Table of Contents
Foreword Introduction
Act one - Reason
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SEVEN MINUTES
TRAUMA
MOVING ON
MOVING UP
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RUPERT
DOC
CHECKMATE
the VISIT
PHILOSOPHER KINGS
the THREE REASONS
ONE STEP FORWARDS, TEN YEARS BACK
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SHIRLEY STREET CRIME SCENES RESPECT and the PAUSE PROPERTY TIME and the ORIGAMI PARROT THE CATEGORICAL IMPERATIVE MORE PLEASE SELF-INFLICTED PAIN 4:30
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Act Two - Appetites and Desires
The cruelest thing Winning but losing I'm in Here Losing and Winning The THIN LINE
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The Thinner Line The Way Back Home My First Prison We come we Go LAST DAY The RED QUEEN HYPOTHESIS Our Hollywood Pen New England About time Coffee War Your Truth 39 Seconds
Act Three - The Literal Warrior
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The Domino Effect Evolution AN UNFAMILIAR ROAD The Talk Continues Heartbreak Hill She's Here Realization Laundry, The final stain A Different Time a Different Place Something Borrowed Good Time NA NO WRI MO Letters from Nicholai Tractor Ride with Alex Parker McGowan Restitution Perfect
Looking Forward Questions for discussion:
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