My father's daughter / Irini Spanidou -- Waiting for the beep / Laura Davis -- Zami : a new spelling of my name (excerpt) / Audre Lorde -- The dangerous beauty of the open road / Ellen Shea -- Stroke / Joyce Carol Oates -- Auto repair / Rosalind Warren -- What a sky / Edna O'Brien -- A sudden trip home in the Spring for the Wellesley class / Alice Walker -- Automatic timer / Lynda Barry -- Mr. Davidoff's will / Meredith Rose -- My sister's marriage / Cynthia Rich -- Extremes of high and low regard / Lou Robinson -- The day my father kicked me out / Sandy Boucher -- The thorn / Mary Gordon -- Home stretch / Amber Coverdale Sumrall -- Meeting my father halfway / Marianne Rogoff -- My father's darling / Carole L. Glickfeld -- Colors / Sylvia A. Watanabe -- People should not die in June in South Texas / Gloria E. Anzaldúa -- Letter to my father / Carolyn Gage -- Duke / Jewelle L. Gomez -- Lumps / Harriet Malinowitz.

(cont.) The tangerine Plymouth and the gilded cage / Rachel Guido deVries -- Dropping anchor / Valerie Miner -- My room at night / Judy Freespirit -- Strike it rich / Maureen Brady -- It must have been December first / Jane Lazarre.