Atmospheric Disturbances

Acknowledgments

My friends, teachers, and the perennially generous crowd at the Hungarian Pastry Shop have taken better care of me than I could possibly deserve.

I’m forever indebted to the profoundly gracious and tireless Bill Clegg, the endlessly smart and charming Eric Chinski, and the wunderkind Gena Hamshaw.

Also many thanks to the Rona Jaffe Foundation for early and generous support of my work.

And I owe especial thanks to my family: Yosefa, for a bottomless supply of pears and love; Denise, Tom, Heather, and Greg, for play and comfort; Oren, Viki, Gabi, and Rhone, for unending rational counsel and joy; Aaron, for mahmoul yojimbo moozu; and Tzvi, always my company through life’s alien corn.