Title page, dust jacket, chapter title pages and page 3 include text in the Wazhazhe ie language, the language of the Wazhazhe people

"From Oklahoma to California, the many heroes of [this collection of short stories] ... are bound by a common desire for connection and safety--inside a nation in which they have always lived but do not entirely belong. A member of the Osage tribe, author Chelsea T. Hicks' stories are compelled by an overlooked diaspora happening inside the borders of the United States itself: that of young Native people"--Flap page 1 of dust jacket

Author's note --

Tsexope -- A fresh start -- By Alcatraz -- Superdrunk -- Brother -- A small urge -- Wets'a -- My kind of woman -- Wife -- Full tilt -- House of RGB -- Good medicine of the light