Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents ix
3. Acknowledgments xi
4. Work 1
5. Conjugations 5
6. Milton’s God 6
7. Letter of Introduction, Samuel Palmer to His Patron 7
8. Thinking 8
9. The Choice 9
10. Dusk in Jasper County 10
11. Home 11
12. Neighbors 12
13. To Egnatius, Who Won’t Stop Smiling 13
14. Jon’s Jog 15
15. Advent 16
16. Parade 19
17. A Message 20
18. Lullaby on Election Eve 21
19. Lost Seasons 22
20. Shifts 24
21. In Calico Rock, Arkansas 26
22. Novitiate 27
23. Gift 28
24. Three Days 29
25. Octonaire on the World’s Vanity and Inconstancy 32
26. Sound from Sound 33
27. Sacred Harp Sing, Bethel Primitive Baptist 34
28. Anyone 35
29. Dare 39
30. Errand 40
31. Predestination 41
32. The Truly Fucked 42
33. Petition 43
34. The Gladiator 44
35. Twenty-Something 45
36. Trail 46
37. True Love 47
38. Squirrels 48
39. Mercy 50
40. Observer 51