Education
He was raised on a cattle ranch in Florida and is a graduate of Columbia University (Bachelor, 1984) and Syracuse University (Master of Fine Arts, 1995).
He was raised on a cattle ranch in Florida and is a graduate of Columbia University (Bachelor, 1984) and Syracuse University (Master of Fine Arts, 1995).
He published the novel Darling in 1991 () and the story collection Head () in 2000. He is the recipient of a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship and The Mary McCarthy Prize. His short fiction and memoir excerpts have appeared in Esquire, Bomb, Nerve, TriQuarterly, The Quarterly, The North American Review, Witness and other literary journals.
He taught writing at Columbia University, the State University of New York and Virginia Commonwealth University.