Invitation 1 I Instructions for a Traveler 4 Dancing in Lisbon 6 The Young Roma from Andalusia 7 Lorca's Lover 9 Lascaux 10 Freud in Paris 11 Where the Bones of Lorca Sleep 12 I Read the Newspaper 14 Cellist Playing Bach in Angkor Wat 16 Bangkok 17 Laos 18 Writers in Exile 19 Raft 20 Dinner with the Dictator 21 London 22 LaGuardia 23 Angel at the Station 24 II Travelogue 26 Ode to a Suitcase 27 Shepherdesses of the Atlas Mountains 29 Postcard, Marrakesh, 4 a.m. 30 I Listen to Bees 31 Oceanic 32 Don't Lose Sleep 34 Love in the Time of Insurgency 36 Beirut 37 Lanterns in the Night Market 38 Take Five 39 The Red Desert 40 Bioluminescence 41 Istanbul 42 Dreaming Khashoggi 44 Dreaming down the Bosphorus 45 Africa 46 Full Moon Over Serengeti 47 Albino Afrikana 48 Kilimanjaro 50 Zebra 51 Serengeti, Kopje Rock Formations 52 Arrivals and Departures 53 Nocturne 56 III The West Indies 58 Manatee 60 The Dream, Frida Kahlo 61 Nest 62 Mexico, the Dig 63 Vernacular 64 Your Sister Visits Us in Mexico 66 Day of the Dead 67 I Will Meet You at the Gateway 68 Border Patrol 69 Baggage 71 Displacement 72 Hotel Room 73 Notes 75 Acknowledgments 77.