Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Preludic ix
4. I. The Hundreds
5. 1. First Things 1
6. 2. Swells 4
7. 3. Dilations 5
8. 4. Space Junk 6
9. 5. You have to start somewhere 7
10. 6. This is vanilla 8
11. 7. Handyman 9
12. 8. Writing, Life 10
13. 9. Red Bull Diaries 12
14. 10. As if 14
15. 11. Checked out OK 15
16. 12. Graduation Speech, 2016 16
17. 13. The New Ordinary 17
18. 14. Contact Sheet 18
19. 15. The Things We Think With 20
20. 16. Worlds 21
21. 17. Weight of the World 22
22. 18. Today in Political Emotions 23
23. 19. The Road 25
24. 20. The State of Drift 27
25. 21. On Collaboration 28
26. 22. The Icing on the Cake 30
27. 23. Bad Feelings 31
28. 24. Halloweens 32
29. 25. Take a Breath 33
30. 26. Friction 35
31. 27. The Game as Method 37
32. 28. Once 38
33. 29. This isn’t consoling 40
34. 30. In the middle 41
35. 31. Cover Story 43
36. 32. In the cut 44
37. 33. What Does Webster’s Say about Soul? 45
38. 34. Against literal-minded explorations of the ordinary 46
39. 35. At the Y 47
40. 36. No world beyond the world 50
41. 37. Slide 51
42. 38. Two Elizas 52
43. 39. Keep It Together 53
44. 40. Welcome to the Joke 54
45. 41. The women 56
46. 42. Outside chances 57
47. 43. Writing Lessons 58
48. 44. Fish in Drag 60
49. 45. Suicidiation Nation 61
50. 46. The Morning Demons 62
51. 47. A Place 63
52. 48. A Skeletal Thought 65
53. 49. Utopian Capitalism 67
54. 50. Chicago 69
55. 51. A return 71
56. 52. Stony Island Story Problems 73
57. 53. Last summer 74
58. 54. Let’s Not Ask for the Moon 76
59. 55. Minds at Work 77
60. 56. Everyday Life in Early Spring 79
61. 57. Atmospheric Pressures 80
62. 58. After Meth 81
63. 59. Thought practices 82
64. 60. Approaching the Commercial Corridor 83
65. 61. What the houses are doing 84
66. 62. On Editing 85
67. 63. This Week in Shakes 86
68. 64. Lifelines in the middle of nowhere 89
69. 65. Hefty with Febreze 91
70. 66. A Family Line 92
71. 67. In the Terminal 93
72. 68. Kinships 94
73. 69. Projects 95
74. 70. Friendhating 96
75. 71. What Comes Through 100
76. 72. Everyday, a Video Installation 102
77. 73. Collecting 103
78. 74. If we could pay attention to everything 104
79. 75. What is it to be naked among men? 105
80. 76. Camera Worthy 107
81. 77. The Strange Situation: A Wedding Album 108
82. 78. All I know is 109
83. 79. Written in a place that smells like chicken 110
84. 80. Anxiety made a nest in her 111
85. 81. Book Reviews 112
86. 82. The Twins 113
87. 83. All the Desperate Calls Rolled into One 114
88. 84. It’s Structural 115
89. 85. Media Trouble 116
90. 86. Hundreds do things 117
91. 87. Survivors in Training 118
92. 88. Two young men with beards kissing on the floor. 119
93. 89. Refractions 120
94. 90. Reading Notes, the Week of December 16, ’16 121
95. 91. Just being me 123
96. 92. Office Hours 124
97. 93. Under Pressure 126
98. 94. Ordinary Love 128
99. 95. Stocking Up 129
100. 96. Bad Weather 130
101. 97. In it 131
102. 98. A Number on Introductions 132
103. 99. A month in arrests and other things 133
104. 100. Not Over Yet 135
105. II. Indexes
106. Index 137
107. Not-Index 141
108. The Index 151
109. Untitled 153
110. For Your Indexing Pleasure 155
111. Some Things We Thought With 157