aIntroduction : moment to moment / Larry Smith Flash / Caroline Paul Chalk face / AJ Jacobs Shot / Dean Karnazes The envelope / Mo Clancy Love in a time of illness / Diane Ackerman Subdued by stroke / Paul West Table time / Laurie David Tattoo / Summer Pierre The killer in me / Michael Paterniti To worry / Amy Sohn Near miss / Kirk Citro Mom's favorite movie of all time / Craig A. Williams A piece / Melissa Etheridge Unexpected pleasure / Jonathan Papernick Someday / Michael Forster Rothbart No consolation / Neal Pollack Checkpoints / Alaa Majeed The assignments of my life / Ruth Gruber Make love, not war / Jeremy Toback Thank you, Lionel Richie / Matt Dojny Assembly / Vivian Chum The calling / Baratunde Thurston Missed call / Annie Leahy Wicked start / Gregory Maguire Momento mori / Adam Theron-Lee Rensch The secret life of parents / Elizabeth Gilbert John Updike sent me a fan letter (once) / Steve Almond C-listed / Mary Elizabeth Williams 5RLG375 / Chris Sacca My blue sticky / by Fiona Maazel Lives / Tao Lin Teachable moment / Bill Ayers with Ryan Alexander-Tanner Disappointment / Nevenka Kurjakovic --- Divine intervention / Dan Goggin Poem for the moment / Matthew Zapruder Mr. Criche / Dave Eggers Cornrows / Lori Sabian Dancing, in green, to Ravel / Ellen O'Connell Fluke / Danny Davis Persephone / Micah Toub Trash / Rigoberto González Gonzo girl / Cheryl Della Pietra Rimshot / Josh Axelrad Take the wheel / Piper Kerman Black like me / Haylee Harrel The night my mother refused to cook dinner / Michael Castleman Horns / Shalom Auslander What would Roland do? / Benjamin Percy Fearless flyer / Ashley Van Buren Hobo beginnings / Dale Maharidge Adopting my son / Christoph Marshall Adopting my dad / Eddie Comacho Running / Mira Ptacin At first sight / L. Nichols Piazza San Marco / Julian Voloj First kiss / Scott Muska The Crüe / Sara Lovelace Uncaged / Alan Rabinowitz To the rescue / Ellen Sussman The shed / Colin Nissan Curtain call / Attila Kalamar Photo finish / Kimberly Rose True calm / Laura Cathcart Robbins Wally and Beaver / Jeff Church The sign / Caitlin Roper The thin envelope / Sascha Rothchild Liner notes / Elizabeth Jayne Liu If I don't die today, I will marry Kristin Moore / Aaron Huey Boot camp / Wes Moore Sunset Strip / Christine MacDonald Truth, lies, and audiotape / Dan Baum Stage direction / Saïd Sayrafiezadeh February 12, 2009, 9:14 am / Daniel DiClerico Balls out / James Cañón Marooned / Kristen Cosby Meeting Allen Ginsberg / Steve Silberman Those old keys / Alan Cheuse Mission accomplished / Brian Evenson Tell me how this ends / Pat Callahan Keepsake / Jennifer Egan E-3: October 25, 1986 / Molly Lawless Landing / Paul Miller The verdict / Byron Case Nine lives / Peter Kuper My front line / Jessica Lutz Instructions / Julie Metz 2.10.01 / Julia Halprin Jackson The bloodless coup / Deborah Copaken Kogan Crying for their dog / Richard Ferguson The quest / Ramona Pringle Early dismissal / Robin Wasserman Burning up / Qraig R. de Groot Maiden days / Judy Collins Just a man / Nadja Cada Motherless / Tamara Pokrupa-Nahanni The ripple effect / Anthony Doerr Positively 93rd Street / Matthew Leader Smack talk / Melissa Febos Firecracker / Arthur Suydam The silver harmonica / Andrew D. Scrimgeour Denial / Kathy Ritchie Mercy / Steve Anthony Leasure The hidden dangers of blood magic / Robert Joseph Levy Blogging towards oblivion / Emily Steinberg Sleeping bag / Hope Rehak Trusting eyes / Jami Kempen Ingress/egress / Jessica Anya Blau Punchlines and knockouts / Patrick Sauer Head case / Noah Scalin In pursuit of optimism / Tony Schwartz Far side / Katie Killacky Grandma's dildo / Sara Barron Oprah calling / Ray Richmond Vietnam, revisited / Karol Nielsen Conversation with my dad / Ashley Allen Season's greetings / Ellen Jantzen Revisionist history / Catherine Gilbert Murdock Forgiven / Jennifer Thompson Second chance / Jerry Ma Moving on / Mary Valle Four long years / Dar Wolnick Birth / John B. Carnett The moth and the window / Stephen Tobolowsky Tomorrowland / Rebecca Woolf
