Brett -- Mabel -- Margo -- Millicent -- At Lady A's -- While You Were Away (Houston Seen and Unseen, 1923- 1978) -- Two Last Lectures -- Autobiography in Fiction -- Recovering -- PART II. Three Interviews -- I. The Paris Review (1976) -- II. Masques (1982) -- III. TriQuarterly (1983) -- PART III. Evocations -- Early Evocations -- Notebook Entries -- A Crossing -- Where Are We Traveling? -- Some Children and Teachers -- Late Evocations -- I Spent All My Time in Texas . . . -- Dear George: The Salt? The Wrath? The Salvation? -- Notebook Entries -- Epilogue: On Francis Mockel's Etching "Suite funèbre I" (1978) -- Chronology -- Index.