Table of Contents
Thoughts on returning to the city after five months on a mountain where the wolves howled.--Howling back at the wolves.--A low-water man.--Bears, bears, bears.--Apocalypse enough: of newts and mice.--Heroes and footfalls.--A run of bad luck.--Pathos and perfection.--Writing wild.--Lament the red wolf.--That gorgeous great novelist.--City walking.--Where the action is.--But where is home?--Johnny Appleseed, bluegrass, egg creams.--Virginie and the slaves.--Nine small (literary) truths.--Dogs, and the tug of life.--Other lives.