Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vi
3. Brainstorm: how we got here x
4. I Where to Begin
5. In Exile I Draw the Tower Card 3
6. Lost 5
7. It’s Fine, I’m Fine: Selections from a one-woman show 21
8. In the River 43
9. Another Ordinary Day (after Joe Brainard’s I Remember) 55
10. II Am I Getting Better
11. September 61
12. Un/titled 63
13. Whet Language 79
14. I was in the back of a taxi that went into a car that rolled a stop sign 95
15. Losing My Mind 111
16. III No Longer the Person I Was
17. Two Years Post-Injury 123
18. How to: Consume Care, Caringly 125
19. She Hulk 131
20. No Answers 143
21. Concussion, Yoga and Resiliency 155
22. IV I Dream of Swimming
23. Kind of Animal 169
24. In which skinny dipping temporarily fixes a life 173
25. Finding the Switch 187
26. A Wave of Relief 195
27. Appearing and Disappearing: a poet gets up from her table 205
28. V Carried Through All That
29. At Least 223
30. The Next Hit 225
31. This is Normal 241
32. And the Sky Was All Violet 249
33. Disconnections 263
34. Orca mother drops calf after an unexpected 17 days of mourning 273
35. Acknowledgements 275
36. Notes 277
37. Contributors 281