Cover
Half Title
Also by James Seay
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication
Contents
Down among the Bones, the Darks, the Sparrows
Wheat Field with Crows
The Weight of a Feather
Through the Trees
Our Hands in the History of It
Avian Voices: Trying Not to Kill a Mockingbird
Snugfit Eye Patch: The Monocular Proof
You Dumb Bell
Where Books Fall Open
A Relative of Chekhov, a Cousin of Chaliapin
Heroes
Damn You, Love
One Corner of Yoknapatawpha
Big Boss Man
The Chandeliers
The Single-Wide Wars
Dogs with Agency

The Adjustment of Claims
Ghost Beads
Bathing the Buddha Man
Acknowledgments