1. Introductory remarks (by Bamberg, Michael); 2. Narrative research and the challenge of accumulating knowledge (by Josselson, Ruthellen); 3. The role of narrative in personality psychology today (by McAdams, Dan P.); 4. The promise (and challenge) of an innovative narrative psychology (by Schiff, Brian); 5. Biographical structuring: Narrating and reconstructing the self in research and professional practice (by Fischer, Wolfram); 6. Narrative pre-construction (by Labov, William); 7. A new role for narrative in variationist sociolinguistics (by Johnstone, Barbara); 8. Story formulations in talk-in-interaction (by Stokoe, Elizabeth); 9. Continuity and change in narrative study: Observations on componential and functional analysis (by Hogan, Patrick Colm); 10. Dialogue in a discourse context: Scenes of talk in fictional narrative (by Herman, David); 11. Rhetorical aesthetics and other issues in the study of literary narrative (by Phelan, James); 12. Narrative as construction and discursive resource (by Taylor, Stephanie); 13. The narrative negotiation of identity and belonging (by Kraus, Wolfgang); 14. Narratives in action (by Gergen, Mary M.); 15. Thinking big with small stories in narrative and identity analysis (by Georgakopoulou, Alexandra); 16. Life "on holiday"?: In defense of big stories (by Freeman, Mark); 17. Stories: Big or small: Why do we care? (by Bamberg, Michael); 18. Entitlement and empathy in personal narrative (by Shuman, Amy); 19. Frankie, Johnny, Oprah and Me: The limits of narrative (by Sartwell, Crispin); 20. Rescuing narrative from qualitative research (by Atkinson, Paul); 21. The performance turn in narrative studies (by Peterson, Eric E.); 22. Applied ethnopoetics (by Blommaert, Jan); 23. The self-telling body (by Charon, Rita); 24. Narrative thinking and the emergence of postpsychological therapies (by McLeod, John); 25. Do good stories produce good health?: Exploring words, language, and culture (by Ramirez-Esparza, Nairan); 26. Living stories: Designing story-based educational experiences (by Schank, Roger C.)

Narrative – State of the Art is recommended for those familiar with the field of narrative study who have an interest in short and accessible outlines on the varied approaches currently in use in the field.