Contents

• "The Braindead Megaphone"
• "The New Mecca" (originally published in GQ)
• "Thank You, Esther Forbes"
• "A Survey of the Literature" (originally published in The New Yorker, 2003)
• "Mr. Vonnegut in Sumatra"
• "A Brief Study of the British"
• "Nostalgia" (originally published in The New Yorker, 2006)
• "Ask the Optimist!" (originally published in The New Yorker, 2006)
• "Proclamation," (originally published in The New Yorker, 2006)
• "Woof: A Plea of Sorts"
• "The Great Divider"
• "Thought Experiment" (originally published as "Advice from an Old Fart, in the Form of a Thought Experiment" in Take My Advice, edited by James L. Harmon, 2002)
• "The Perfect Gerbil: Reading Barthelme's 'The School'"
• "The United States of Huck: Introduction to Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (introduction to The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, 2001.)
• "Buddha Boy" (originally published as "The Incredible Buddha Boy," GQ, 2007).
• "Manifesto: A Press Release from PRKA" (originally published on Slate
  Slate (magazine)
  Slate is a US-based English language online current affairs and culture magazine created in 1996 by former New Republic editor Michael Kinsley, initially under the ownership of Microsoft as part of MSN. On 21 December 2004 it was purchased by the Washington Post Company...
  
  .com, 2004).

External links

• http://www.georgesaundersland.com/bibliography.html