Index

After, whatever I was, 3-7
Angel, broken: kicked off windowsill resulting in, 6; recollection of, 23
Baton Rouge, 16, 22
Bees: gravitation toward, 22; potential disappearance of, 23
Boy, foolish: at that time, 3-18; in some respects still a, 19-22; as a fundamental property of
    one's character, 29
Brooklyn, 22-26
Bullet Rye, 22
C Train, 22
Carelessness, youth and, 6-10
Daydreams: hazards of, 6, 16, 21, 27; persistence of, 28. See also Letter to Montana
Fuck off forever: demand to, 18; possible failure to, 21; recollection of demand, 24. See also
    Letters, Letter to Montana
Honesty: catharsis and, 3, 21; healing and, 23; pain and, 23, 24; irrelevance of, 26
Inaccessibility, emotional: possible attraction of, 25; having overcome, irrelevance of, 25
Letters: historic hazards of writing, 3, 27; disappearance of, 22; finality of, 27
Letter to Montana, 18
Minneapolis, 3-14
Montana, 18
Over, 18, 28
Parenthood: as a transforming experience, 23-24; as a subject of conversation, 23-25;
    relevance of, 25; irrelevance of, 25
Sex: common interest in, 22; eventual disappearance of, 23
Time: relevance of, 25; irrelevance of, 25
You: writing and, 13-29; surprising familiarity with, 22; beauty and, 6, 8, 12, 16, 21, 27; s
    sanity and, 24; fundamental properties of, 25; dreams of, 17, 19, 27; continuing relevance 
    of, 27; hazards of, 27; disappearance of, 28. See also Bees, Daydreams, Letters, Sex, Time