Contrasting Memories of Escape and Survival (on Breaking Clean by Judy Blunt; Deep River: A Memoir of a Missouri Farm by David Hamilton; Flying Sparks: Growing Up on the Edge of Las Vegas by Odette Larson; and A Girl Named Zippy: Growing Up Small in Mooreland, Indiana by Haven Kimmel)
Interlude (on Blue Dusk: New and Selected Poems, 1951-2001 by Madeline DeFrees; Waterborne by Linda Gregerson; Book of My Nights by Li-Young Lee; The Holy Worm of Praise by Philip Schultz; and Bellocq’s Ophelia by Natasha Trethewey)
Supporting Roles (on Do Not Forsake Me, Oh My Darling by Maura Stanton; The Price You Pay by Ellen Winter; Leaving the Neighborhood and Other Stories by Lucy Ferriss; & The Practical Heart: Four Novellas by Allan Gurganus)
