The Book of Ten

Contents

Contents the Lord god returns  Decalogue: thin ice  the Soul bone  Decalogue: What if  Soledad  Decalogue: rooms  i got a Mind to ramble  Decalogue: husbands and Wives  Custody  in america  after his retirement, LbJ visits greenville  “the Strange Case of the virgin Lidwina”  a Short history of Women in the nineteenth Century  daily Life  if grief Were a bird  My father Looks down on Me  benediction  Decalogue: fathers and daughters  Palace theater  dotage  Decalogue: Mothers and daughters  the old testament  Decalogue: Mothers and Sons  the Magic hour  Decalogue: ethics  horoscope  Without number  Decalogue: Chance  My Mother Comes back to Me  Decalogue: Siblings  gratification  elegy for My Pug Cosmo  acknowledgments  notes  the book of ten ...