| I. Absorption & Assimilation | ||
| Out in the Sapphic Traffic | Dean Young | |
| Thomas Jefferson | David Rutschman | |
| Self-Portrait in Genetic Code | Amanda Schaffer | |
| Mine And Not Mine | Stuart Dischell | |
| * | The Match Girl Lights Them ... | Rachel C. Flynn |
| Earlier | Karen Carcia | |
| Yaquina Head | Roger Fanning | |
| Why We Didn’t See the Sentence ... | James D’Agostino | |
| II. Arrangement and Care of the Laboratory | ||
| Introduction to Narrative | Matthea Harvey | |
| Destiny Manifesto | Dobby Gibson | |
| Nature Diary | Amanda Schaffer | |
| * | A Journalistic Approach ... | Ian Randall Wilson |
| Academic Contemplation ... | Karen Carcia | |
| 19 Words to Avoid in Your Writing | Ian Randall Wilson | |
| What Was Said | Paula Szuchman | |
| Lyrical Narrative Frag. | William Waltz | |
| III. Cripple Jack Rafters | ||
| Pastoral One | Carolyn Hembree | |
| Mock Cunt | Shauna Hannibal | |
| Hindu Radio | Tony Hoagland | |
| * | Unrestraining Order | Dean Young |
| Eating 14th Street Once and For All | Brian Engel | |
| Aqua Velva | Dobby Gibson | |
| Cul de Sac | William Waltz | |
| IV. Hindrances to Breathing | ||
| Serenade | Paula Szuchman | |
| * | On Rouault: Chorus One | Frances Sjoberg |
| Aside: by Georges Rouault | Frances Sjoberg | |
| Denoument: Georges Rouault | Frances Sjoberg | |
| As You Might Know | Dean Young | |
| Sleep | Rachel C. Flynn | |
| White Noise | Joe Myer | |
| V. Jigs & Fixtures | ||
| The Way She Kisses | James D’Agostino | |
| O Pato! It’s the Virgo Bossa | Fred Schmalz | |
| A Date with the Gravitron | Amanda Schaffer | |
| Firetruck Burning ... | Brian Engel | |
| Love | Amy Grimm | |
| If You Like Sugar I’ll Like Sugar Too | Matthea Harvey | |
| * | Wrong Vesicle | Shauna Hannibal |
| Dam | Rachel C. Flynn | |
| VI. Other Uses of the Steel Square | ||
| * | Assistant to the Stars | William Waltz |
| Astronomical Projection | Sarah Manguso | |
| Narcissus Lullaby | Tony Hoagland | |
| Sorry So | Brian Engel | |
| Portrait of Brian Engel | Fred Schmalz | |
| The Discovery of Paula Reds | Paula Szuchman | |
| Moon Landing, 1969 | Mary Jane Nealon | |
| VII. Wholesome Milk Means Clean Milk | ||
| Open Window | Shauna Hannibal | |
| Oregon’s Gas Station Attendants | Roger Fanning | |
| Virtually | William Waltz | |
| * | Two Attempts to Explain What I Do | Sarah Manguso |
| Unearth | Frances Sjoberg | |
| In the rowboat of his dozing ... | Terri Ford | |
| Goner’s Boner | Heather McHugh | |
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