Table of Contents
Series Editor's Preface ix
Acknowledgments xvii
Between Jenner and a Pay Phone 3
Over the Fence 4
O in Red 5
By Phone Line 6
Portage 7
Dear Li Bai 8
The Sky of Wu 9
Slide Talk: Ghost Moon 10
Li Bai Considers Online Dating 11
Bird of Prey 12
Skinny Jeans and the Known Universe 13
The Engagement 15
About Last Night 16
Glossary 19
River Merchant in Blue 31
-In Season, 1 32
Obscure, adj. or n. /&rmcgreve;b'skjΥ(&rmcgreve;)r/ 33
Boy Child 34
Letter From America 35
Making Shore 36
Days Idle, Cumulative 37
Li Bai Is Living in a Share House in the Temescal 38
Ikebana Instructions 40
Poem 41
Post-Season 42
Field Exam 45
Poll Numbers in Oakland, 2016 53
-In Season, 2 54
The Playoffs 55
Jacob's Wood Carving Manifesto 57
Li Bai Interviews for a Job at Green Gulch Zen Center 58
Overshopping, n. /$$$/ 60
Credit Counseling: Transcript 61
Ale and Ginger 62
-In Season, 3 63
Moon Dog 64
She Makes a List of Things That Cannot Be Compared 65
Pacific Slope Death Poem 67
Tenure 69
Flight Pattern 70
Alternative Facts 71
Dear Red Pine 72
How to Make Music 73
Appendix: Lost Sections of the Pillow Book* 77
Addendum: Fifth Moon 82
Notes 83