Heating & Cooling: 52 Micro-Memoirs

Married love --
One doesn\'t always wish to converse on airplanes --
Still have the playbill --
Small talk at Evanston General --
Goner --
I come from a long line of modest achievers --
Why I\'m so well read --
Mommy wants a glass of chardonnay --
Safety scissors --
I was not going to be your typical --
Why I\'m switching salons --
I survived the blizzard of \'79 --
Married love, II --
Your turn --
Returning from spring break, junior year at Notre Dame --
Small fry --
Orange-shaped hole --
11. And I\'ve been searching ceaselessly for you ever since, mon amour --
Heating and cooling --
\"If you were born Catholic, you\'ll always be Catholic\" --
Disharmony --
Bad break --
What I think about when someone uses \"pussy\" as a synonym for \"weak\" --
Low-budget car dealership commercial --
Nine months in Madison --
Proof --
The neighbor, the chickens, and the flames --
Married love, III --
Two phone conversations --
Another reason I love my mother --
Galore --
Home button --
Some childhood dreams really do come true --
Our friend the memorist --
The visitation --
Daughter, they\'ll use even your own gaze to wound you --
Married love, IV --
My father\'s reminiscences --
I knew a woman --
Now I glance up the first time they call my name --
Sweet nothing --
What I learned in grad school --
Expiration date --
Emulsionar --
When people bemoan the commodification of art --
Another missing chapter in the parenting handbook --
Pass the vodka --
The grief vacation --
When they grow up --
A reckoning of kisses --
Salvage --
Married love, V --
Addendum to \"Salvage\".