Foreword / Neil Gaiman -- Introduction / Catherine Burns -- The moon and stars talks / Tara Clancy -- Unusual normality / Ishmael Beah -- The quest for Chad / Arthur Bradford -- The house of mourning / Kate Braestrup -- The girl from Beckenham / Suzi Ronson -- God, death, and Francis Crick / Christof Koch -- Fog of disbelief / Carl Pillitteri -- The two times I met Laurence Fishburne / Chenjerai Kumanyika -- It matters a great deal / Kevin McGeehan -- A tale of two dinners / Bliss Broyard ; Untitled / Louis C.K. -- Walking with RJ / Stephanie Peirolo -- Go the %&# to sleep / Adam Mansbach -- Panic on the road to Jericho / Nadia Bolz-Weber -- Jenny / Samuel James -- Déjà vu (again) / Cole Kazdin -- Call me Charlie / Josh Bond -- Modern family / Sara Barron -- R2, where are you? / Tig Notaro -- The shower / Tomi Reichental -- Cut / Josh Broder -- A phone call / Auburn Sandstrom -- Who can you trust? / Mary-Claire King -- A new home / Dori Samadzai Bonner -- Greener grass / Jane Green -- As if I was not there / Peter Pringle -- Stumbling in the dark / John Turturro -- Coming of age in a mausoleum / George Dawes Green -- Downstairs neighbors / Shannon Cason -- Undercover in North Korea with its future leaders / Suki Kim -- My grandfather's shoes / Christian Garland -- Leaping forward / Cybele Abbett -- Prom / Hasan Minhaj -- But also bring cheese / Kate Tellers -- Tired, from New York / Jessi Klein -- An impossible choice / Sasha Chanoff -- Then you will know! / Moshe Schulman -- The price of freedom / Noreen Riols -- Summer camp / Meg Wolitzer -- The weight of a ring / Amy Biancolli -- Light and hope / Bethany van Delft -- Kidneys and commitments / Gil Reyes -- On approach to Pluto / Cathy Olkin -- Forgiveness / Hector Black -- California gothic / Taylor Negron.