Abstract

Gambits and gambles -- Iron filings -- Pardon the interruption -- Content and form -- Form and content -- In the beginning was the deed -- Reworking making -- Deliberate writing -- Mistaking instrumental reason -- Fits and starts -- A cultivar -- Quotation beyond quotas -- For examples -- In nuce -- Irony -- Message in a bottle -- The hour of the wolf -- It's the gesture that counts -- Furnishing the space of reasons -- A struggle with ourselves -- Who's on first -- Every one is everybody -- The secret addressee -- When we undo things with words -- Unknown friends -- Resoundingly reticent -- Provocation/demonstration -- Among the pros (and cons). A: "O my friend, there are no friends" ; B: "At least we've got each other" -- Then came history -- Equal to the moment -- Unequal to the moment -- After Beauvoir -- Property is theft -- Strange alchemy -- Public commitment -- Propagation without propaganda -- Bit by bit -- Taking stances -- Character studies -- Where do we find ourselves.