From the Book - First Picador edition.
A story of stolen salamis --
The two Davises and the rug --
Contingency (vs. necessity) --
Brief incident in short a, long a, and schwa --
Contingency (vs. necessity) 2 : on vacation --
A story told to me by a friend --
My sister and the Queen of England --
The visit to the dentist --
Letter to a frozen peas manufacturer --
I ask Mary about her friend, the depressive, and his vacation --
The magic of the train --
How I know what I like (six versions) --
The force of the subliminal --
Her geography : Alabama --
The language of the telephone company --
The coachman and the worm --
Letter to a marketing manager --
The last of the Mohicans --
Housekeeping observation --
A note from the paperboy --
How I read as quickly as possible through my back issues of the TLS --
Notes during long phone conversation with mother --
I'm pretty comfortable, but I could be a little more comfortable --
Letter to a peppermint candy company --
Her geography : Illinois --
Odon von Horvath out walking --
The problem of the vacuum cleaner --
Learning medieval history --
The schoolchildren in the large building --
The sentence and the young man --
Molly, female cat : history/findings --
The letter to the foundation --
The results of one statistical study --
Short conversation (in airport departure lounge) --
The sky above Los Angeles --
Two characters in a paragraph --
The language of things in the house --
Letter to a hotel manager --
Staying at the pharmacist's --
A small story about a small box of chocolates --
The woman next to me on the airplane --
Wrong thank-you in theater --
Sitting with my little friend --
If at the wedding (at the zoo) --
The gold digger of Goldfields --
The old vacuum cleaner keeps dying on her --
Flaubert and point of view --
Letter to the president of the American Biographical Institute, Inc. --
Nancy Brown will be in town --