Record details

• ISBN: 0871132168
• ISBN: 9780871132161
• ISBN: 0871132354 (deluxe)
• ISBN: 9780871132352 (deluxe)
• Physical Description: xviii, 393 p. ; 24 cm.
• Edition: 1st Trade ed.
• Publisher: New York : Atlantic Monthly Press, c1988.

Content descriptions

Formatted Contents Note:

Nobody said anything -- Bicycles, muscles, cigarettes -- The student's wife -- They're not your husband -- What do you do in San Francisco? -- Fat -- What's in Alaska? -- Neighbors -- Put yourself in my shoes -- Collectors -- Why, honey? -- Are these actual miles? -- Gazebo -- One more thing -- Little things -- Why don't you dance? -- A serious talk -- What we talk about when we talk about love -- Distance -- The third thing that killed my father off -- So much water so close to home -- The calm -- Vitamins -- Careful -- Where I'm calling from -- Chef's house -- Fever -- Feathers -- Cathedral -- A small, good thing -- Boxes -- Whoever was using this bed -- Intimacy -- Menudo -- Elephant -- Blackbird pie -- Errand.