1. "Assassination Vacation" - Sarah Vowell
2. "America (The Book): A Citizen's Guide to Democracy Inaction" - Jon Stewart
3. "Sight Hound" - Pam Houston
4. "Nice Big American Baby" - Judy Budnitz
5. "A Changed Man" - Francine Prose
6. "How We Are Hungry: Stories" - Dave Eggers
7. "Mother of Sorrows" - Richard McCann
8. "Nothing's Sacred" - Lewis Black
9. "Children Playing Before a Statue of Hercules" - David Sedaris (editor)
10. "Where I Was From" - Joan Didion