Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents vi
3. Making a Face Out of Granite 1
4. To My Ancestors 5
5. Dad Telling Stories 6
6. Instincts 7
7. Movement 8
8. A Walk in Mercado de la Merced 9
9. As the Fog Starts Burning Away 10
10. Letter from a Paisa 13
11. Tectonics 14
12. The Search 15
13. Leaving before Christmas 16
14. What Happens After 18
15. Movement Manifesto 21
16. Sweet Little Things 23
17. Stipple Ceiling 24
18. How to Move On 26
19. The Overwhelming Smell of Rosemary 27
20. Measuring Memory 28
21. Tectonics 29
22. Ars Poetica 30
23. To the Guy Who Dressed a Mannequin and Propped It Up in the Passenger Seat to Use the Carpool Lane 31
24. Outside the Observable Universe 32
25. Choose Your Own Adventure 37
26. Rules of the Game 39
27. Mom Is from Wisconsin Dad Is from Mexico and I Sing 40
28. Puebla 42
29. Odysseus as a Mexican Boy 43
30. I’ll Never Be 44
31. Tectonics 45
32. Letter from a Kid Who Sucked on Quarters in Kindergarten 46
33. Ulysses in Puebla 47
34. Roots 48
35. Playing by the River at Rincón de San Andrés 51
36. The Water Delivery Man 52
37. The Return 54
38. Girl with Lilies Knockof 57
39. Making a Face Out of Clay 59
40. Transcend 60
41. All Good Stories Require a Journey 62
42. The Apartment Complex 63
43. The Chairman 67
44. Letter from a Philosopher 74
45. Tectonics 75
46. The Cold 79
47. Frantic Ghosts 81
48. Notes … Gratitude 83
49. Acknowledgments 85