Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents ix
3. Dedications xiii
4. Prologue: Two Lunches with my Father xv
5. All These Beloved Books 1
6. Memoir I 2
7. Joshua Was Gone 3
8. Memoir II 6
9. The Wind Is Loud 7
10. Memoir III 8
11. Memoir IIIi 9
12. Memoir IIIii 10
13. The Pool, 2019 11
14. Memoir IV 13
15. Proper Identification 14
16. Joy 16
17. “ if this was a different kind of story id tell you about the sea” 17
18. Memoir V 19
19. Taharah 20
20. Memoir VI 21
21. Twenty-three Facts about Joshua’s Death 22
22. Memoir VII 23
23. Dear Mr. Pennypacker 24
24. Commas 25
25. Joshua’s Birthday 26
26. Pottstown Mercury, 1972 28
27. Memoir VIII 30
28. Memoir IX 31
29. Memoir IXi 32
30. History of Fingers 33
31. Odo 36
32. Theory 38
33. Phoenixville, 2020 41
34. The Centaur 43
35. Giant Bird 44
36. Memoir X 46
37. On Similes 47
38. Comes With 48
39. Two Photographs 50
40. Memoir XI 51
41. Memoir XII 52
42. Memoir XIIi 53
43. The Field 54
44. You Are a Field of Little 62
45. Memoir XIII 63
46. Memoir XIV 64
47. This and That at the Frick 65
48. How to Sleep 66
49. Memoir XV 67
50. Memoir XVi 69
51. Catskills Poem 70
52. The Camels 71
53. Memoir XVI 72
54. Two Shabbats with Paul Celan 73
55. Memoir XVII 75
56. Northport 76
57. Syntax, 2022 78
58. Joanne Dies, 2017 79
59. Memoir XVIII 80
60. Jewish Cento, 1957 81
61. Epilogue: Mensch 84
62. Memoir Cento 87
63. Memoir Cento i 90
64. Memoir Cento ii 92
65. The Cake 94
66. Notes on the origin and sources of the poems 97
67. Acknowledgments 101