From the Book - First Touchstone hardcover edition.
Speak! Speak! / Julia Alvarez --
Oh, Canada / Russell Banks --
The party / Bliss Broyard --
Compline / Stephen L. Carter --
New blank document / Lee Child --
Veterans Day / Mary Higgins Clark --
Atonement / Michael Cunningham --
Intersections / Mark Di Ionno --
The third twin / Anna Dunn --
Balancing acts / Louise Erdrich --
The Miss April houses / Angela Flournoy --
Fires / Elizabeth Frank --
Hate for sale / Neil Gaiman --
Unaccountable / Philip Gourevitch --
White baby / James Hannaham --
In the trees / Alice Hoffman --
Getting somewhere / Susan Isaacs --
Mr. Crime and Punishment and war and peace / Gish Jen --
Finally I am American at heart / Ha Jin --
Arlington Street / Lily King --
The harlot and the murderer : Sonia's story / Sheila Kohler --
"People are people" / Elinor Lipman --
The trout fisherman / Joyce Maynard --
Between storms / Walter Mosley --
"Good news!" / Joyce Carol Oates --
Safety first / Sara Paretsky --
Bystanders (April 2003) / Tom Piazza --
Lucky girl / Heidi Pitlor --
If they come in the morning / S. J. Rozan --
Top step / Richard Russo --
Hope / Jonathan Santlofer --
The walk / Elizabeth Strout --
Stop & shop / Paul Theroux --
The way we read now / Justin Torres --
Don't despair / Alice Walker --
Learning American values / Edmund White.