A CKNOWLEDGMENTS

“Chef’s House,” “Where I’m Calling From,” “Boxes,” “Whoever Was Using This Bed,” “Elephant,” “Blackbird Pie,” and “Errand” first appeared in The New Yorker .

The author also wishes to thank the following publications for permission to reprint stories in this volume:

Antaeus , The Antioch Review , The Atlantic , Carolina Quarterly , Colorado State Review , December , Discourse , Esquire , Fiction , Grand Street , Granta , Harper’s Bazaar , The Iowa Review , Kansas Quarterly , The Missouri Review , New England Review , The North American Review , Northwest Review , The Paris Review , Perspective , Ploughshares , Quarterly West , Seneca Review , Sou’wester , Tri-Quarterly , Western Humanities Review . V/sYs9fX7Zoax/kSfz+oZ0/FF/VR2WGJ2XSBXE3xzP0YdbvbQIZmH0InC0J75r6P