I. Where I stay. Desert Run -- Hole in the wall -- Lichens -- Desert under glass -- Cacti -- Desert mystique II. Returning. American son -- Guilty on both counts -- Obon: festival of the dead -- Returning (short story) III.Resisting. I learned to sew -- Jeni's complaint -- Playing cards with the jailer -- Drowning in my own language -- Mrs. Higashi is dead (short story) IV. Connecting. My cousin -- Suburbia in full bloom -- The club -- Enough -- For Laura who stills hears the geese -- Lethe -- My home town this earth -- Escape -- For Priscilla -- Masks of Woman -- You too can live comfortably without guilt -- Harold and the purple crayon -- A mother's touch -- Prayer for change