Avidly Reads Making OutHeres the thing with kissing: it matters intensely or not at all. Mid kiss, do you ever wonder who you are, who youre kissing, where its leading? It can feel luscious, libidinal, friendly, but are we trying to make out something through our kissing? For Kathryn Bond Stockton, making out is a prism through which to look at the cultural and political forces of our world: race, economics, childhood, books, and movies. Making Out is Stocktons memoir about