Charles Yureceived the National Book Foundationrsquo;s 5 Under 35 Award for his story collectionThird Class Superhero,and he has also received the Sherwood Anderson Fiction Award. His work has been published in theHarvard Review, The Gettysburg Review, Alaska Quarterly Review, Mississippi Review,andMid-American Review,among other journals. He lives in Los Angeles with his wife, Michelle, and their two children. From the Hardcover edition.