1. On reading and writing : passions and pleasures

2. Books, books, books : on collections and collecting

3. That was then, this is ... Young adult literature, past, present, and future

4. With a genre here and a genre there : historical fiction and romance

5. Other worlds : fantasy and science fiction

6. What's so funny? Wit, humor, and the comics

7. The lives that late they led : biography

8. Tributes : memories and memorials.