Literary matters. The nature of narrative and its philosophical implications ; Anywhere but Kansas ; Invisible cities ; Sidelonging ; I've got a little list ; The test of time -- Social and political contretemps. The writer and politics: a litany ; Tribalism, identity, and ideology ; The shears of the censor ; Were there anything in the world worth worship ; How German are we? -- The Stuttgart Seminar lectures. Quotations from Chairman Flaubert ; There was an old woman who ; Transformations.