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Contents Acknowledgments 00 Introduction: Listening to Hearts 00 The Workings of Michael's Heart 00 Cardiac Structure, Cardiac Function . Off and On the Carousel . Sterilized Homografts and Other Whole-Hearted Expressions . Cardiac Holy Grails . Essence, Center . Medicine and the Heart . Which Is Deeper, Knowledge or Wisdom? . The Pump . Corporeal Dynamics: Humans, Lobsters, Etc. . Looking into the Heart . Tasting Heart . Valve Job at the Valve Shop . Why Is the Pumpkin Laughing? Heartfelt Words of Emotion . Walking Quietly . The Most Positive Attitude Going In . Words of Love . On to Mt. Kilimanjaro and More . Coming to Terms with the Heart (First Essay) 000 Kay's Chronically Sick Heart and Her Life with Many, Many Pills 000 Chronic Illness . . . Stories of the Long Run . Kay and the Dream-robber of her Heart, and the Angel of Yoga . The Sprinkler System at the VA Hospital . Beyond the Pump and Sprinkler System . Hearts in Literature: A Match to the Heart . Riding the Wild Animal of the Heart: or, Busting Broncos and the Nasty Pill Tray . Qualities of Time, Qualities of Mind (Second Essay) 000 Steve's Angina Pectoris and Change of Stories 000 Among the People . A Strangling of the Chest . Mrs. Sanders Dies in the ER . "Living Right Could Put Me Out of Business": Stress Playshop . What Stories Do We Live? What Habits of the Heart? . Yellowstone . Enjoying Chaos More . Solid Footing, Higher Ground (Third Essay) 000 Johnnie and Zelma Reddick and the Heart's Reasons 000 Images and the Ineffable . Skip Something . . . She Raises Hell . Valentines, Fencers, Cards: Cardiac Imagery . Religion and the Heart . George's Gut Perforates, Gets Prayed Over . Go to the Hospital with Crushing Chest Pain . Taking Food to Heart . Do You Like Mangoes? . Feeding our Hearts (Fourth Essay) 000 Conclusion: Our Human Heart(s) 000
Library of Congress Subject Headings for this publication:
Heart -- Diseases -- Popular works.
Heart -- Mythology.
Heart in literature.