Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Proem 1
4. I
5. Dante Jokes in Peshtigo 3
6. The Buck 9
7. Charlie at Full Speed 14
8. Octet 9 18
9. Where the Green Ants Dream 21
10. II
11. The New World 27
12. The New World 31
13. Old Trees Wave 34
14. The New World 35
15. A New Word 36
16. III
17. The New Horizons Spacecraft Speeds Past Pluto in What We May Call the Blink of an Eye 37
18. Country Canto 41
19. White Mountain Song 43
20. The New World 48
21. American Homeric 49
22. IV
23. Revolutionary Word 51
24. In Exodus 54
25. Osip in August 58
26. Fire Watcher 61
27. Old Lines 64
28. Notes 67