Domestic life in America --
From the journal of a leper --
The lovely troubled daughters of our old crowd --
Venezuela for visitors --
Deaths of distant friends --
First wives and trolley cars --
The journey to the dead --
The man who became a soprano --
The other side of the street --
Falling asleep up north --
Scenes from the fifties --
The women who got away --
My father on the verge of disgrace --
Licks of love in the heart of the Cold War --
The walk with Elizanne --
The laughter of the gods --
Varieties of religious experience --
Spanish prelude to a second marriage --
The accelerating expansion of the universe --
