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Contents: Departing, Arriving . . . 3; Looking for Work 5; Getting and Spending 7; Letting Things Slide 9; Dreaming of Journeys 11; Becoming American 13; Going to England 16; Taking Pictures 18; Writing to the Past 19; Talking to Strangers 20; Living Somewhere Else 22; Sleeping for a Year 24; Making a Living 26; Owning Things 29; Making Lists 31; Taking Shelter 34; Coming Home 36; Learning Your Lesson 38; Reclaiming the House 39; Driving North 41; Keeping It Together 43; Spending the Night 45; Learning to Draw 52; Killing Time 54; Calling Up the Pain 56; Taking the Old Road 58; Moon Driving 60; Disappearing 62; Remaking Yourself 63; Missing It 64; Killing Flies in Georgia 66; Listening to a Russian Choir 73; Getting Out of the Army 77; Camping with Ecclesiastes 79; Travelling One Way 82

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