He graduated from Sarah Lawrence College, and from City College of New York with an MA.He teaches at the University of North Carolina at Wilmington.

His work appeared in The New Yorker, Harper's, BOMB, TriQuarterly, O, The New York Times Travel Magazine, and A Public Space.

In 2001, he married Mary Gaitskill.They live in Rhinebeck, New York.

• "You're Fired: Cloudburst", The New Yorker, April 21, 2003
• "Why Obama?", Largehearted Boy, October 2, 2008

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