Contents
My Grant Application Letter (and Introduction): Concerning This Exceptional Research Project
My Childhood Ghost Story: The Burnt Plane
My Rock ’n’ Roll Road Song: Confessions of a Prairie Lounge Singer
My Wild Animal Attack Story: Peacock, Beware!
My Essay on the Essay: On Hoagland, Turtles, and the Courage of Simile
My Guide to Watching Rankin / Bass Christmas Specials: Holidays on Green
My Science Fiction Horror Story: Secret of the Ninth Planet (A Weird Tale)
My Graphic Memoir: The Author with Pipe, in Startlement (By His Four-Year-Old Son, Alden James Gale Price)
My Courtroom Drama: The Last Case
My Archaeological Dig Site: Among the Ruins of Bethsaida (On Thirty Years of Teaching Creative Nonfiction)
My Near-Death Experience / Elvis Tribute: Appendicized
My Break-up Letter: Dear America
My Arctic Erotica: Fifty Shades of Grímsey
My Pregame Pep Talks: The Impossible Season
My Workout Testimonial in the Time of COVID (and Conclusion): Pizza Night on Planet Fitness
Acknowledgments