Atlas of the Human Heart

Like Jack Kerouac’s intrepid little sister, Ariel Gore spins the spirited story of a vulnerable drifter who takes refuge in the recesses of the human heart. With just a few pennies and her I Ching, a change of clothes and a one-way ticket to Hong Kong, a perceptive, searching Gore makes her way through the labyrinthine customs of Cold-War China, wanders bustling, electric Katmandu, and hunkers down in an icy London squat with a prostitute and a boyfriend on the dole. Yet it is in the calm, verdant landscape of rural Italy where, pregnant and penniless, nineteen-year-old Gore’s adventure truly begins. An illuminating glimpse into the boldly political Gore—creator of HipMama.com and Hip Mama magazine—this unflinching memoir offers a poignant exploration of the meaning of home, and surveys the frontiers of both land and heart.

Ariel Gore is editor-publisher of the award-winning parenting zine, Hip Mama, She lives with her family in Portland, Oregon

Prelude	p. vii
Heartbeat
Palo Alto High School	p. 3
Downtown Train	p. 6
Do You Know Me?	p. 12
Because Silence Frightens People	p. 22
Learning How to Navigate	p. 31
The Forest Through the Trees	p. 42
If You are Falling	p. 51
Heartfelt
White Ghost Girl	p. 63
In My Country, We Might Think You Were Mad	p. 69
The Year of the Rabbit	p. 78
Do Not Talk About Politics	p. 84
Beijing Tricky	p. 94
Great Wall, Subterranean Highway	p. 101
The Cold War Cafe	p. 111
I'll Be Back Soon	p. 121
To Have a Change of Heart
Now Subtract a Little Oxygen	p. 133
Geography and Circumstance	p. 144
Nomads	p. 155
Zero Mass Theorem	p. 166
From Saffron and Dirt	p. 173
Where We Can Be Ourselves	p. 183
And If I Forget	p. 189
Heartburn
Choose Your Own Adventure	p. 201
We Are Here to Ruin Ourselves	p. 209
The Four of Us	p. 218
Wandering or Withering?	p. 225
A Sorry Dear	p. 235
Patient Is Unable to Give a Clear Account of Her Origin or Destination	p. 245
Why You Go Back	p. 253
Heart
For Every Person, There Is a Unique Tragedy	p. 269
If I Had Three Coins	p. 278
To Save Me	p. 289
Stateless	p. 300
Because the World Tips	p. 314
Bonus Track	p. 319
Acknowledgments	p. 321
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