| Foreword
Chandra Prasad | p. 7 |
| Acknowledgements | p. 11 |
| Introduction
Rebecca Walker | p. 13 |
| The Anthropologists' Kids
Ruth Ozeki | p. 21 |
| Effigies
Lucinda Roy | p. 47 |
| Minotaur
Peter Ho Davies | p. 65 |
| Mrs. Turner's Lawn Jockeys
Emily Raboteau | p. 69 |
| Footnote
Carmit Delman | p. 83 |
| My Elizabeth
Diana Abu-Jaber | p. 97 |
| Gift Giving
Mat Johnson | p. 119 |
| Shadey
Stewart David Ikeda | p. 133 |
| Unacknowledged
Brian Ascalon Roley | p. 157 |
| Caste System
Mary Yukari Waters | p. 183 |
| Wayward
Chandra Prasad | p. 203 |
| Falling Sky
Cristina Garcia | p. 223 |
| The Non-Babylonians
Wayde Compton | p. 231 |
| Hollywood
Marina Budhos | p. 253 |
| Human Mathematics
Mamle Kabu | p. 271 |
| Bing-Chen
Neela Vaswani | p. 287 |
| The Lost Sparrow
Kien Nguyen | p. 297 |
| Triad
Danzy Senna | p. 309 |
| Credits | p. 325 |