Cover; Author biography; Praise for Learning How to Breathe; Title page; Imprint page; Dedication; Contents; Prologue: Songbook; Spike and Me: A Fantastic Adventure; Bahut Acha in Bharatpur; The Flower Lady of Zhongshan Park; Singing Love Songs in Kathmandu; My Summer of Peripheries; Revolution at the Peace Hotel; Wild Strawberries in Mongolia; Garbo Laughs in Paris; On Kindness in Kolkata; Notes from the Musical Frontier; Epilogue: All Is Given; Acknowledgements