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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

“Something You Can’t Live Without” first appeared in Oxford American (Spring 2010) and was anthologized in PEN/O. Henry Prize Stories 2011: The Best Stories of the Year. “Mates” appeared in the minnesota review (Fall 2014). “Natural Resources” appeared in Baltimore Review (Spring 2013). “Gauley Season” appeared in West Branch (Summer/Fall 2013) and was anthologized in Best American Mystery Stories 2014. “Telemetry” appeared in Ploughshares (Winter 2012–2013). “The Island in the Gorge of the Great River” appeared in Ecotone (Spring 2014). “Rocking Stone” appeared on the Tin House website (May 31, 2013). “The Slow Lean of Time” appeared in American Short Fiction (Spring 2014). “In the Second District” appeared as “Destinations” in Mississippi Review (Winter 2013–2014).

The author wishes to thank the editors and magazines that first published these stories, as well as the following institutions and people who helped make this book possible: the University of Iowa, the Fine Arts Work Center, the Michener-Copernicus Society of America, the Jentel Foundation, the St. Botolph Club Foundation, Key West Literary Seminars, Sarabande Books, Sarah Gorham, Kristen Radtke, Ariel Lewiton, Lydia Millet, Janet Silver, Charles D’Ambrosio, Allan Gurganus, Lan Samantha Chang, Connie Brothers, Deb West, Jan Zenisek, Roger Skillings, Salvatore Scibona, Jaimy Gordon, James Alan McPherson, and Arlo Haskell.