The form in the stone : some notes on how I write -- Follow the thread into the labyrinth : a fond recollection of Andrew Lytle -- Wallace Stegner and the Stanford Writing Workshop -- A month in the country at Yaddo -- The lost airman -- The treasures we held -- Getting mother buried -- "Look how she holds his hand" -- My suicides -- The harpsichord on the mountain -- "This is a voice from your past" -- "I don't believe this" -- "Tell me your secret" -- A few words.
