APOCALYPSE, DARLING
Half Title Page
Series Title Page
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication
Epigraph
CONTENTS
PART I: MIXING MEMORY WITH DESIRE
WASTELAND OASIS: Indiana 2008
BYWAY, SKYWAY: Illinois/Indiana 2008
HIS NOT DAUGHTER: Minneapolis 1987
TROUBLE: Chicago 1985
BEST MAN: Indiana 2008
PINK LADY: Minneapolis 2008
SWEDE IN OUR SHOWER: Minneapolis 1995
WHAT’S PRESENT IN TIME FUTURE I: Chicago 2015
ANNIHILATION PENDING: Minneapolis 1988
VISIBLE GRACE, CALUMET: Illinois/Indiana 1950–present
ENTER THE CHAPEL: Indiana 2008
PART II: IN WHICH SAD LIGHT
THE CRUELEST MONTH: Post-Industrial North 2008
DUNE-ALITY: Indiana 1977
THE APOCALYPSE, DARLING: Interior Landscapes 1959–
THE BEE-U-TEE-FULL OLD COUNTRY: Indiana 2008
WOMEN’S WORK: North Suburban Chicago 1988
SWEDISH ITALIAN: New Jersey/Michigan/Illinois 1960s
DON’T ASK DON’T TELL: Interstate 1980–2008
THE CHILDREN’S CRIMES, ACCORDING TO THE FATHER, AS IMAGINED BY THE DAUGHTER-IN-LAW HE DOES NOT ACKNOWLEDGE: Minneapolis 2008
WHAT’S PRESENT IN TIME FUTURE II: Chicago 2015
THE VIOLET HOUR: Indiana 2008
PART III: NOTHING WITH NOTHING
THE WE WHO: Indiana 2008
UNREAL CITY: Minneapolis 1987–Yesterday
LILACS OUT OF A DEAD LAND: Indiana 2008
LAQUEARIA: Indiana 2008
O CITY, CITY: Minneapolis 2007
BURNINGBURNING: Illinois or Indiana Mill Country, 20th or 21st Century
THE TATTOO MERCHANT: Inside an Inaccurate Indiana Fantasy 2008
THE GOLF COURSE NUPTIALS, AS IMPRECISELY RECALLED WITH UNDISGUISED BIAS, AND WITHOUT APPROVAL FROM HER SPOUSE, BY THE DAUGHTER-IN-LAW THE GROOM HAS NOT YET ACKNOWLEDGED: Indiana 2008
PART IV: WHAT THE WATER SAID
SHANTIH: Indiana 2009
PART V: FRAGMENTS AGAINST RUINS
POST-NUPTIAL: Indiana Golf Course 2008
POST-APOCALYPSE, THE RAIN: Indiana 2008
POST-MORTEM: Re-Migrations 2008
POST-TRAUMATIC: These Fragments We Shore 2008
WHAT’S PRESENT IN TIME FUTURE III: Chicago 2015
POST-PHOTOGRAPHIC: The Photographer’s Reformation 2008
POST-INDUSTRIAL DUNES: Memory and Desire 1976 and Now
NOTES ON THE TEXT
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
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