Apple, tree: writers on their parents

Introduction / Lise Funderburg

Predictions / Laura van den Berg

Curtains / Sallie Tisdale

Lies my parents (never but maybe should've) told me / Shukree Hassan Tilghman

Better angels / Clifford Thompson

The only light we've got / Angelique Stevens

Household idols / Avi Steinberg

Just say the word / Lizzie Skurnick

All knotted up / Dana Prescott

Sisters / Ann Patchett

Man's poison / Kyoko Mori

Unlived lives / Laura Miller

A measure of perversity / Marc Mewshaw

Off, off, off, off, off / Daniel Mendelsohn

What we keep / Donna Masini

My story about my mother / Mat johnson

Never have just one boss / Susan Ito

Spending the sparkle / Jane Hamilton

Around the table / Lauren Grodstein

This truth about chaos / John Freeman

No indifferent place / Carolyn Ferrell

And Niriko makes four / Lolis Eric Elie

Fragments from the long game / Kate Carroll de Gutes

Self-made men / Leland Cheuk

The nut doesn't fall far from the fucking nut tree / S. Bear Bergman

The feeding gene / Karen Grigsby Bates.

Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Introduction; Predictions; Curtains; Lies My Parents (Never but Maybe Should've) Told Me; Better Angels; The Only Light We've Got; Household Idols; Just Say the Word; All Knotted Up; Sisters; One Man's Poison; Unlived Lives; A Measure of Perversity; Off, Off, Off, Off, Off; What We Keep; My Story about My Mother; Never Have Just One Boss; Spending the Sparkle; Around the Table; This Truth about Chaos; No Indifferent Place; And Niriko Makes Four; Fragments from the Long Game; Self-Made Men; The Nut Doesn't Fall Far from the Fucking Nut Tree

The Feeding GeneAcknowledgments; Contributors