Introduction / Susan Orlean
La vie en rose / Roger Angell
The sea of information / Andrea Barrett
Storm county / Paul Crenshaw
Joyas voladoras / Brian Doyle
Sister Bernadette's barking dog / Kitty Burns Florey
The comfort zone / Jonathan Franzen
If memory doesn't serve / Ian Frazier
Against exercise / Mark Greif
Small silences / Edward Hoagland
Small rooms in time / Ted Kooser
Speak, hoyt-schermerhorn / Jonathan Lethem
Mastering the art of French cooking / E. J. Levy
Contributor's note / Michael Martone
My friend Lodovico / David Masello
Living will / Danielle Ofri
Dog trouble / Cathleen Schine
Old faithful / David Sedaris
Six seconds / Paula Speck
Skill display in birding groups / Bert O. States
The prince of possibility / Robert Stone
Dining with robots / Ellen Ullman
Consider the lobster / David Foster Wallace
Satin worship / Holly Welker.