Preface
Part I. Through the Lands of Others: France
1. Nixon in Paris (Letter from Paris, March 14, 1969)
2. Cayetano in Paris (Letter from Paris, April 19, 1969)
3. On Exiles (Letter from Paris, June 24, 1969)
4. The Left Bank of Paris (Letter from Paris, August 22, 1969)
5. Letter from Santurce (August 27, 1969)
Part II. In the United States
6. The Washington March (November 21, 1969)
7. Progress Comes to Cayey (January 16, 1970)
8. A Requiem for Palo Seco (March 18, 1970)
9. The Puerto Rican Novel (March 24, 1970)
10. Stagnation 1970 (April 30, 1970)
11. The Grapes of Protest (May 15, 1970)
12. Hold-Up (November 6, 1970)
13. The Second Discovery (November 25, 1970)
14. Street Names and Punishments (December 31, 1970)
15. Previous Generations (January 13, 1971)
16. Conscience and Conciencia (January 27, 1971)
17. We Too Are Guilty (April 2, 1971)
18. On Good Memories (April 17, 1971)
Part III. An Interlude
19. Letter from Santo Domingo (August 18, 1971)
20. The Road to Puerto Plata (August 11, 1971)
21. The Birth of Guimica (October 16, 1971)
22. Parable of the Good Pon (November 2, 1971)
23. Letter to Doña Alvilda (December 4, 1971)
Part IV. Home and the Hues of Nostalgia
24. Doña Juana’s Wise Man (January 3, 1972)
25. Remembrances of 1952 (February 19, 1972)
26. Publico Etiquette (March 31, 1972)
27. Nostalgia for Calle Loíza (April 23, 1972)
28. On Cantinflas (Letter from Madrid, August 16, 1972)
29. Utuado in 1900 (August 26, 1972)
30. The Art of Lottery Tickets (January 2, 1973)
31. A Sense of “Place” (April 17, 1973)
32. Professor McDowell (April 28, 1973)
Part V. A Time for Dissent
33. Revolt of the Trees (August 31, 1973)
34. The Value of Dissent (November 28, 1973)
35. El Nacimiento (December 8, 1973)
36. De Moca (December 29, 1973)
37. On Mosquito Nets (Letter from Cayey 1, January 25, 1974)
38. Bagatelle (Letter from Cayey 2, January 30, 1974) .
39. A Gathering of Cousins (Letter from Cayey 3, January 31, 1974)
40. On the Importance of Symbols (February 6, 1974) .
41. The Great Dominion of Canada (February 14, 1974)
42. A Rage of Referenda (September 23, 1974)
43. A Letter to Javariz (October 12, 1974)
Part VI. Past Imperfect
44. San Guibin’s Day (November 28, 1974)
45. Chronology of an Asalto (December 26, 1974)
46. Bus Riding in Prose and Poetry (June 20, 1975)
47. Mrs. Ponce de León (August 7, 1975)
48. On Slaves as Lenders (September 20, 1975)
49. Six Thousand Utuadeños (December 15, 1975)
50. Voters of 1871 (February 9, 1976)
51. Don Samuel Quiñones (April 1, 1976)
52. Don Coco (July 24, 1976) re (July 6, 1978)
57. Titina and the 50’s (January 27, 1979)
58. A Visit to the Lord of Chalma (July 18, 1979)
66. A Weekend Night in Paris (July 9, 1980)
67. A College for Prison Inmates (Letter from Paris, July 26, 1980)
68. Florencio Picó (August 28, 1980)
69. A Guaguita Driver’s Binge (March 19, 1981)
70. Jorge Bauermeister (July 23, 1982)
71. Time for a Change (August 13, 1984)
72. Say Yes to People (June 2, 1987)