9. ON GROWING UP

  1. TENNIS, TRIGONOMETRY, TORNADOES BY DAVID WALLACE
  2. EXPLICIT VIOLENCE BY LIDIA YUKNAVITCH
  3. ON BEING AN ONLY CHILD BY GEOFF DYER
  4. US AND THEM BY DAVID SEDARIS
  5. DUMB KIDS' CLASS BY MARK BOWDEN
  6. THE COMFORT ZONE BY JONATHAN FRANZEN
  7. COUNTDOWN BY JONATHAN FRANZEN
  8. DIFFICULT GIRL BY LENA DUNHAM
  9. STING-RAY AFTERNOONS BY STEVE RUSHIN
  10. OUT WEST BY JOE WILKINS
  11. MY DAD TRIED TO KILL ME WITH AN ALLIGATOR BY HARRISON KEY
  12. YOU WILL NEVER SLEEP WITH A WOMAN WHO LOOKS LIKE THAT BY JUSTIN HALPERN
  13. THE SIEGE OF FULTON AVENUE BY DAVID AMSDEN
  14. PREP-SCHOOL GANGSTERS BY NANCY SALES
  15. LIFE'S SWELL BY SUSAN ORLEAN
  16. OFF DIAMOND HEAD BY WILLIAM FINNEGAN
  17. RAIDERS OF LOST BACKYARD BY JIM WINDOLF
  18. LEGACY OF CHILDHOOD TRAUMA BY JUNOT DIAZ
  19. THE SAME RIVER TWICE BY DAVID QUAMMEN
  20. SCARS BY DAVID OWEN