Introduction / Wayne Karlin
Part one. A walk in the garden of heaven: A walk in the garden of heaven / George Evans. The American blues / Ward Just. Wandering souls / Bao Ninh
Part two. The honored dead: a walk in the garden of heaven: Nada / Judith Ortiz Cofer. Fragment of a man / Ho Anh Thai. A soldier's burial / Philip Caputo. Two village women / Nguyen Quang Thieu. The honored dead / Breece D'J Pancake
Part three. Wounds: a walk in the garden of heaven: The house behind the temple of literature / Tran Vu. Helping / Robert Stone. The rucksack / Le Luu. The pugilist at rest / Thom Jones. Please don't knock on my door / Xuan Thieu. Speaking of courage / Tim O'Brien. The man who stained his soul / Vu Bao. Dressed like summer leaves / Andre Dubus. The slope of life / Nguyen Mong Giac. Waiting for dark / Larry Brown
Part four. Hauntings: a walk in the garden of heaven: Waiting for a friend / Ngo Tu Lap. Paco's Dreams / Larry Heinemann. Tony D / Le Minh Khue. The billion dollar skeleton / Phan Huy Duong
Part five. Exiles: a walk in the garden of heaven: The autobiography of a useless person / Nguyen Xuan Hoang. Coming down again / John Balaban. The key / Vo Phien. The walls, the house, the sky / Thanhha Lai. Twilight / Hoang Khoi Phong
Part six. Legacies: a walk in the garden of heaven: Rashad / John Edgar Wideman. The sound of harness bells / Nguyen Quang Lap. Point lookout / Wayne Karlin. Humping the boonies / Bobbie Ann Mason. Letters from my father / Robert Olen Butler. Above the woman's house / Da Ngan. She in a dance of frenzy / Andrew Lam. Marine Corps issue / David McLean. Mother and daughter / Ma Van Khang. Heat / Richard Bausch. The general retires / Nguyen Huy Thiep
Part seven. A walk in the garden of heaven: Epilogue / Gloria Emerson.