BRET ANTHONY JOHNSTON is the internationally acclaimed author of Corpus Christi: Stories. His many awards include the James A. Michener/Copernicus Society of America Fellowship, the Glasgow Prize, an NEA Fellowship, and a National Book Award honor for writers under thirty-five. An occasional commentator for NPR's All Things Considered, he is a graduate of the Iowa Writers' Workshop. Currently, he is the director of the creative writing program at Harvard University. For more information, please visit: www.bretanthonyjohnston.com.