Preface Acknowledgements Columbus to Columbia (via St Louis): Separating Fact from Fiction University City to Clayton (via Memphis): Looking for a Publisher in Spring Clayton to New Orleans (via Iowa City): Academic Blues vs. 'American Blues' New Orleans to Hollywood (via Acapulco): Mañana Es Otro Día Hollywood to Rome (via Chicago): The 'Catastrophe' of His Success Rome to Rome (via nearly everywhere else): 'Comfortable little mercies' New York to New York (via Miami): A Battle of Angles Tokyo to St Louis (via Spoleto): The Stoned(wall) Age Key West to New York (via Bangkok): In Search of Androgyny Chicago to St Louis (via Vancouver): 'Right (write) on!' Epilogue Bibliography Notes