Editors' Introduction: Theory and Craft in Narrative Inquiry / Colette Dainte and Cynthia Lightfoot -- Pt. I. Literary Readings -- 1.1. The Role of Imagination in Narrative Construction / Theodore R. Sarbin -- 1.2. Fantastic Self: A Study of Adolescents' Fictional Narratives, and Aesthetic Activity as Identity Work / Cynthia Lightfoot -- 1.3. Cultural Modeling as a Frame for Narrative Analysis / Carol D. Lee, Erica Rosenfeld, Ruby Mendenhall, Ama Rivers and Brendesha Tynes -- 1.4. Data Are Everywhere: Narrative Criticism in the Literature of Experience / Mark Freeman -- Pt. II. Social-Relational Readings -- 2.1. Construction of the Cultural Self in Early Narratives.