Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents x
3. Acknowledgments xiii
4. Introduction 1
5. The Frozen River, Part I 15
6. iPod on the Tracks 18
7. The Stuff of Life 21
8. The Bad News Bears and Breaking Away 26
9. The Kinks at the Garden 34
10. The Lost Glove 46
11. On Moving Out 49
12. A Visit to the Library 66
13. The Laundry Room 71
14. Us and Them 77
15. The Topographical Soul 85
16. Negative Space 89
17. The Purple Krama 99
18. Loose Teeth 107
19. Degas at the Gas Station 111
20. Thanksgiving Panic 115
21. The Pink Comma 121
22. How I Found My iPhone in New Orleans 127
23. The Two-Thousand- Dollar Popsicle 134
24. On Finding a Spot 140
25. Saying Goodbye to Now 146
26. Remembrance of Snows Past 151
27. Repeat, Memory 160
28. The Perils of Precocity 164
29. Drain You 169
30. Her Party 173
31. Napoleon on the Back Stairs 178
32. The Egg Cream in Mid-Manhattan, 1982 186
33. Somebody’s Mother Is Waiting in the Lobby 197
34. That Time My Band Opened for Blur 203
35. Death of a Movie Theater 209
36. A Few Words About Jerry Stiller 216
37. Loitering with Intent at Manet/Degas 220
38. The Rights 226
39. Evacuation 237
40. The Frozen River (Reprise) 243