From the Book - First edition.
The ambition of origins. Manifest destiny ; Native trail ; Original sin ; "Give me your tired" ; The epicenter of narcissism
Hucks r' us. Down the Mississippi ; Kids' lit ; Mending walls ; Sexual magnets ; I am anger
Language and authority. Forever young ; Of dictionaries and academies ; In defense of ignorance ; The part about superheroes ; Auto-corrected
Surviving democracy. Books and merchandise ; The coolness of American libraries ; Teaching in the age of intolerance ; Born translated ; Unhappy people
Epilogue: The second American Civil War.