Contents
Preface to the 2009 Edition
Preface and Acknowledgments
A Place to Begin
Mountains and Valleys
Tracking the Mullein, or Portrait of a Mennonite Muse
When the Stranger Is an Angel
Writing Home
Bringing Home the Work
Preacher’s Striptease
Bodies and Boundaries
The Witness a Body Bears
Work and Hope
Marilyn, H. S. Bender, and Me
The Gothic Tale of Lucy Hochstetler and the Temptation of Literary Authority
Conclusion
Writing like a Mennonite
Afterword
Notes