Peter Cherches is the author of two previous volumes of short prose, Condensed Book and BETWEEN A DREAM AND A CUP OF COFFEE (Red Dust, 1987). His work has appeared in the anthologies Poetry 180 and Up Is Up, But So Is Down: New York's Downtown Literary Scene, 1974-1992. His fiction and other short prose work has been featured in a wide range of magazines and journals, including Harper's, Semiotext(e), Transatlantic Review, Fiction International, North American Review, Fence and Bomb. Cherches also writes about food and music and is a two-time recipient of New York Foundation for the Arts fello...