Caveat emptor
Welcome to my chew toy
The past's vigor
The truth contract twixt writer and reader
Why not to write a memoir : plus a pop quiz to protect the bleeding & box out the rigid
A voice conjures the human who utters it
Don't try this at home : the seductive, narcissistic count
Sacred carnality
How to choose a detail
Hucksters, the deluded, and big fat liars
Interiority and inner enemy : private agonies read deeper than external whammies
On finding the nature of your talent
The visionary Maxine Hong Kingston
Dealing with beloveds (on and off the page)
On information, facts, and data
Personal run-ins with fake voices
On book structure and the order of information
The road to hell is paved with exaggeration
Blind spots and false selves
Truth hunger : the public and private burning of Kathryn Harrison
Old-school technologies for the stalled novice
Major reversals in Cherry and Lit
Why memoirs fail
An incomplete checklist to stave off dread
Michael Herr : start in Kansas, end in Oz
Against vanity : in praise of revision.