Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents vii
3. Foreword ix
4. One Begin the Ceremony
5. Letter to Myself on my Birthday 3
6. A Bridge to China 7
7. To the Chinese People, Who See the Same Stars 8
8. Two Strangers and Kin
9. Paper Flowers 11
10. Nearly 12
11. Meeting our Chinese Cousins 13
12. Two Women Leaving Beijing 14
13. Immolation of a Stranger 16
14. Hawthorns 18
15. City of Dust and Water 19
16. The Guest Chair at Nankai University 21
17. Chinavision 23
18. Storyteller 25
19. Three In the Company of Magpies
20. The Chinese Art … Culture Tour 29
21. Sylvia Plath in China 34
22. Ghost City 35
23. The Truth About History 37
24. How to Change a Country 39
25. Yin and Yang 41
26. Mr. Yuan’s Two Joys 42
27. Chinese Puzzle 44
28. Full Moon Harvest Festival at the Spa City 45
29. Peace Road Kindergarten 46
30. Tiger Hill 48
31. Vision at Tai-Shan Mountain 49
32. Four Looking for Grace
33. Where it Hurts 53
34. Deep Enough to go Home 54
35. Scarred Baggage 56
36. Found Snapshot: The Year His Sister Left 58
37. Remembering the Three Gorges 59
38. The Rope 60
39. Missing in China 61
40. For Those Who Dream of Cranes 62
41. Acknowledgments 64
42. About the Author 66
43. About the May Swenson Poetry Award 67