Mothers, Fathers, and Others: Essays

Abstract

Intro -- Title Page -- Previous Publications, Lectures, and Sundry Origins -- 1. Tillie -- 2. My Mother's Ocean and How It Became Mine -- 3. Stones and Ashes -- 4. A Walk with My Mother -- 5. States of Mind -- 6. Mentor Ghosts -- 7. Open Borders: Tales from the Life of an Intellectual Vagabond -- 8. Notes from New York -- 9. Reading During the Plague -- 10. When I Met You I Saw Myself as Another -- 11. The Future of Literature -- 12. Translation Stories -- 13. The Sinbad Variations: An Essay on Style -- 14. He Dropped His Pen -- 15. The Enigma of Reading -- 16. Living Thing -- 17. Visiting St. Francis -- 18. Both-And -- 19. What Does a Man Want? -- 20. Scapegoat -- Acknowledgments -- About the Author -- Copyright.